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DESCRIPTION:\n	\n		\n			As part of McGill's bicentennial celebration\, McGill Glo
 bal Health Programs\, the McGill Global Health Perspectives Blog and the P
 ulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting present:\n\n			Communicating Global Healt
 h Research and Countering Misinformation\n\n			This event will be a panel of 
 diverse and influential writers in global health from the US\, India and S
 outh Africa speaking on challenges and opportunities in communicating glob
 al health research and advocacy to the public. The session will focus on a
 ) how the writers got inspired and why they write b) the challenges they h
 ave faced as science communicators c) advice on how to write (or use other
  mediums) effectively to the public.\n\n			Speakers:\n\n			\n				Amy Maxmen\, Senior
  Reporter\, Nature: Amy is an award-winning science writer who covers the 
 entanglements of evolution\, medicine\, science policy and of the people b
 ehind research. Her stories appear in Wired\, National Geographic and The 
 New York Times\, among other outlets. She’s currently based in California 
 as a senior reporter at Nature. Amy completed her doctoral degree in evolu
 tionary biology at Harvard University.\n			\n\n			\n				Sandhya Ramesh\, Senior Edit
 or (Science)\, ThePrint India: Sandhya writes about science and technology
 \, with a focus on research\, lifestyle\, and society in India. Her work h
 as appeared in The Wire (India)\, Mint\, Digit Magazine\, The News Minute 
 and others. Sandhya holds a bachelor of engineering from Nagpur University
  in India and a master’s in science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
 \n			\n\n			\n				Laura López González\, Independent Journalist: Laura is an award-w
 inning independent health and science writer and editor based in Johannesb
 urg\, South Africa\, reporting to venues such as Al-Jazeera\, Devex\, VICE
  and others. Over the course of 15 years\, she has headed up the news desk
 s of half of South Africa’s specialist health reporting outlets. López hol
 ds a bachelors from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern Univer
 sity and a Masters from the University of Chicago.\n			\n\n			\n				Moderator: Shash
 ika Bandara\, PhD Candidate\, Dept of Family Medicine\, McGill University
 \n			\n\n			This is a hybrid event. Online attendees will be able to watch the l
 ive stream on YouTube.\n\n			 \n\n			\n				Watch Live on YouTube\n			\n\n			\n				McGill Unive
 rsity's Global Health Week\n			\n\n			\n				Full Global Health Week Program\n			\n		\n	\n
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LOCATION:and online\, Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 ru
 e McTavish
SUMMARY:Communicating Global Health Research and Countering Misinformation
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/channels/event/communicating-global-
 health-research-and-countering-misinformation-339264
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