Go, Medicine, and Adaptability with Salah Mahmud

About this episode

Bill Kennedy interviews Salah Mahmud about his research in epidemiology and the challenges in accessing medical data.

In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Salah Mahmud, a medical researcher specializing in epidemiology and medical statistics. Salah shares his journey from growing up in Libya under Gaddafi’s regime to conducting cutting-edge research in Canada on the connection between influenza and heart attacks. He discusses the challenges of running large-scale observational studies, the bureaucratic barriers to accessing medical data, and the importance of diversity in health...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Kennedy

Guest: Salah Mahmud

Topics covered

• epidemiology
• medical statistics
• influenza
• heart attacks
• observational studies
• health diversity

Keywords

• epidemiology
• medical research
• influenza
• heart attacks
• observational studies
• health diversity
• Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gaddafi’s regime

Places: Libya, Canada

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