Akiko Iwasaki: Finding Light in Darkness Podcast
We had the privilege of interviewing over Thanksgiving week on The Butterfly Pavilion Podcast with Akiko Iwasaki from Yale University. I have been following Akiko for a few years now and she is also one of my long Covid Heroes. Iwasaki is a Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of immune defense against viruses. Forbes 50 over 50 Innovation 2024, TIME 100 Most Influential People 2024,Keio Medical Science Prize in 2025. I have been afflicted by long Covid since infection in January of 2020 and X became a good source of research around the topic. She has a huge following there and I'm fortunate to have her follow me and have the occasional engagement with her on that platform. We covered a variety of topics including some of my history around long Covid and stage IV cancer. The outline of topics covered and ending like we often do with movie quotes--she was a good sport engaging with us there. 1) ...
