In this Transmissible Brief, we explore the function and background of Dharma.ai, a company promoting a social impact database. We interview Sam Scarpino on the use of this platform.For those who want to see an online demo of the platform, cli

Influencing Flu

Jan 26th, 2018 4m 58s

The Dutch educational game ‘Influencing Flu’ is designed and developed by Transmissible and Jade Owls Studios. On request of Utrecht University, this game was created as part of the curriculum innovation of the Medical School. The game is a cro

Tribute to Karel Raska

Nov 20th, 2017 8m

This brief is to honor the 108th birthday of Karel Raska, European Epidemiology Giant

More Comics for Public Health Education: Auntie Biotics

Apr 25th, 2017

This time, Transmissible Briefs reviews a special edition of the Luke and Lucy comic books series. It aims to teach children (and their parents) that antibiotics should not be taken lightly, and certainly not for common viral infections.But Lu

March for Science Amsterdam, 22 April 2017

Apr 22nd, 2017

On 22 April 2017, over 500 cities in 41 countries organized marches for science. A global effort to raise awareness about the importance of science in our daily lives, and the difference between facts, evidence and opinions.This is a brief vid

Healing Blade – Educational Battle Card Game that is FUN!

Apr 10th, 2017

This podcast reviews a seriously fun card battle game; ‘Defenders of Soma’, designed and developed by Nerdcore Medical. The game can be played solo and between two opposing players. Background knowledge of public health or microbiology is not e

Disease Detectives – the Board Game

Mar 26th, 2017

This podcast reviews an educational board game; ‘The Disease Detectives’, designed and developed by Florian Burckhardt and Esther Kissling, two epidemiologist and EPIET Graduates. The game can be played with 2 – 4 players. Background knowledge

Comic books for Public Health Education

Mar 14th, 2017

This podcast describes the Comic book series by Cimaza, focussing on one of the most important public health topics: Vaccines and Vaccine Preventable Viruses.

Meet The Dirty Dozen

Mar 3rd, 2017 17s

On 28 February, a list of twelve very resistant bacterial pathogens was published to initiate a world wide coordinated race for developing new treatments. The World Health Organisation and other international health organisations are highly con

ECDC Threat Report App – a review

Feb 11th, 2017 9m 54s

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a new app for mobile devices on 10 February. The app brings all Health Threat Reports of the Centre within reach of the mobile device user, in one convenient app.In this T

Seasonal Influenza in Europe – an update

Feb 1st, 2017

In many countries, the influenza epidemic is still increasing at the moment. ECDC updated the risk assessment for seasonal influenza 2016-2017 recently, on 25 January. This podcast summarises the main message, and goes a bit deeper in the issue

Candida auris – a Recap on ECDC’s Rapid Risk Assessment

Jan 24th, 2017

Reasons for a closer lookAn outbreak of C. auris infection at a 296-bed cardio-thoracic surgery centre in the UK was reported in October 2016. Over a 16-month period from April 2015 to July 2016, 50 cases of C. auris infection occurred in this

Q fever spike in Australia – a Recap

Jan 7th, 2017 34s

Q fever is a disease caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii which is found worldwide. The bacteria naturally infects some animals, such as goats, sheep and cattle. C. burnetii bacteria are found in animal birth products (i.e. placenta, amniot

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