Niranjan Bose is currently the Managing Director, Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures, where he serves as the Science Advisor to Mr. Bill Gates, and oversees their Alzheimer's Disease (AD) program as well as their domestic healthcare portfolio. He is also serving as the interim Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative, a global non-profit focused on accelerating the generation of data-driven insights in AD and neurodegeneration.
Prior to joining Gates Ventures, he was the Chief of Staff to the President of the Global Health Program at the Gates Foundation. He started his career as a management consultant focused on pharma/biotech portfolio management and M&A strategies. Niranjan holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Dartmouth College and an MS in Biological Sciences and BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.
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