WIB Book Club: Steffanie Strathdee – The Perfect Predator
Join WIB-Southern California for a virtual book discussion with Steffanie Strathdee: Epidemiologist. Professor. Global health solution-seeker. TEDx speaker. Author: The Perfect Predator. A San Diego local, Steffanie wrote this mystery based on a true story after visiting Egypt with her husband in November 2015. While visiting, her husband came down with a stomach bug only to learn it was tragically a drug-resistant bacterial infection that put his life in the balance. Learn how Steffanie combed through research old and new and came across phage therapy: the idea that the right virus, aka "the perfect predator," can kill even the most lethal bacteria. Phage treatment had fallen out of favor almost 100 years ago, after antibiotic use went mainstream. Steffanie appealed to phage researchers all over the world for help. She found allies at the FDA, researchers from Texas A&M, and a clandestine Navy biomedical center - and together they resurrected a forgotten cure. Virtual Meeting on Zoom (link will be sent with confirmation of registration)