Olivia Hallisey

{{short description|American scientist}}

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Olivia Hallisey is an American scientist at Stanford University.

Previously, she attended Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut. While a junior in high school, she won first prize in the 2015 Google Science Fair for inventing a low-cost, rapid test for Ebola.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/meet-olivia-hallisey-the-teen-who-created-her-own-ebola-test|title=Meet Olivia Hallisey, the Teen Who Created Her Own Ebola Test|website=teenvogue.com|access-date=2018-09-11}} The prize also came with $50,000.{{cite web | url=https://mic.com/articles/125871/16-year-old-olivia-hallisey-won-the-google-science-fair-by-fighting-ebola#.IcVmBQA3s | title=16-Year-Old Olivia Hallisey Won the Google Science Fair by Fighting Ebola | work=Mic | date=26 September 2015 | accessdate=23 August 2016 | author=Levine, Jon}} According to Hallisey, her test can be completed in as little as 30 minutes at a cost of $25, and, unlike existing ebola detection methods, does not require refrigeration.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/22/17-year-old-girl-sweeps-googles-annual-science-competition.html | title=17 year old girl sweeps Google's annual science competition | work=CNBC | date=22 September 2015 | accessdate=23 August 2016 | author=Greene, Kerima}} She became interested in fighting Ebola while watching the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak in which thousands of people died.{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-who-invented-25-ebola-detection-test-wins-google-scholarship_us_56045275e4b0fde8b0d1c8d2 | title=Teen Who Invented $25 Ebola Detection Test Wins Huge Google Prize | work=Huffington Post | date=25 September 2015 | accessdate=23 August 2016 | author=Goldberg, Eleanor}}