{"id":4554,"date":"2020-05-08T08:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwgwomenandsport.org\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T04:18:01","slug":"watch-dr-siouxsie-wiles-mnzm-microbiologist-auckland-university-and-2021-new-zealander-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.iwgwomenandsport.org\/es\/watch-dr-siouxsie-wiles-mnzm-microbiologist-auckland-university-and-2021-new-zealander-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Dr. Siouxsie Wiles, MNZM,\u00a0Microbiologist, Auckland University and 2021 New Zealander of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><span style=\"color: #333399; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Leadership from Lockdown<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>This week we welcomed Dr. Siouxsie Wiles, MNZM,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Microbiologist, Auckland University and 2021 New Zealander of the Year<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>13.30 \u2013 14.15 pm NZT, Friday 8 May 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>WATCH NOW: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">PLEASE FORWARD TO 2.25 TO START (we had a large audience so had to wait a while for them all to load!)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3MXJRfVZfg?start=143\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Over the past six weeks, Dr. Siouxsie Wiles has been a mainstay in living rooms across Aotearoa New Zealand. With her pink hair and her sound and sensible advice, she has demystified COVID-19 daily for kiwis struggling to adapt to lockdown and in the process, cemented her place as one of New Zealand\u2019s most admired female leaders. Commentators worldwide have commended the clarity with which the New Zealand government has communicated around COVID-19 and Siouxsie\u2019s commentary across mainstream media and through columns in The Spinoff certainly contributed significantly. This week, we were delighted to talk to Siouxsie about her COVID-19 journey and gain her insights on what sport and recreation may look like in future, as we drop down through lockdown levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles describes herself as a microbiologist and bioluminescence enthusiast but to many she is \u201cthat pink-haired science lady\u201d. Siouxsie studied medical microbiology at the University of Edinburgh, followed by a PhD in microbiology at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Oxford. She spent almost a decade at Imperial College London, before relocating to Aotearoa New Zealand as a Health Research Council Hercus Fellow in 2009. Siouxsie heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at Auckland University, where she combines her twin passions to understand infectious diseases and to find new antibiotics. Siouxsie also has a keen interest in demystifying science; she is a tweeter, blogger, podcaster, and media science commentator, and has worked with artists to make living works of art for various exhibitions in Aotearoa and overseas.\u00a0In 2017 she published her first book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwb.co.nz\/books\/antibiotic-resistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Antibiotic resistance: the end of modern medicine?\u2019<\/a>, and recently collaborated with her daughter to make a kid\u2019s show about microbiology. Siouxsie has won numerous awards for her research and science communication efforts, including the UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) 3Rs prize, the Prime Minister\u2019s Science Media Communication Prize, and Royal Society Te Ap\u0101rangi\u2019s Callaghan Medal. She was one of three finalists for the 2018 Kiwibank New Zealander of Year award and in 2019 was appointed a member of the NZ Order of Merit for services to microbiology and science communication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>This week\u2019s moderator: journalist and commentator, Rikki Swannell!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4055\" src=\"http:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki.jpg 439w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-56x50.jpg 56w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-50x45.jpg 50w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-30x27.jpg 30w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-112x100.jpg 112w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-168x150.jpg 168w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-224x200.jpg 224w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-123x110.jpg 123w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-93x83.jpg 93w, https:\/\/womeninsport.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Croppped-headshot-002-Rikki-250x223.jpg 250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"179\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">After a fantastic effort moderating week one through four of this new series, we were thrilled to welcome Rikki back again for week five!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Rikki has been a sports broadcaster for 15 years, and now works in a freelance capacity as a commentator and reporter. She can largely be heard on Sky Sport, where she is a regular commentator on netball, rugby and tennis, and on the World 7s series, working for World Rugby. She started her career as a journalist at Radio Sport and Newstalk ZB and has covered everything from snooker and darts, to cricket and rowing, Olympic and Commonwealth Games and various World Cups. Since going it alone in 2016, Rikki has diversified to become an accomplished event MC, long form print and online writer, media advisor and trainer and web copy-writer. She has a keen interest in the business of sport, governance and media issues. Rikki has kindly provided her services free, to help this series.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Those interested in working with Rikki should contact her on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rikki.swannell@gmail.com\">rikki.swannell@gmail.com<\/a>. 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