Summary
Janet Hemingway, the youngest woman to ever to become a full professor in the UK, talks about her career at the frontline of the war on malaria. Whilst many researchers look for vaccines and treatments to this global killer, Janet's approach, as a trained entomologist, has been to fight the mosquito - the vector - which transmits the malaria parasite.
Image: Janet Hemingway, BBC Copyright
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.7 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
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| 1:05.5 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, |
| 1:08.5 | here's something you may not know. |
| 1:10.5 | My name's Linda Davies, |
| 1:11.9 | and I commission podcast for BBC Sounds. |
| 1:14.0 | As you'd expect at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality |
| 1:19.0 | featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. |
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