Episode 40: Dr Catherine Green OBE

<p>My guest this week has just helped save the world! Dr Catherine Green OBE is one of the team in Oxford who developed and began manufacturing the AstraZeneca&nbsp;vaccine.&nbsp;Together with her colleague Professor Sarah Gilbert (now a Dame) she has just written a book 'Vaxxers' which explains in a rather thrilling and readable way, just how they did this, in the hope of communicating the science behind it and reassuring those who are vaccine hesitant at the moment.&nbsp;I was due to speak to Dr Green in person but two of my children got covid that very week, so instead we spoke down a line.&nbsp;Very frustrating not to actually meet her but with scientist Catherine Green - or Cath as she is more often known - even a glitchy line can't dampen her energy, enthusiasm and humour.</p><p><br></p><p>We talked about how she's never felt particularly 'mumsy'; how her friends looked out for her at the height of her work on the&nbsp;vaccine, leaving flowers or food on her doorstep for her; and how her 10 year old daughter Ellie has insisted&nbsp;they install a disco ball in the kitchen of their new house.&nbsp;Ellie sounds fabulous - clearly a girl after my own heart!</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>