In this episode, our guest, Dr. Lance Price, discusses the phenomenon often dubbed "the silent pandemic", antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with our host, Maggie Fox.
What causes antibiotics to stop working? What will a world without effective antibiotics look like? How can we fight to stop the present and growing crisis of AMR? Let’s find out!
More about our guest:
Dr. Lance Price is a Professor at the George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Founding Director of GW’s Antibiotic Resistance Action Center. Dr. Price works at the interface between science and policy to address the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance. His research, retracing the ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and covered in media outlets around the world.