Happy to report that I will be giving the “Ray Kling Distinguished Lecture in Public Health” at the University of Oklahoma and the “Chautauqua Lecture” at Eastern Kentucky University this April. I believe that both lectures will be open to the public, which is great. For more info, or to arrange an event at your [...]
Reviewers in the mainstream media have been really kind to “The Fever,” for which I’m tremendously grateful, as their comments are getting the book out into the world. But I’ve awaited reviews from scientific journals with the most trepidation. Not only because the scientific community is notorious for its harsh judgments–scientists rarely give unreserved approval, [...]
NPR’s Michael Schaub reviewed “The Fever,” for NPR.org’s “Books We Like.” Here’s a tidbit, below–it comes with a nice excerpt, too!
“Shah’s biggest strength is her unforced, almost conversational writing style. Microbiology and epidemiology can get very complicated very quickly, but Shah proves to be an excellent translator, for the most part explaining [...]
My piece on the history of malaria–complete with illustrations and sidebars–appears in today’s Wall Street Journal. Check it out here.
Yesterday I taped an interview with Terry Gross for the NPR show “Fresh Air.” I’m a big fan of Terry’s and it was lovely to speak to her. We talked about the wily parasite Plasmodium, my own love/hate/guilt relationship with mosquitoes and malaria, malaria during WWI and WWII, and how mosquitoes are the original vampires. [...]
July 6, 2011. KUER RadioWest. 1 pm-2 pm ET.
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