Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, July 30th and I'm

your host Kara Santa Maria. I want to thank those of you who have made TalkNurdy possible this week by

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shout out at the top of the show for everybody who supports at the $25 or more per

episode level. So I just want to thank you guys again so much for all of your

incredible support. I had the honor of doing a really important interview I

think this week and one that I learned an awful lot from.

So her name is Dr Helen Pates Jammit.

She's a medical entomologist and she is the global head of research and market access for Vestergarde.

Now, she focuses specifically on malaria prevention, research, and vector control product development.

So she works for a company that makes mosquito nets and she has done a lot of work looking

into R&D of mosquito nets and seeing how effective they can be in preventing malaria.

She's done a lot of work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,

where she was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

She was also a consultant medical entomologist

for the American Biophysics Corporation in Tanzania,

where she worked at a research station evaluating mosquito traps.

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