{"exhibit":{"id":6,"title":"Gilead Sciences","description":"<p>A research-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines.<\/p>\n<p>The Emmy-nominated documentary \u201cDon\u2019t Define Me\u201d, focuses on Wheatley\u2019s work with people affected by HIV in Western New York. Gilead Sciences, Inc. invited her to California in 2019, to create portraits of members of their\u00a0community after seeing the film.<\/p>\n<p>One person who sat with Wheatley is Alan Wang, former San Francisco ABC7 anchor, and patient-ambassador for\u00a0the\u00a0<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfhepbfree.org\/\">San Francisco Hep B Free<\/a><\/span> campaign.\u00a0\u00a0In his portrait, Wang speaks about his experiences with Hepatitis B, which has taken the lives of three of his Uncles. He refers to the\u00a0virus as\u00a0\"the silent killer\", that is \"largely affecting Asian people\u201d - and that infects\u00a0almost a million Americans,\u00a0including a\u00a0disproportionately large number of\u00a0Chinese Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Another person who\u00a0sat with Wheatley is Chrissie Chew, a Senior Medical Scientist at Gilead, who is researching a cure for rheumatoid arthritis.\u00a0\u00a0Her work is personal, since her mother was recently diagnosed with it; her grandmother also lived with the disease and she herself experiences pain in her joints.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"gilead","added":"2019-12-17 15:46:51","modified":"2020-03-04 05:00:28","owner_id":1,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":166},"item":{"id":429,"item_type_id":18,"collection_id":23,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2019-12-16 19:54:07","modified":"2020-03-04 20:26:52","owner_id":1}}