Pandemic Readiness and Response with Dr. Joanne Liu | STEMcast Season 2, Episode 1

Having spent a lifetime dedicated to improving the health of those most in need, and having been chosen as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2015, few have shaped the public health landscape as profoundly as Dr. Joanne Liu.

Dr. Liu is the former International President of Doctors without Borders, otherwise known as Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). She led the MSF from 2013-2019 and coordinated the organization's response to some of the world's major crises; from the Syrian civil war to the Ebola pandemic. She currently leads the Pandemic and Health Emergency Readiness Lab, and is a member of the United Nations' panel on evaluating the humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She talks to us about coordinating MSF's front-line response to the Ebola pandemic, as well as her time on the ground in Syria during the nation' ...