1. Describe your feelings about or response to the interview.
Overall, the interview was great. It actually went well over the time that I thought would be needed simply because Dr. Haskins had so much information to share with us. Her stories and knowledge of the topic meshed extremely well and she provided us with great insight that we had never before thought of. Dr. Haskins was the perfect person for us to interview.
2. What changes occurred for you as a result of the interview?
The main change that this interview had on me was the overall impact that malaria can have. Dr. Haskins provided many facts such as a single company losing over 5,000 work days per year with employees being out sick. I never really had a grasp on the seriousness of this disease until we interviewed her.
3. Did anything about it disturb you?
Nothing really disturbed me about the interview as a whole. As said in questions 2, I was more surprised about the severity of malaria than anything.
4. Describe the connections you found between the interview and your research/classwork.
The biggest connection that I found between the interview and classwork/research was actually the lack of knowledge about grid computing. Dr. Haskins had never heard of this until I mentioned that my computer was running on a grid for malaria. This surprised me because I initially had never heard about it until starting the Evolution course. I feel that if this was a better known concept then more people would be willing to sign their computers onto different grids allowing for more research to take place at a much cheaper cost.
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