BONUS EPISODE: Pandemic Perspectives with Susan Weiss

<p>Over the next several weeks <em>Distillations</em> will be talking to people who have special insight into the coronavirus crisis—biomedical researchers, physicians, public health experts, and historians.</p> <p>In this episode we speak with Susan Weiss, a microbiology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the director for the Penn Center for Research on Coronavirus and Emerging Pathogens. She’ll talk about her 40-years of experience researching coronaviruses, how her field reacted to the 2002 SARS and 2012 MERS outbreaks, and the importance of studying diseases that transfer from animals to humans. </p> <h2>Credits</h2> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/elisabeth-berry-drago">Elisabeth Berry Drago</a><br /> <strong>Senior Producer:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/mariel-carr">Mariel Carr</a><br /> <strong>Producer:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/rigoberto-hernandez">Rigoberto Hernandez</a><br /> <strong>Researcher:</strong> <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/jessica-wade" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jessica Wade</a><br /> <strong>Additional production:</strong> <a href= "http://www.hazycolours.com/dan-drago" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Dan Drago</a></p>