Prof Tom Solomon is Director of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections. He works on emerging infections, particularly those which affect the brain, in Africa, Asia and the UK. He is also a passionate science communicator. His book "Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine" available on Amazon was published in 2016. He hosts the Scouse Science Podcast and tweets @RunningMadProf