PART 2 of Confronting the Health Inequities of Insulin Access (or In-access)

One session was not enough to cover the bredth and complexity of this topic so here we are back for part 2.

In the age of COVID, we have seen how fragile our health systems are, who bears the heaviest burden of the crisis, and how people are coming together to help each other through mutual aid. We will be discussing parallel topics that are all too relevant for those whose lives are dependent on insulin and what the Open Insulin Project is up against to help facilitate its access. Our panelists will be bringing unique perspectives from public health and community biology.
The panel and discussion will be recorded and posted on youtube.

Join this dynamic conversation with Maria Chavez, President at BioCurious, Anthony Di-franco, cofounder of the Open Insulin Project, Ramy Kim, public health practitioner & President of Counter Culture Labs, and Jose Liquet, microbiologist.

After a short introduction, the panelists will ask each other questions about health inequalities and how this relate to the Open Insulin Project. After 30 min discussion, we will take questions from the public. You can ask your question directly on the chat or before on social media.
Jose Liquet is soil microbiologist with research experience in biodegradation of explosives and bioplastics. He is passionate about using microbes for the good of mankind and sharing the scientific approach to everyone. He joined the Open Insulin Project a few months ago.

Ramy Kim is an Oakland-based environmental health scientist-activist, organizer, and educator who works on biohacking and science outreach for public collaboration and knowledge-sharing. She currently works on strategy with the worldwide collaborators of Open Insulin for the equitable development of an open source insulin protocol and drug distribution, intended for the Commons.

Maria Chavez is President of BioCurious, where she organized events, classes and community projects for the past 9 years. Her ambition is to continue to push open source science and for the creation of more biohacking spaces, democratizing science globally. She is a member for the Open Insulin team since the creation of the project, motivated by family members with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Anthony DiFranco is a co-founder and board member of Counter Culture Labs, a group of biohackers in Oakland, where he founded the Open Insulin project, an effort to develop open technology for insulin production at microbrewery scale and organize patient-led cooperatives to manufacture it.