Dame Sally Davies, A Musical

One of our biggest supporters over the last few years has been Dame Sally Davies, the former haematologist, civil servant, Chief Medical Officer of the UK and the current master of Trinity College and UK’s Special Envoy on AMR. She’s also a legend.

 

During her career, she has seen the face of medicine change, from a time when we had a choice of drugs from the medicine cabinet, to a world where the AMR is clearing those same cabinets bare.

 

Given her experience in the field, we sat down to chat about what a musical charting her life and relationship with AMR would look like, asking what sparked her to take action, what the end of the story is going to look like, and what makes her burst out into song.

 

The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

Come and watch us in New York in Fall 2024!

The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

Original music and editing support is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline