Connecting Citizens to Science (CCS) is a global health and development podcast that brings together research, practice and lived experience to examine complex health challenges and inequities. Through open conversation, the podcast amplifies the voices of those most affected and explores how global health issues are understood and addressed in real-world settings. Each episode is led by an expert guest co-host who brings subject expertise and practical insight to ground the discussion in current realities. Conversations feature people working on the front lines of global health, including community members, health workers, researchers, and implementers driving change. Since launching in 2022, host Dr Kim Ozano and guest co-hosts from across the globe have published more than 80 episodes, reaching listeners in 128 countries. Search “Connecting Citizens to Science” on YouTube or your preferred podcast platform to subscribe and hear new episodes as they are released. We welcome conversations with researchers, practitioners and organisations whose work aligns with the podcast’s focus on equity, participation and global health. To explore collaboration, contact The Stop, Collaborate and Listen Agency e: hello@theSCLagency.co.uk Intro music: Mike Donnelly
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Signup to Generate a PitchConnecting Citizens to Science (CCS) is a global health and development podcast that brings together research, practice and lived experience to examine complex health challenges and inequities. Through open conversation, the podcast amplifies the voices of those most affected and explores how global health issues are understood and addressed in real-world settings.
Recent episodes include "Equity in Global Oncology" (17 July 2026, 25 minutes), "The Global Debate on Obesity Management Medicines" (19 May 2026, 23 minutes), and "Understanding Gender as a System Part 2" (30 January 2026, 20 minutes).
Connecting Citizens to Science publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 91 episodes.
Booking probability for Connecting Citizens to Science is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Connecting Citizens to Science requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Connecting Citizens to Science's contact route on record: verified email.
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Connecting Citizens to Science is a science podcast with 91 episodes published.
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Episode #91
Cancer care is advancing quickly, but access to diagnosis, treatment and support remains deeply uneven. In this episode of Connecting Citizens to Science, Professor Eva Kantelhardt and Professor Richard Sullivan discuss...
Weight loss drugs are increasingly dominating headlines, but should they instead be understood as obesity management medicines? This episode of Connecting Citizens to Science explores the growing global debate...
Episode #89
In this second part of our two-part finale on gender justice, the focus shifts from understanding gender as a system to what it means to act on that understanding in practice. Building on Part 1, the conversation...
Episode #88
In this first instalment of our two-part finale on gender justice, we explore the foundations needed to understand gender as a social system, one that shapes power, roles, resources and everyday experiences across...
Episode #87
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s biggest killer among infectious diseases — and yet it’s curable. While global efforts continue to eliminate TB, the UK’s low incidence rate brings its own set of challenges: delayed...
Episode #86
In this fifth episode of Backlash, Resistance and the Path to Gender Justice, we explore how art and creativity can act as powerful tools for resistance, solidarity, and joy in activism. Moving beyond health into global...
Episode #85
In this episode of Backlash, Resistance and the Path to Gender Justice, we explore how gender and disability rights intersect in Bangladesh. As civic and digital spaces shrink, women and gender-diverse persons with...
Episode #84
We explore what allyship really means in the fight for gender justice. Co-hosted by Ishrat Jahan from the Countering Backlash, Reclaiming Gender Justice programme, the conversation unpacks how power, privilege, and...
We explore how gender backlash deepens the marginalisation of sex workers in Bangladesh, affecting their access to health, justice, and basic rights. Featuring the voice of a sex worker and insights from gender justice...
Episode #82
*Show correction - Nay El Rahi is introduced in the episode as a journalist. While she previously worked in journalism, her current role is more accurately described as a Lebanese researcher and activist.* In this...
In this final episode of our mini-series on research capacity strengthening, we explore how pursuing a PhD, using the PACTS programme (Patient-centred Sickle Cell Disease Management in sub-Saharan Africa), as a...
In this second episode of our mini-series on Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS), we explore what it means to widen the focus of capacity strengthening, beyond researchers and clinicians, to include media, programme...
Welcome to our new mini-series on research capacity strengthening, produced in partnership with the Centre for Capacity Research at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In this first episode, we explore the design...
Global health systems have long been shaped by Western frameworks that separate health from land, environment, and community. But for Indigenous communities worldwide, health is holistic—deeply rooted in ancestral...
Global health systems are built on power structures that often exclude the very voices that should be leading the conversation. Funding, publishing, and policymaking have long been dominated by high-income countries...
Our final episode from the Health Systems Research Symposium in Nagasaki showcases transformative ideas in global health systems research and policy. This episode features discussions on interdisciplinary capacity...
Recorded live at the Eighth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, the episode focuses on the challenges and opportunities of delivering health care in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Collaborating with...
In this special episode, recorded live at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2024) in Nagasaki, we explore key themes shaping the global health landscape. This episode brings together voices from...
In this special “warm-up” episode for the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2024) in Nagasaki, Japan, we explore the conference themes, their relevance to global health, and the critical role of resilient...
Episode #72
In this episode of Connecting Citizens to Science, we conclude our three-part miniseries on improving maternal and newborn healthcare. Host Dr. Kim Ozano and her guests explore how to sustain quality improvements in...
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women’s health coach-in-training, Broughton House Veterans Care Village
Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health
dual-certified family and psychiatric nurse practitioner, Island Readers & Writers Institute
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