ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you?
A podcast by the Australian Society for Parasitology that explores the world of parasites with humor and science. Hosts Dr Sarah Preston, Lisa Jones, and comedian Alexandra Hudson interview expert parasitologists about topics like headlice, Cryptosporidium, malaria prevention, and soil-transmitted parasites. The show aims to educate and entertain, releasing episodes monthly.
Episodes
What’s eating you? Feral Pig Parasites
Our expert parasitologist is Dr Narelle Dybing from Australian Pork Limited – the National Feral Pig Action Plan and Murdoch University. Narelle’s research has focused on the parasite diversity in, and risks posed by, invasive animals including wild dogs and urban foxes in WA and she is currently working for the National Feral Pig Action Plan where she talks to land mangers around Australia about
What's Eating You? Strongyloides!
Our expert parasitologist is Dr Cameron Raw. Cameron is a Palawa man; Lecturer and Assistant Dean (Indigenous) in the Faculty of Science at The University of Melbourne. Cameron has been working in the Western Arnhem Land Dog Health Program led by Professor Liz Tudor at the Melbourne Veterinary School for the past ten years and is able to connect the veterinary research work that he is passionate a
What’s eating you? Headlice!
Episode 1 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about those tiny itchy and scratchy insects we all love to hate “Headlice”.
Our expert parasitologist is Associate Professor Vern Bowles from The University of Melbourne. Vern has studied parasites that live outside of the body also known as ectoparasites for most of his science career such as the sheep blowfly and the dreaded head lice
What’s eating you? Cryptosporidium
Episode 3 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about Cryptosporidium and will be released on 6 January 2024.
Our expert parasitologist is Professor Una Ryan from Murdoch University. Una’s research has had a real impact. She was a pioneer of molecular epidemiology, especially of Cryptosporidium, discovering unsuspected environmental and zoonotic threats to human health and suggesting
Episode 4. What’s eating you? Malaria
Episode 4 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about Malaria and will drop in February 2025.
Our expert parasitologist is Dr Jill Chmielewski from Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. Jill works as a researcher, studying malaria, a parasitic disease which kills primarily young children in poorer parts of the tropics and sub-tropics.
For this story, Jill will give us
Episode 6. What’s eating you? Giardia
Our expert parasitologist is Professor Michelle Power from Macquarie University. Michelle is particularly interested in parasite epidemiology and zoonotic risks, like the transmission of disease agents from humans to wildlife species. Michelle studies many pathogens with an emphasis on gut parasites and bacteria, and the interactions of these with diverse hosts like flying foxes, possums, koalas,
Episode 7. What’s eating you? Liver Flukes
Episode 7 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about liver flukes and will drop in November 2025.
Our expert parasitologist is is Dr Michael Smout from James Cook University. Mic’s research has focused primarily on the search for carcinogenic molecules from the secretions of the human liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrinni – one of only three carcinogenic eukaryotic pathogens.
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Episode 8. What’s eating you? Taenia, a tapeworm parasite!
Episode 8 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about taenia, a tapeworm parasite!
Our expert parasitologist is Dr Amanda Ash from Murdoch University. Amanda’s research focus is on the prevention treatment and control of parasitic diseases in wildlife, humans, livestock and companion animals, in particular zoonotic parasites which are transmitted between animals and humans. Over the
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