I inspire women in science all over the world, and more so in Africa. - Faith Osier

It makes me appreciate the community that transformed a little girl growing up in Kenya into an international award-winning scientist.

The fact that people are developing immunity to malaria all around me – I feel that this process is staring me in the face- if you like, and I must be able to see and understand how it is happening.

Malaria still claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of children each year and has a major economic impact on the lives of many in sub-Saharan Africa. Children that survive severe malaria can be left with permanent physical disability that takes many forms.