Miranda Cook (2013) is currently pursing her MPH at Emory University. She is a Research Assistant in the Division of Reproductive Health and recently attended the OpenCon 2015 conference on open science held in Brussels. She and her fellow attendees met with European Union policymakers to discuss steps they can take to help researchers make science more open. Speakers at the meeting included Mike Eisen (PLOS), Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), and Jennifer Hansen (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). She is shown in this photo at the bottom left helping to hold up the conference banner.
Story by Garrett Alexandrea McDowell, Ph.D.
Photo contributed by Miranda Cook.