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The ‘disease detective’ whose job it is to run towards disaster

Apr 23, 2019 | Media, Podcast

Life Matters, ABC Radio Nationa Dr Meru Sheel is a field epidemiologist and population health expert at Australian National University, but she describes herself as a ‘disease detective’. Dr Sheel became interested in helping prevent infectious...
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