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Dr Jilly Evans
Jilly Evans is a biochemist who is a director
at Merck Research Laboratories in Pennsylvania. She helped develop the
successful anti-asthmatic drug, Singulair and the novel arthritis and pain
medication, Vioxx. She is a passionate supporter of women's careers in
science and a proud New Zealander living abroad. Kindly sponsored by Merck
Sharp & Dohme.
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Dr Sheila Ochugboju
Sheila Ochugboju is project development manager
with London-based company Focus Consultancy where she manages public health
projects in such areas as ethnic health policy, sickle cell, diabetes control
and HIV/AIDS prevention. Previously, on a fellowship at Oxford University,
she looked at ways of developing alternatives to chemical pesticides.
Sheila is firmly committed to communicating with the public on scientific
issues. Kindly sponsored by The British Council NZ.
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Margaret Wertheim
Margaret Wertheim is an internationally noted
science writer and commentator who has written extensively about science
and society for magazines, television and radio. She is the author of
Pythagoras' Trousers: God, physics and the
gender wars and The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace, a history of space
from Dante to the Internet . Originally from Australia, Margaret now
lives in Los Angeles.
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Dr Jean Fleming
Jean Fleming is a senior lecturer at Otago Medical
School's Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology. She was one of four
people (and the only scientist) appointed to the Royal Commission on Genetic
Modification, whose year-long inquiry was regarded as the most extensive
yet to be held anywhere in the world.
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Suzanne Hall
Suzanne Hall is the founder of the Living Nature
company whose natural and pure skin care products have found international
recognition and success. Her innovation and achievements are due to her
love of New Zealand plants and her unique approach to combining research
and business. Living Nature is based in Kerikeri.
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Professor Dame Anne Salmond DBE,
CBE, FRSNZ, PhD
Anne Salmond is Distinguished Professor of Maori
Studies and Social Anthropology, and Pro Vice Chancellor (Equal Opportunity)
at the University of Auckland. She has won three Wattie Book of the Year
awards as well as numerous prestigious fellowships and international prizes.
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