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Bridging the public health data gap
When Anwesha Lahiri [2021] was doing her master’s fieldwork in India, she visited a tribal village in a remote area on top of a mountain between two districts. Only around […]
Tracing the origins of our political beliefs
What makes some people more vulnerable to extremism than others? How do we build cognitive resilience against extreme ideologies? And how does the brain react to misinformation on social media? […]
A leading woman in STEAM
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been selected as one of the 75 leading women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics in India. Yama Dixit will feature in the second edition of […]
Tackling the obesity epidemic in Africa
When she left school, Paula-Peace James-Okoro [2022] intended to become a medical doctor, but after starting a degree in Biochemistry she discovered a passion for the subject and for using […]
Triple win for Bill Gates Sr. Prize
For the first time three Gates Cambridge Scholars are sharing this year’s Bill Gates Sr. Prize in recognition of their outstanding research and social leadership. Kim van Daalen, Reetika Subramanian […]
Gates Cambridge Annual Report published
The Gates Cambridge Trust’s Annual Report 2021 is now available. It includes a summary of the Trust’s work during the year and the impact of our scholars and alumni in […]
Scholar one of 28 to win Carnegie Fellowship
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been named as one of the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Jonathan Corpus Ong, Associate Professor of Global Digital Media at the University of […]
Gates Cambridge Class of 2022 announced
The Gates Cambridge Class of 2022 made up of 79 outstanding new scholars has been officially announced. The Gates Cambridge scholarship programme is the University of Cambridge’s flagship international postgraduate […]
A nasal and oral spray that aims to reduce Covid transmission and severity
An oral and nasal spray that aims to give added protection against Covid-19 has been developed by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Dr Vijay Kanuru, a Pune-based nanotech inventor and scientist, […]
How parent-child conversations affect children’s ability to self-regulate
Before she started her PhD, Mishika Mehrotra [2021] was working as an Instructor Therapist with children with autism. Her role involved implementing a behavioural therapy programme for the children, who […]
