SoS 154 - The Intricacies of Immunity with Dr. Thomas McDade

Dr. Thomas McDade, Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University discusses why inflammation should not simply be branded a secret killer. He also chats with Chris and Cara about his ongoing research on the differences in antibody responses to COVID-19 infection and vaccination. Find some of Dr. McDade's work on inflammation at: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/109/Supplement_2/17281.full.pdf and https://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7611 Read his most recent publications on COVID-19 anti-body response at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021002984 and https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-96879-3 Contact Dr. McDade at t-mcdade@northwestern.edu and follow him on Twitter at @tmcdade35 Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra