The spit queen: How Anne Wyllie is challenging the status quo in clinical testing

"What's really driven a lot of the work I have done, is that we have been very community focused."

Join SelectScience® CEO, Kerry Parker, as she speaks to Dr. Anne Wyllie, also known as ‘The Spit Queen’, about her work in the use of saliva for high-quality, low-cost community surveillance of respiratory pathogens. Wyllie is a research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health at Yale University. During this conversation, we explore the story behind the development of the SalivaDirect PCR protocol which propelled Wyllie’s global mission of affordable, high-quality testing programs for all communities in need. Discover how the American National Basketball Association helped with this mission and why we should be challenging the status quo in clinical testing.

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