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Advancing The World Through Biotech With Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath

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  “Scientists are single-focused, that’s what makes them such amazing scientists. They are focused on that problem that keeps them up at night and they’re passionate about finding that. But they often forget to look up and figure out how the broader social context is impacting them. And so I really see our role at BIO as serving as that voice, that platform for them, and that bridge to the broader cultural conversation about what science can do. https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-mahindra “Science is the social justice issue of our age. It is so critically important because when I think about those communities I grew up with in Oakland, what they needed was access to clean water. They needed access to nutritious foods. They needed clean air, and they needed to know that not only did they have access to healthcare, but once they got in the door of the doctor’s office they would actually have solutions in the medicine cabinet that would help them. And you only get all of those things