Dr. Audrey Odom

TEDxKC 2015 Challenge winner, Dr. Audrey Odom, MD, PhD is a recipient of the Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award and the March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Award. Dr. Odom’s NIH-funded laboratory studies metabolism of the malaria parasite, en route to development of new malaria therapies and diagnostics.

In this 5-minute talk, Dr. Odom explores the use of low-cost sensors to provide rapid, accurate diagnosis from a single exhaled breath, a critical development in the war against drug-resistant infections. Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine.