I was recently awarded the Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology for my contributions to antimalarial drug development, including laying the groundbreaking work that has led to two new molecular methods for curing malaria. This award means a great deal to me because I have spent much of my scientific career feeling like an imposter—one with the wrong sort of background and poor credentials. I am grateful for the recognition, and I am beginning to recognize that having an atypical background can be an advantage because it gives you a different perspective on a challenge. More generally, diversity in educational and cultural backgrounds is important because it can stimulate new ways of thinking and discovery.
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机译：我最近在分子寄生虫学领域获得了Alice和C. C. Wang奖，这是因为我对抗疟药研发做出的贡献，包括奠定了开创性的工作，这导致了两种新的治疗疟疾的分子方法。该奖项对我来说意义重大，因为我在科学职业生涯中的大部分时间都像冒名顶替的人-背景不正确且资历不佳。我感谢您的表彰，并且我开始认识到具有非典型背景可能是一个优势，因为它使您对挑战有不同的看法。更广泛地说，教育和文化背景的多样性很重要，因为它可以激发新的思维方式和发现方式。
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