Julie Healer
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Julie Healer
@HealerJulie
Malariologist, molecular biologist. #MalariaWorldCongress #womeninSTEMM, #WEHI_research, views my own

“It’s taking longer for babies to smile because people around them are wearing masks,” @theheraldsun.






Hayley Buchanan from @McfaddenGeoff Lab tells us how to lay a "resistance trap" for parasites. Nice to see some work on mozzie stages... and use of emojis in slides! 😏💪#malariamelb19




A kinder research culture is possible nature.com/articles/d4158…

Net age, but not integrity, may be associated with decreased protection against Plasmodium falciparum infection in southern Malawi dlvr.it/RDvFLj

This is a movie I made with creative use of my @FijiSc zoom code. This is an "egress assay" where a bunch of late-stage malaria infected blood cells burst into parasites ready and willing to infect neighbouring cells. Data from @HealerJulie and @afcowman


#WeekendRead: Excellent op-ed from @WHO Regional Director for Africa | #Measles has now killed more people in #DRC than #Ebola – and almost all of them are children

A jump in the number of people sleeping <6hr from 2010 (30%) to 2018 (35%). Hardest hit: those in healthcare (45%) and the military (50%). This is unsustainable chronic sleep deprivation for maintaining human health. link.springer.com/article/10.100…




The new report by @TheLancet Commission on #malariaeradication addresses a bold proposition: that #malaria can be eradicated within a generation. #endmalaria #LancetMalaria @MEIatUCSF hubs.ly/H0kyS_n0

More evidence this is not a pipeline issue - Gender equality: 'No room at the top for women scientists' bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…










