Olivia Hallisey

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Olivia Hallisey
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University
Occupation(s)Student, Scientist

Olivia Hallisey is an American scientist at Stanford University.

Previously, she attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. While a junior in high school, she won first prize in the 2015 Google Science Fair for inventing a low-cost, rapid test for Ebola. [1] The prize also came with $50,000. [2] According to Hallisey, her test can be completed in as little as 30 minutes at a cost of $25, and, unlike existing ebola detection methods, does not require refrigeration. [3] She became interested in fighting Ebola while watching the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak in which thousands of people died. [4]

Personal life

In 2016, she was presented as a debutante at the prestigious Le Bal des débutantes in Paris. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Olivia Hallisey, the Teen Who Created Her Own Ebola Test". teenvogue.com. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Levine, Jon (September 26, 2015). "16-Year-Old Olivia Hallisey Won the Google Science Fair by Fighting Ebola". Mic. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ Greene, Kerima (September 22, 2015). "17 year old girl sweeps Google's annual science competition". CNBC. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Goldberg, Eleanor (September 25, 2015). "Teen Who Invented $25 Ebola Detection Test Wins Huge Google Prize". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ https://www.tatlerasia.com/the-scene/people-parties/from-paris-with-love-this-year-s-le-bal-des-debutantes


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