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>> HI, MY NAME IS PHIL JOHNSON, AND I LIVE IN BRYN MAWR
AND I WORK AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
I'VE SPENT THE PAST 25 YEARS WORKING ON VIRUSES THAT INFECT
CHILDREN AND LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO INVENT VACCINES TO HELP
US PREVENT THOSE VIRAL INFECTIONS.
PEDIATRICS IS A SUBSPECIALTY OF PREVENTION,
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT INFECTIONS,
RATHER THAN HAVE TO TREAT THEM.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES HERE
AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THIS REGARD,
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE WANT
TO PREVENT KIDS FROM GETTING SICK, RATHER THAN TAKING CARE OF THEM
AFTER THEY GET SICK.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I DO HERE AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IS HELP OTHER SCIENTISTS WITH THEIR WORK BY PROVIDING THEM
WITH AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FREE OF BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE
SO THAT THEY CAN GO INTO THEIR LABORATORIES OR THEIR CLINICS
AND DO THEIR WORK WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR WITHOUT WORRY
OF BEING BOGGED DOWN WITH PAPERWORK.
SO WE HERE AT CHOP ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO HELP MAKE CHILDREN
BETTER AND HEALTHIER.