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Science Programs. We select science programs by engaging deeply with scientific and medical communities to identify unmet needs and barriers to success. We then identify if and where we can have a differentiated impact in addressing those challenges by supporting technology development, interdisciplinary research collaborations, and partnerships.
Jun 11, 2019 · About Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that’s leveraging technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease, to improving education, to reforming the criminal justice system.
Based on the success of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco, we are expanding to form a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network, in which new Biohubs in distinct geographic locations will be created to bring together leading scientific and technology institutions with the goal of pursuing grand scientific challenges on 10 to 15-year time horizons.
The Neuroscience program was launched in 2018 with a focus on neurodegenerative disease and centered on the CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN). The Challenge Network model is built on the vision that progress in solving neurodegenerative diseases will come from bringing new talent and ideas from diverse disciplines and expertise ...
Priscilla Chan is co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As a pediatrician and teacher, Priscilla’s work with patients and students in communities across the Bay Area has informed her desire to make learning more personalized, find new paths to manage and cure disease, and expand opportunity for more people.
Dec 7, 2021 · T oday, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) co-founders and co-CEOs Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg announced that they are doubling down on their commitment to accelerating biomedical science and advancing human health with an ambitious new effort to observe, measure, and analyze any biological process throughout the human body — across spatial scales and in real time.
Jan 27, 2021 · About the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Founded by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that’s leveraging technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease, to improving education, to reforming the criminal justice system.
