Public Health United

Our latest guest, Kyle McLean, is a wealth of science knowledge and lore. In this episode, Kyle discusses the pitfalls of putting the majority of public funding into translational or applications-based research instead of basic science. Kyle also tells Nina's favorite story of science communication gone awry when poor communication of data led to the destruction of the space shuttle Challenger and all of its occupants. Kyle ends with explaining how we scientists need to put more thought into how we present our data and to better adapt our presentations to fit the audience. Please check out www.publichealthunited.org for show links and other interesting articles.