In this, the first of 3 episodes in this series, your host, Kristine Russell, sepsis survivor and parent of a neonatal sepsis survivor will be speaking with Shannon McKenney, who not only had sepsis once, but three times. We will hear about her experience of not only advocating while ill but proving that not only does self-advocacy need to occur inside of the hospital walls but beyond those walls long past critical illness.

For more information on Action on Sepsis, please visit our website:

https://sepsis.ubc.ca/podcast

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In this episode, Kristine is joined by Dr. Bob Hancock, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Director, Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research (CMDR), Canada Research Chair Holder in Health and Genomics as well as Registered Nurse with a Masters in Nursing, Sarah Carriere from the  BC Patient Safety & Quality Council where we will have a robust discussion about the recurrence of sepsis in some patients, innovative early diagnostic tools currently in development and the importance of the patient voice to improve patient safety when it comes to severe illness like sepsis.

If you haven't already, please listen to episode 1 of this series, Shannon’s story, to get the back-story and learn how sepsis affected her health and continues to this day.

For more information on Action on Sepsis, please visit our website:

https://sepsis.ubc.ca/podcast

Did you enjoy listening to our podcast? Please fill out this short survey (link is here) to help us understand what our listeners enjoyed about the podcast, and how we can make future series more engaging. It will take 1-2 minutes!

In this episode, Kristine is joined by two renowned leaders in Patient Oriented Research, from the BC Support Unit, Research Services Lead, Larry Mroz and Knowledge Translation Lead, Lynne Feehan who will close off this series to talk about the importance of engaging patients effectively and appropriately in research.

If you haven't already, please listen to episode 1 of this series, Shannon’s story, to get the back-story and learn how sepsis affected her health and continues to this day.

For more information on Action on Sepsis, please visit our website:

https://sepsis.ubc.ca/podcast

Did you enjoy listening to our podcast? Please fill out this short survey (link is here) to help us understand what our listeners enjoyed about the podcast, and how we can make future series more engaging. It will take 1-2 minutes!