Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD (@profdasgupta.bsky.social)

$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential. https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2023/09/25/1200568742/macarthur-foundation-prize-pandemic-warning?utm_social_handle_id=10643211755&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_social_post_id=590308733&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMTczODQ3NjQyNjcwMzcwAAEeEDb8QWjasnhdxQGDrpv3fn0b4wu8DZa8Dt3yS31FB0FKh1K1nc5LmTfQkYs_aem_1jixndw8uFd_RnZcYkRkGQ