Stanford University encouraged Andrew Huberman to engage the media during early COVID
Rob Mohr · Rob Mohr on Co-Founding the Huberman Lab Podcast and Scicomm Media · Mar 28, 2025 · at 2:29
Rob Mohr, co-founder of Huberman Lab, explains how Dr. Andrew Huberman's public science communication efforts began during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“In 2020 when COVID broke out, Stanford basically, you know, encouraged Andrew to get out and start talking to media, and that's when Andrew and I reconnected.”
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