Facts:   - prizes: governor general 's gold medal , 2006    - caption: dr. day , 2014 . jennifer gardy gives a talk for ada lovelace    - fields: molecular biology , biochemistry , bioinformatics    - work institutions: -lsb- of british columbia http://www.bccdc.ca/ bc centre for disease control -rsb- university    - doctoral advisor: fiona brinkman      - name: jennifer gardy    - nationality: canadian    - image: jenngardyatirmacs.jpg    - alma mater: simon fraser university , mcgill university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jennifer gardy .
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jennifer gardy is a senior scientist at the british columbia centre for disease control .she is an occasional host of cbc 's the nature of things .