Workshop Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Gardy
Dr. Jennifer Gardy is both a scientist and a science communicator. In her scientific life, she鈥檚 a Senior Scientist in Genomics at the BC Centre for Disease Control and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics. Jennifer鈥檚 lab uses genome sequencing to understand how infectious diseases spread in populations. When she鈥檚 not studying microbes, Jennifer regularly hosts episodes of CBC Television鈥檚 long-running science documentary series The Nature of Things, appears as a guest host and contributor on Discovery Chanel鈥檚 nightly science newsmagazine Daily Planet, and is a frequent guest on CTV鈥檚 daily lifestyle programs CTV Morning Live and The Social. She wrote a children鈥檚 book about microbes for OwlKids Books in 2014, and regularly speaks to science graduate students about how to communicate their research effectively.