Key Apple digital health researcher set to join the Gates Foundation — report
Last week, Apple revealed it was working with Eli Lilly on detecting dementia in its early stages — and now a co-author of the study is reportedly heading to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The scientist, Andrew Trister, joined Apple in April 2016 in a ‘special projects’ role — before the tech giant’s big ambitions in health care were thrust into the spotlight.
In an interview with CNBC on Friday, Trister confirmed he was departing to take on the role of digital health innovation at the Gates Foundation — where he is set to work with entrepreneurs that are thinking of bringing digital health technologies from the United States to developing nations, where smartphones are increasingly becoming all-pervasive. In addition, he will also invest in projects located under-resourced regions, such as rural Africa and India, the report said.
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