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For almost 50 years, EMBL has provided the world with scientific knowledge, technological advancement, and a steady stream of highly skilled researchers. Our work to understand the very basis of life itself feeds naturally into WHO\u2019s broader global public health mission,\u201d says Edith Heard. \u201cFurthermore, EMBL\u2019s next five-year scientific programme will seek to better understand life in its natural context which has direct relevance to human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details of the council can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/groups\/science-council\">WHO website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":38184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17595,3],"tags":[512,493],"embl_taxonomy":[18895],"class_list":["post-38142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connections","category-lab-matters","tag-heard","tag-women-in-science","embl_taxonomy-edith-heard"],"acf":{"featured":true,"show_featured_image":false,"color":"#007B53","link_color":"#fff","article_intro":"<p>Professor Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council<\/p>\n","related_links":[{"link_description":"World Health Organization Science Council ","link_url":"https:\/\/www.who.int\/groups\/science-council"}],"article_sources":false,"in_this_article":false,"youtube_url":"","mp4_url":"","video_caption":"","press_contact":"None","vf_locked":false,"field_target_display":"embl","source_article":false},"embl_taxonomy_terms":[{"uuid":"a:2:{i:0;s:36:\"4428d1fd-441a-4d6d-a1c5-5dcf5665f213\";i:1;s:36:\"6b6ceb6d-6607-4a0d-9ca7-800e9c158d61\";}","parents":[],"name":["Edith Heard"],"slug":"edith-heard","description":"Who &gt; 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