Sue Desmond-Hellmann
Former CEO of Gates Foundation | Pioneering Biotechnology & Emerging Tech
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Sue Desmond-Hellmann is the former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she oversaw the organization's $50 billion endowment and initiatives in global health, development, and education. As a trained physician and oncologist, Desmond-Hellmann previously served as Chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco and held executive roles at Genentech, pioneering groundbreaking cancer treatments.
Her TED Talks have explored the potential of biotechnology and artificial intelligence to address global challenges. Desmond-Hellmann's keynotes provide audiences with a visionary perspective on emerging technologies and their real-world impact.
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A smarter, more precise way to think about public health
Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant mortality rates all over the world. The goal: to save lives by bringing the right interventions to the right populations at the right time.
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