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PATH launches landmark AI study in Africa exploring LLMs’ potential in health diagnoses

PATH has launched the largest study of its kind in Africa, recruiting 9,000 participants to test whether artificial intelligence can… Read More

‘We will go on’: Global health nonprofit PATH navigates U.S. funding freeze from new Seattle HQ

PATH’s ribbon-cutting ceremony this week should have been purely celebratory. Instead, the global health nonprofit’s move to airy new Seattle… Read More

Seattle global health nonprofit PATH cutting workforce after federal funding freeze

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced this week that it is reducing its workforce in response to Trump administration efforts… Read More

Global health nonprofit PATH moving to new HQ space in Seattle that was once home to Tableau

PATH, the global health nonprofit, is moving to a new headquarters space in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood after 15 years in… Read More

Tech Moves: F5 adds cybersecurity vet to board; Icertis hires chief strategy officer; and more

— Marianne Budnik joined the board of directors of Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5. Budnik is currently chief… Read More

Life sciences news: Seagen CEO resigns after arrest, cautious optimism for biotech, and more

Here’s a rundown of the top life sciences and health news across the Pacific Northwest this week. Seagen CEO resigns… Read More

Life sciences news: COVID-19 shot clinical data, Bill Gates on preventing the next pandemic

The week in life sciences in the Pacific Northwest started with disappointing data for Eliem Therapeutics. Its lead compound failed… Read More

Rep. Pramila Jayapal on vaccine equity, misinformation, preparing for the next pandemic

Rep. Pramila Jayapal knows public health. The 7th congressional district Democrat from Washington state once worked at Seattle global health… Read More

Preventing the next pandemic: WSU will lead $125M global project to find, analyze animal viruses

Washington State University this week launched a new $125 million program to collect and analyze animal viruses with the aim… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires CFO; ex-Tune CEO lands at Roku

— RealSelf CEO James Coyle stepped down and Jeff Kizilbash has been named interim CEO of the cosmetic review platform.… Read More

How the Gates Foundation and Seattle nonprofit PATH are helping get oxygen to India

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with two Chicago financial groups to channel $5.5 million into efforts by… Read More

New COVID-19 dashboard shares data on how well diagnostic tests perform against variants

While all eyes are on the COVID-19 vaccine, the more dangerous variants of the virus are becoming increasingly dominant. In… Read More

PATH releases new dashboard to help health officials make sense of COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Say you’re a health ministry staffer for a small country in the developing world or a health department leader in… Read More

Tech Moves: PATH taps Nikolaj Gilbert as new CEO; Concur co-founder Steve Singh joins Clari board

— PATH, a Seattle nonprofit organization with more than 1,400 employees across 22 offices worldwide who work on global health… Read More

Anopheles mosquito

Seattle-area groups embrace data to curb malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

When we think of what it takes to eradicate infectious diseases, we typically picture health efforts on the front lines.… Read More

Richard Wang

Tech Moves: Coding Dojo co-founder returns; Zillow hires former Glassdoor exec; PATH CEO steps down; and more

— Richard Wang has returned to Coding Dojo as president following his departure as CEO in 2017. Michael Choi has… Read More

Podcast

How Bill Gates, a valley full of snakes and one entrepreneur took on a deadly disease

In 1996, Bill Gates read a story in the New York Times that sparked his passion for health. The story… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon loses another exec, this time to Snap; San Francisco health company eyes Seattle expansion; and more

Amazon VP of Physical Stores Tim Stone has been named Snap’s new chief financial officer, replacing Drew Vollero, who is stepping down from… Read More

Tech Moves: RealNetworks exec named CEO of Napster parent; Tableau adds Starbucks CTO to board; and more

Bill Patrizio, formerly the president of consumer media for RealNetworks, was appointed CEO of Rhapsody International, the parent company of… Read More

Tech Moves: Hillel Cooperman named SVP at Oracle; Seattle architecture leader Karen Thomas promoted at Gensler; CrowdCow taps startup vet Fioca; etc.

Longtime Seattle tech design leader Hillel Cooperman has joined Oracle as the company’s senior vice president of user experience and design,… Read More

PATH receives $120M Gates Foundation grant to fuel vaccine development across the globe

Seattle-based global health nonprofit PATH announced Wednesday that it has received a $120 million grant from the Bill and Melinda… Read More

Gates Foundation and PATH wire up health data in Africa using a novel approach

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the global health nonprofit PATH are working on a groundbreaking initiative in Africa… Read More

Skye Gilbert

Geek of the Week: Skye Gilbert takes PATH toward health equity — with side trips to mountain peaks

Skye Gilbert has been on a journey for years in search of answers to complex societal questions. At PATH, the… Read More

Tech Moves: Avalara hires Amazon and Walmart vet; PATH adds VP of tech development; Remitly taps Kevin Nakao for VP role; and more

Avalara, Seattle-based makers of tax automation software, announced Monday that it has added another big name to its leadership team:… Read More

Bad news for malaria: Innovations from Seattle deployed to fight one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases

Joseph Mutale’s career reads like many others in the tech industry. He graduated from the University of Austin in Texas,… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires community engagement director; Marchex’s CRO resigns; and more

Amazon doesn’t have a great reputation when it comes to community engagement. It’s been at the center of public rancor… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VIA Global Health wants to be ‘the Amazon of the medical supply world’

As Commercialization Officer for the Seattle global health non-profit PATH, Noah Perin observed a big gap in the worldwide healthcare… Read More

How two Seattle organizations are crowdfunding clean water for half a million people

The MSR SE200 Community Chlorine Maker may be small, but this briefcase-size device packs a powerful punch. It uses salt,… Read More

Tableau and PATH fight malaria with data analytics, in unique Seattle-based coalition

The Centers for Disease Control, now one of the most influential public health organizations in the world, has a surprising… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Questions for a Better Future, CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t, Supercute Farewell and more

Can we create a better future through inquiry? That is one question, of several, that Questions for a Better Future will… Read More

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