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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 […]
New executive role for Ramit Debnath
Dr Ramit Debnath has been appointed Executive Director of the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence [CHIA]. Ramit [2018] is Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. He specialises in human-centric […]
