Expert in policy in biotechnology and healthcare. Served in the US Department of State working on science policy, then for five years at the World Economic Forum working on precision medicine and healthcare. Currently Chief Health Strategy Officer at Avellino, a precision medicine company.
In September 2019, a group of experts working together as part of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) published a report stating that the world was grossly unprepared for a le...
The stats are grim: Only 77 million people have been fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus in Africa – this is just 6% of its population. In comparison, over 70% of high-income cou...
Could precision medicine see a resurgence in the post-COVID era? Not without fixing longstanding policy and governance challenges like cross-border data access, ethical technology develop...
Every year, millions of patients and families experience the emotional and financial burden of the seemingly unending “diagnostic odyssey” of a rare disease. In high-resource healthcare s...
過去数年、日本の物理的インフラやデジタルインフラは将来性の高い大きな進展を遂げています。世界経済フォーラムの「国際競争力指標2017-2018」では、<技術成熟度>の項目で順位を4つ上げ、イノベーションランキングでは世界第8位に。
In the last few years, Japan has made significant strides in future-proofing its physical and digital infrastructure. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index 2017-2018,...
一位53岁的女性因为腹部的疼痛和肿块来看医生。医生怀疑她患了癌症但并不能确诊。通常情况下，医生会进行一连串的检查，而患者不得不在几周之内都忍受着疼痛。然而，这一位医生尝试采用了一种新方法，即让患者去检验她的DNA。用这种独特的“基因蓝图”进行检验的结果会显示出一些科学家已知会导致乳腺癌的信息。有了这些信息，医生能决定对这种癌症进行检验和确诊，同时按照乳腺癌患者的方式对患者...
A 53-year-old woman - let’s call her Alice - comes to her doctor’s office with pain, aching, and masses in her abdomen. The doctor suspects cancer but cannot be sure. Normally, the doctor...
想象一下你现在被诊断为患有癌症。在很多国家，大概有40%-50%的人在这一生的某个时间点，被告知这一噩耗。但是，你再想象一下，你的医生告诉你，他们可以通过一系列的测试来检查你的基因病最终确认哪些药物对你最为有效。这边是精准医疗——使用病人的基因、环境和行为信息来诊断和治疗疾病。
Imagine you are diagnosed with cancer. In many countries, between 40 and 50% of people will receive this news at some point in their lifetime. Now imagine that your doctor also tells you ...
