Jennifer Gardy Explained

Jennifer Gardy
Birth Date:July 3, 1979
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fields:Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics
Alma Mater:University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, McGill University
Work Institutions:BC Centre for Disease Control
University of British Columbia,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Doctoral Advisor:Fiona Brinkman
Known For:Epidemiology,Genomics,Bioinformatics
Prizes:National Academy of Medicine, 2021

Jennifer Gardy is a Canadian scientist, educator and broadcaster, with expertise in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics. Since February 2019 she has been the Deputy Director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology on the Global Health: Malaria team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[1] She was previously an associate professor at the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health, a Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics,[2] and a Senior Scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control. She is an occasional host of CBC's The Nature of Things,[3] a science communicator,[4] and a children's book author.[5] She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021 as an International Member.[6]

Education

Gardy received her PhD in molecular biology and biochemistry from Simon Fraser University in 2006. Previously, she earned a BSc in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of British Columbia (2000) and a Graduate Certificate in Biotechnology from McGill University in 2001.[7]

BC Centre for Disease Control

Dr. Gardy began working for the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) in 2009.[8] During Dr. Gardy's time at the BCCDC, her team published the first paper to use next-generation DNA sequencing to reconstruct person-to-person disease transmission events in a large outbreak of tuberculosis.[9] This and subsequent work from her team helped to establish the new field of pathogen genomic epidemiology.[10] In 2014, she was made the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Public Health Genomics.[11] [12]

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

In her current role at the Gates Foundation, Dr. Gardy oversees strategy and investment activities for the Malaria Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology portfolio, which focuses on empowering National Malaria Control Programs to use better-quality data and advanced analytics for malaria strategic planning, decision-making, and policy-setting.[13] Her portfolio includes work related to strengthening routine surveillance systems for malaria, improving data use within malaria programs, malaria genetic and genomic surveillance, and geospatial and mathematical modeling to understand malaria epidemiology.

Media

Jennifer Gardy has appeared on Discovery Channel Canada's Daily Planet. Jennifer Gardy has made regular appearances on CBC's documentary series The Nature of Things and hosted these episodes:

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jennifer Gardy. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. en. 2019-11-11.
  2. Web site: Jennifer Gardy School of Population and Public Health (SPPH). spph.ubc.ca. 2016-09-21.
  3. Web site: The Nature of Things. CBC. 22 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Jennifer Gardy: A Fresh New Voice on Science. www.thelavinagency.com. 2018-09-22.
  5. Web site: It's Catching. Owlkids. 2016-09-21.
  6. Web site: Ogilvie . Jenna . 2021-10-18 . National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members . 2022-11-04 . National Academy of Medicine . en-US.
  7. Web site: Jennifer Gardy. The Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research. 17 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150306184058/http://www.cmdr.ubc.ca/~jennifer/. 6 March 2015. dead.
  8. Web site: 25 August 2014 . Dr. Jennifer Gardy . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013155733/http://www.bccdc.ca/util/about/UBCCDC/People/Faculty/DrJenniferGardy.htm . 13 October 2014 . 14 October 2014 . BC Centre for Disease Control.
  9. Gardy . Jennifer L. . Johnston . James C. . Sui . Shannan J. Ho . Cook . Victoria J. . Shah . Lena . Brodkin . Elizabeth . Rempel . Shirley . Moore . Richard . Zhao . Yongjun . Holt . Robert . Varhol . Richard . Birol . Inanc . Lem . Marcus . Sharma . Meenu K. . Elwood . Kevin . 2011-02-24 . Whole-Genome Sequencing and Social-Network Analysis of a Tuberculosis Outbreak . New England Journal of Medicine . 364 . 8 . 730–739 . 10.1056/NEJMoa1003176 . 0028-4793 . 21345102. free .
  10. Web site: Jennifer Gardy - Science Star. SFU. 14 October 2014.
  11. Web site: Jennifer Gardy - School of Population and Public Health (SPPH). spph.ubc.ca.
  12. Web site: Canada Research Chairs. Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Canada Research. Chairs. www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
  13. Web site: Malaria - Eradication, Prevention, Through Innovation & Data . 2022-11-04 . Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . en.
  14. News: Myth or Science Two: The Quest for Perfection. 2018-09-22. en.
  15. Web site: CBC Documentaries - The Science Of Sleep - TheTVDB.com . thetvdb.com . 3 October 2022.
  16. Web site: What Happens in Your Brain While You Sleep? New Research . The Nature of Things . CBC-TV . 3 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160208121048/http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/while-your-were-sleeping . 8 February 2016.
  17. News: Myth or Science: The Power of Poo. 2018-09-22. en.

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