About the lecture

In this first mini-lecture, we discuss what we mean when we say "disease" and pathogen". We break down what communicable and non-communicable diseases and discuss how multiple diseases may interact with each other. Then we finish off with a brief overview of the various types of pathogenic organisms that cause disease in human.

About the lecturer

Dr Matthew Ivory is a Lecturer at Cardiff University in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016-present). His key expertise is in ex vivo human skin organ culture and histology, human skin immune cell extraction and culture, flow cytometry and pharmaceutical formulation, and his research interests are in the delivery of vaccines and therapeutics into the skin. In addition to this, he is also a qualified pharmacist.