Elodie Ghedin was born on 1967 and is a Canadian parasitologist and virologist as well as a professor at the New York University Center for Genomics and Systems Biology.
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Elodie Ghedin's work focuses on the molecular biology and genomics of the parasites that cause diseases such as elephantiasis, and river blindness, and on the evolution of the influenza virus.
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Elodie Ghedin was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow, a 2012 Kavli Frontier of Science Fellow, and a 2017 American Academy of Microbiology Fellow.
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Elodie Ghedin was Awarded the Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award in 2010.
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Elodie Ghedin continued her postdoctoral research with the Institute for Genomic Research in 2001.
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Elodie Ghedin was formerly part of the J Craig Venter Institute.
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Elodie Ghedin's research covers diverse topics in parasitology and virology, including the genetic diversity of flu strains.
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Elodie Ghedin has said: 'A flu infection is not homogeneous, but rather a mix of strains that gets transmitted as a swarm.
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Also while working at New York University, Elodie Ghedin was awarded a million-dollar grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study Zika virus infections.
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Elodie Ghedin has noted that children, pregnant women, and people with obesity tend to have longer flu infections.