covid-19
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Prof Martijn van Hemert about covid-19 treatment
Interview with Martijn van Hemert, Associate professor and Principal Investigator in molecular virology and antiviral strategies at the Leiden University Medical Center. In recent years, his group has mainly been studying the Chikungunya and Zika viruses, but in the past he has also studied SARS-CoV. Since February 2020, he has shifted his focus to research ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Dr Juan Pablo Horcajada about covid-19 treatment
Interview with Juan Pablo Horcajada, MD. is Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and General Coordinator of the COVID-19 Service at the Hospital del Mar, Barcelona. Remdesivir is the first drug approved by the EMA to be used as part of the treatment of COVID-19 patients. How’s the use of this antiviral in your ...
ESMH Press Review – November 18, 2020
Renewable energy, Robots, and Covid-19 vaccines : Check out the ESMH selection of 20 science and tech news published in the last weeks on the web.
The potential of digital well-being in times of physical social distancing
Digital well-being tools hold the promise of empowering users to regain control of time spent online. How successful are these tools during the Covid-19 global pandemic?
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Prof Sarah Diefenbach about digital well-being
Interview with Sarah Diefenbach, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, German. What does your research investigate exactly? Sarah Diefenbach: In general, my research is centred on digital products from a psychological perspective. On the one hand, this includes the application of psychological knowledge (“psychological needs frameworks”, for example) ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Matthew James Dennis about digital well-being
Interview with Matthew James Dennis, ethicist of emerging technologies at Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. What is the focus of your research? Matthew James Dennis: My main research question concerns how we can live well with technology, especially new and emerging online technologies. Basically, I’m interested in the extent ...
ESMH Press Review – November 4, 2020
Covid-19, cyber attacks & Brazil's amazon fires: check out the ESMH selection of 19 science & tech news published in the last weeks on the web. Pick your favourite from the most popular topics in the mainstream media!
Peter Piot interview: The pandemic has catapulted science to the forefront of policy-making
Interview with Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission on the response to the coronavirus and COVID-19: how science has been feeding into policy-making? What does your role as EU special advisor on COVID-19 entail? Peter Piot: I am part ...
