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I try to understand how adults in Africa learn to live in harmony with the parasite responsible for malaria, such that infections do not make them ill. This knowledge could help us design vaccines that would protect children, who can die as a result of a malaria infection.

— Faith Osier

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I inspire women in science all over the world, and more so in Africa.

As you move up it becomes harder because you’ll be distracted by dramas and sideshows, but remember that they’re not the main story.

It makes me appreciate the community that transformed a little girl growing up in Kenya into an international award-winning scientist.

I feel the urgency with dealing with these [infectious disease] problems because I have experienced them up close.

The journey towards the development of a malaria vaccine is bumpy. It involves understanding highly evolved parasites that can replicate while hidden within the cells of their hosts.

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