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Sabrina was the first Gates Cambridge Scholar from Indonesia. Her PhD at Cambridge was a clinical trial of the implementation of mental health services in primary care clinics. She completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University College Dublin, studying how collective leadership in healthcare influences patient outcomes. She is now leading the Metaverse research theme in Accenture's Human Sciences Studio.

Sabrina holds a BA in Psychology and Asian Studies from the University of Melbourne, and an MSc in Organisational Psychiatry and Psychology from King’s College London. Before Cambridge, Sabrina researched medical education in the National University of Singapore and spent some years as a Psychologist at the Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore. She’s a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

I graduated as a veterinarian from Tribhuvan University in Nepal (2015) and have been since working in the field of zoonotic diseases and One Health. Although a veterinarian, I chose epidemiology and public health rather than being a hospital clinician treating individual patients because through this approach I believe I can make a bigger impact on the population of both humans and animals. I've worked with various infectious diseases throughout my brief career, but the disease which I am obsessed with is Rabies. I have seen many lives lost due to it and it's a shame that although there are perfect prevention methods available, it still plagues the communities. I am currently running a Rabies control program (0.30 project) in Nepal through my organisation Center for One Health Research & Promotion (COHRP) which involves mass dog rabies vaccination, community awareness, and KAP surveys. I recently (2019-20) completed my MPhil in Veterinary Science from Cambridge where my project dealt with animal rabies and free-roaming dog population situation in Nepal.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge MPhil in Veteirnary Science 2020
TUAT Veterinary moleculardiagnostic 2018
Tribhuvan University B.V.Sc. and A.H. 2015

Before I started my medical degrees at Monash University I lived in Donald, a tiny farming community in Australia. With this rural upbringing I have always been motivated to provide the highest level of care to sick children wherever they may call home.My career as a paediatric doctor began at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, but I made my way to Cambridge after a year working in the paediatric intensive care unit in Edinburgh, Scotland and some brief stints in rural and outback Australia. It is a privilege to help the families and children we care for in often brief but life changing moments.At Cambridge, I am working on a study called RASCALS – the ‘Rapid Assay for Sick Children with Acute Lung infection Study’ with the supervision of Dr Nazima Pathan and Prof Stephen Baker. We’re using new techniques to diagnose chest infection in critically ill children faster and researching genetic makers of antibiotic resistance so we can prevent treatment failure. Infection is one of the leading causes of death in children aged less than 5 years, so it’s exciting to try and make a difference in this area. This would not have been possible without the extensive support of Gates-Cambridge.

Previous Education

Monash University Perioperative Medicine 2018
University of Sydney Child Health 2014

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-clark-9944a469

My research focuses on a class of proteins called intrinsically disordered proteins. Unlike most well-studied proteins, such as those responsible for immunological responses, catalysis, and DNA replication, disordered proteins have no rigid three-dimensional structure and are instead highly dynamic. Despite their high prevalence in diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, and diabetes, these proteins receive little attention, likely a result of how difficult they are to observe experimentally. My doctoral research will combine experimental methods with high-powered modelling techniques to understand these proteins and their relation to disease. Originally from Chicago, I attended Pomona College, where I double majored in chemistry and mathematics. There, I studied topics ranging from protein-ligand binding to topological complexity in protein structures (such as knots and links). My love of working at the intersection of biochemistry, math, and physics led me to begin working with Professor Michele Vendruscolo at the University of Cambridge as a Churchill Scholar, where I am combining computational methods with experimental techniques to understand the interactions between disordered proteins and therapeutic drugs. I am keen to improve the ways in which biochemists obtain information about protein function and stability and am intrigued by the potential of such work to have direct implications on our understanding and treatment of disease.

Previous Education

Pomona College
University of Cambridge

Reid Lidow served as Executive Officer to the Mayor of Los Angeles. In this role, he provided strategic counsel to Mayor Garcetti and ensured the execution of his day-to-day goals. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Reid led the writing team behind the Mayor's nightly briefings. Before this, Reid worked for Gordon Brown on a range of initiatives – from encouraging countries to deliver an inclusive and quality education for all children to the campaign against Brexit. Reid completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California where he double majored in International Relations and Political Science. He was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship in 2014 and earned an MPhil in Development Studies from Queens' College, Cambridge. Reid continues to work with Gordon Brown on projects exploring global governance and nationalism. He will be attending law school this fall.

Previous Education

University of Southern California 2010

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-lidow-ba8998291

Stephanie Gabriela Lopez is the Program Director at LatinasRepresent, an initiative that seeks to increase the number and diversity of Latinas who pursue public service opportunities in the United States. In this role, she oversees and manages strategic planning, development, programming, communications, and coalition work. She is a first-generation Salvadoran-American with experience in international education, children's rights, and immigration advocacy. She earned a Master's degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge, while on a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and holds an undergraduate degree in political science and mass communication and journalism from California State University, Fresno.

Upon completing my degree in Psychology, I made my first foray into psychiatry by working as a research assistant to at Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute. While administering neuropsychological assessments for dementia patients, I became fascinated by the global challenge to halt the disease. I decided that fighting against neurodegenerative disorders would be my life endeavor. With a MRI research fellowship at University at Buffalo’s Neuroimaging Analysis Center, I am investigating the neural correlates of cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. It is just so exciting to be part of a respected team at Cambridge, where I aim to improve early and accurate diagnosis of dementia subtypes. Through the utilization of mulitmodal neuroimaging techniques, I will be working with Professor John O'Brien to identify distinctive and signature patterns of cerebral abnormalities associated with specific dementia subtypes.

I left home when 16 to become a cadet of the Military School "Teulié" of Milan where I served for three years until the award of my high school diploma. After a brief encounter with the Italian Higher Education I enrolled onto a Chemistry BSc at Imperial College London.I have conducted academic research since a first year undergraduate student, first as an experimental physical chemist and then as a computational physicist. My present work involves the development of numerical techniques for the computation of volumes in high dimensional spaces and their exploration by Monte Carlo sampling methods as well as their application to the development of a statistical theory of granular physics.

My life aim is to improve humanity through scientific endeavour. At the age of 11 I met Dr Takyama an eminent HIV researcher who inspired me to develop my scientific curiosity; years later volunteering at St Vincent de Paul, I observed my small services improve lives. This motivated my desire to use scientific research to magnify my contribution and advance the welfare of humanity. I will achieve this through my two interests, science and policy; utilising medical research and implementation in public policy with industrial collaboration to maximise the benefits globally. I graduated University of Sydney Bachelor Advanced Science Arts, 1st class honours, honours roll Biochemistry, Government & International Relations. I am a finalist at the World, Asia-Pacific, Australasian Women’s and Australian University Debating Championships. Vice-President of the Politics Society and Society for Molecular Biologists.Early in my undergraduate career I began researching inhibitors of breast cancer oncogene LMO4, inhibitors are a method to understand LMO4 mediated tumour progression and possible therapeutic precursors. My PhD will elucidate the molecular mechanisms of inflammatory signal transduction in the innate immune system. This will save lives of those suffering from severe inflammatory diseases including viral haemorrhagic fevers (Ebola and Dengue) and Sepsis by providing the crucial molecular structure from which new therapeutics targeting severe inflammation can be developed.

Previous Education

University of Sydney

I grew up in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and went to Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno where I received a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. During my time as an undergrad student, I developed an interest in improving the health system of my country by performing research in those diseases that mostly affect Bolivia. The following year, I became part of a training program in charge of Professor Robert H. Gilman from the Johns Hopkins University, who gave me the opportunity of doing a master degree in Epidemiological research at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia where I studied the development of the most important chronic manifestation of Chagas disease (cardiomyopathy). During my training, I also completed courses in Argentina, Chile, Peru and the United States, which later allowed me to present my work at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). I was also awarded a fellowship in research at the Johns Hopkins University. At Cambridge, I will perform a PhD in Biochemistry studying the interaction of Toxoplasma gondii with the host cell under the supervision of Professor Ross Waller. Besides my academic work, I am interested in youth development for which I have been selected as a Bolivian Youth Ambassador, a program sponsored by the Department of State of the United States

Previous Education

Universidad Peruana Cayetano H Epidemiology and Research 2019
Universidad A Gabriel Rene M. Biochemistry 2017

From a young age, I expressed a keen interest in the issues surrounding infectious diseases and global epidemics. As a Biomedical Engineering student at Arizona State University, my interest in epidemiology and its engineering applications were further developed and contextualized by an additional minor in Global Health and a research internship at the Translational Genomics Research Institute. During the course of my PhD in Chemical Engineering at Cambridge, I aspire to develop novel diagnostics for C. difficile, the deadliest superbug in the United States, and C. perfringens, the second leading cause of food poisoning. With C. difficile, there is a direct correlation between mortality and the timing and choice of initial treatment. With the invention of an immediate diagnostic that detects the level of infection, mortality rates may be reduced across global communities.I seek to be a leader in the worldwide pursuit to alleviate the burden of disease on developing populations by delivering technologies that are simple, inexpensive, and—above all else—feasible in their applicable environments. I am grateful to be joining the Gates Cambridge Community and for the opportunity to network with some of the greatest intellects of our generation with the united goal of improving the human condition.

Previous Education

Arizona State University BS in Engineering Biomedical Engineering 2019

My research, teaching, and consultancy focus on how the brain shapes our rituals of thought, feeling, and action, how they can be improved, and how they break down. Over a decade of study and work in the domains of cognition and its disorders have informed my understanding of the mind, human behaviour, and interpersonal dynamics. My six-year tenure in the Australian Defence Force, culminating as a Platoon Commander (Infantry) leading soldiers on and off the field, has shaped my perspective on leadership, team dynamics, and operational excellence.

To sum it up briefly, my specialties are: the neural basis of intelligent behaviour; leadership, community and human systems change; and wellbeing in the brain.

Previous Education

Royal Military College of Aus.
Macquarie University

Links

https://btrmt.org
https://dorian.mino.rs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorianminors

As a Gates scholar, I completed my PhD in Pathology with a project in cancer genomics where I used CRISPR technology (then very new) to elucidate the function in cancer progression of a gene of interest. After brief postdoctoral positions at the University of Cambridge, I worked as a research scientist in Genetic Modification Services at the Francis Crick Institute, where I was a molecular biologist and also established their bioinformatics pipeline for validating long reads (using Nanopore sequencing) to identify any CRISPR unintended edits. That lab provided bespoke gene edited mice for the various research labs at the Crick. I am currently a senior scientist in Gene Editing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, which provides a similar CRISPR-edited bespoke gene modification service, but does so in induced pluripotent stem cells rather than mice.

I am very grateful to the Trust for funding my PhD research interest. My research was focused on the legal and institutional framework for cross-border bank finance and resolution.

This year I shall do research in normative ethics and metaethics. Briefly, I am interested in two questions: a) 'What should the relation between moral concerns and non-moral ones be?'and, b)'Is "particularism" ( a position that denies the existence or importance of ethical principles) a viable option for moral philosophers?' I am also interested in exploring other areas of philosophy, e.g., philosophical logic, history, Wittgenstein, and aesthetic.

Previous Education

University of Cambridge

Brielle C. Stark, PhD {she/her/hers}, is an Assistant Professor in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department and Program in Neuroscience faculty at Indiana University. Dr. Stark completed her doctoral research in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge (UK) as a Gates Cambridge Trust Scholar. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery. She is a proud alumna of Bryn Mawr College. She was honored with the 2021 IU Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Center for Women & Technology and the 2021 IU Trustees Teaching Award. She is also a trained Peer Reviewer for IU’s Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching. In 2021, she was named one of four Distinguished Aphasia Scholars USA, a national award given by the Tavistock Trust UK. Brie was awarded the Outstanding Junior Faculty Award for 2022-2023 from Indiana University Bloomington.

As of July 2023, Dr. Stark is the PhD Coordinator / Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Indiana University.

Previous Education

Bryn Mawr College Psychology, Neural and Behavioral Science 2012

Links

https://sphs.indiana.edu/about/faculty/stark-brielle.html
http://www.neuralresearchlab.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brielle-stark-10726516