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TEDxTerryTalks - Jennifer Gardy - 10/3/09

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Talk Title: Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak

Dr. Jennifer Gardy is a postdoctoral fellow in the Robert Hancocks laboratory at UBCs Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, where she works on methods for the systems-level analysis of the mammalian innate immune system. Jennifer is also involved in several science media activities, including hosting CBC Televisions new half-hour science show, Project X. Jennifer completed her PhD at Simon Fraser University, finishing her degree in four years without ever having to put in late nights at the lab, and while simultaneously pursuing her interest in media activities! She was also awarded the Governor Generals Gold Medal as the top doctoral student

Links:
http://www.bccdc.ca/
http://www.globecampus.ca/blogs/nerd-girl/
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2009/10/22/ubc-tedxterry-talks/
http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng.

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  • Knowledge should be free, and it's great that the science community has had such rapid access to H1N1 data. Now if we can keep the lay media from reporting anything unless the editors involved can pass a basic science literacy test...

  • I've met her! She's just as, if not more, charming in person as she appears here.

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