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Professor devy schrieder is chair of global public health at the university of edinburgh. She was one of the academics who was catapulted into the spotlight with regular medeor appearances and a twitter following that swelled to hundreds of thousands. At the time, there was no obvious right path, but now, two years on, we can look back and see where we might have gone wrong. I me n sample the guardian science editor, and this is science weekly.

As the news came out of China that there was a new virus infecting humans, scientists around the world promptly got to work sequencing genomes, gathering data and communicating what they found with the public. One of the scientists catapulted into the public eye was Devi Sridhar, a professor in global public health. Soon, she was advising the Scottish government on their Covid strategy, regularly appearing on TV and had gained a big social media following. Ian Sample speaks to Sridhar about her experience of the pandemic so far, what it was like working alongside politicians, and what she’s learned from it all. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod