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Scholar recognised on Female Founders 500 list
Gates Cambridge Impact Prize winner Alexandra Grigore has been recognised on the 2026 Inc. Magazine Female Founders 500 list. The list honours women who are building meaningful organisations and leading […]
Investigating how women living at the margins of formal health systems
Sara Jane Renfroe [2026] has been working for several years in gender and human rights around the world, from Syria to Nigeria to South Sudan. She has also, since her […]
Gates Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars spoke about leading with courage in today’s world at the Cambridge Festival last night. The event, chaired by journalist Catherine Galloway and held at Bill Gates […]
Exploring how the brain transforms thought into speech
Mac MacKay [2026] studies how the brain turns thought into speech. For him, that question is deeply personal. Born with verbal dyspraxia, he has spent years trying to understand the […]
Developing high quality, affordable diagnostic tests
Mitali Chowdhury [2026] discovered her passion for biotechnology early in her undergraduate studies and is dedicated to using it to create affordable, high quality public health products, such as diagnostic […]
