Dr Xand van Tulleken: Camps, Cameras & Coronavirus

Camps, Cameras and Coronavirus: how not to communicate in a crisis

Communication isn't just an important part of a crisis response: it is at the heart of success or failure. Persuasion, narrative, science and powerful images and stories have played an essential role in the pandemic response for everyone involved.

In this talk Dr Xand van Tulleken will be using examples from his media work and his work as a doctor in humanitarian emergencies to examine the ways in which communication can be used to help crisis-affected populations, to prop up abusive governments and promote to self-serving media doctors.

About Dr Xand van Tulleken

Dr Xand van Tulleken is one of the BBC’s leading science presenters having worked on many flagship Health & Science programmes. Since qualifying as a doctor he has pursued interests in Public Health, Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Anthropology and is a lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Alongside his twin brother Chris, Dr Xand presents CBBC’s Operation Ouch! The series has been a huge global success, involving self-experimentation and lab work to find weird and wonderful ways of showing kids what goes on in hospitals, and inside our bodies.

During 2020, Dr Xand hosted the hugely successful live daytime shows Morning Live and Healthcheck UK Live on BBC One, as well as exploring the very personal side of COVID-19 alongside Chris, in the BBC One documentary Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me. He also hosted the quick turnaround documentaries Coronavirus: How to Isolate Yourself, When Will Lockdown End? and How to Avoid a Second Wave for Channel 4.

Dr Xand van Tulleken's Bio (Terroir Hospitality)