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Episode 5: Dengue Part 2 - The Wolbachia Method
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Dr. Mark, welcomes back Student Doctors Walker & Walker to discuss the World Mosquito Program's Wolbachia Method and its efforts to control Dengue and other mosquito borne illnesses.
Co-Host/Guest Information:
Ellison Barlow Walker is currently an OMS-III at Rocky Vista University. She is passionate about global outreach and women's health and hopes to be the best physician possible. She currently lives in sunny St. George Utah with her husband and fellow classmate Stephen Walker. Any free time she can get is spent outside hiking, biking, playing pickleball or exploring new hobbies, and cooking new recipes with her husband.
Stephen Walker is a second-year medical student at Rocky Vista University. He has been passionate about medicine since he was eight years old. He is currently working towards a career as an anesthesiologist. His passion for medicine has created a great desire and drive to serve the lives of others both locally and globally. He has provided humanitarian aid in several countries including The Dominican Republic, Mexico, and several refugee camps in Jordan. In any free time he enjoys being outside biking, hiking, playing basketball or golf, but most of all spending time with his wife.
For more information on Dengue, check out the following resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/Dengue/
https://www.who.int/health-topics/dengue-and-severe-dengue#tab=tab_1
https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method
Disclaimer intro by Claire Eliason.
Intro/Outro Music by Westin Wong
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