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Vanessa Kerry

(1976) Physician United States

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Vanessa Kerry is a physician from the United States, best known for Does public health have primacy over patents?.

Quick Facts About Vanessa Kerry

Born: December 31, 1976
Nationality: United States
Profession: Physician
Notable works: Does public health have primacy over patents?

About Vanessa Kerry

Vanessa Bradford Kerry is an American physician, public health expert, and advocate. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health, director of the Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and serves as the Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health for the World Health Organization (WHO).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Fulbright Scholarship

Quotes by Vanessa Kerry

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth…

Away from you

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I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

Extraordinary

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I think that standing onstage on January 19th, and my father had just defied all expectations and won Iowa, was by far…

Expectations

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You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all…

Blinded

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We don't necessarily always agree, but hopefully we make each other think, and that's what matters.

Agree

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I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep…

Believe

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I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in…

Believe

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And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in…

Change

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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.

Any

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The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.

Debate

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It wasnt until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But…

Choices

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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.

Failure

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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that…

Dad

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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult…

Death

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It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at…

Brother

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My father loves his country and is ready to lead it. In my fathers gut: integrity.

Country

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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see…

Becomes

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