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Dr Niranjan Bose
Name:
Dr Niranjan Bose
Job title:
Interim Executive Director
Place of work / study:
Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative
Area of Research:
The Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative is on a mission to fundamentally transform Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research. We offer researchers around the world secure data sharing and analytics tools and collaboration resources, all available to users at no cost.
How is your work funded:
Gates Ventures
Tell us a little about yourself:
I am currently the Managing Director, Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures, LLC, where I serve as Science Advisor to Mr Bill Gates and oversee a portfolio of philanthropic investments in global health, Alzheimer’s disease and US healthcare.
Before joining Gates Ventures in August 2014, I was Chief of Staff to the President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During my time at the Gates Foundation, I was responsible for managing the enteric vaccines portfolio, including rotavirus, cholera, enterotoxigenic E coli and shigella, as well as the clinical stage pneumococcal vaccine portfolio.
Before joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, I worked with Strategic Decisions Group and SDG Life Sciences as a Senior Consultant, supporting clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with strategy development, company valuations, portfolio management frameworks, revenue forecasting and competitive assessments.
I currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative and Global Health Labs, a non profit organisation advancing innovations for primary healthcare settings in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2022, I have also been a member of the Board of Directors at Inventprise, a biotech company focused on advancing novel vaccines using proprietary technology, with the aim of providing life saving interventions globally.
I hold a PhD in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College, an MS in Biological Sciences and a BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. I also received a Business Bridge Diploma from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
