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

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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