About Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeWe believe we can make the world better for generations to come by uniting the greatest minds to solve the toughest problems. It will take long term focus and new ways of working together.FUELING BREAKTHROUGHS -- Our initial priorities are science and education, two areas in which systemic barriers prevent individuals from reaching their potential. Can today's children learn and experience 100 times more than we did? Can we eliminate suffering by helping to cure, prevent or manage the diseases that affect us today? We believe the answer is yes.Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeCZI_1d4f3dfa-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d4253Leaders from AcademiaLeaders from GovernmentLeaders from the Technology SectorLeaders from the Nonprofit SectorNonprofit EntitiesFor Profit EntitiesNon-Governmental Research InstitutionsCZI LeadersBrian Pinkerton, PhDCHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER -- Brian Pinkerton leads the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s efforts to build a world-class engineering team that will help tackle the greatest challenges in science, education and other areas. He joined the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from Amazon, where he served as the Vice President of Search and the General Manager of A9, Amazon’s technology group in Palo Alto.Dr. Pinkerton has been working on the world's greatest technology challenges for more than two decades. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington, he developed software and tools for the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and built the first Internet search engine, WebCrawler.Cori Bargmann, PhDPRESIDENT, CHAN ZUCKERBERG SCIENCE -- Cori Bargmann is an internationally recognized neurobiologist and geneticist. She is leading the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s science strategy, working to help accelerate basic science research and set us on a path to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century. Dr. Bargmann is also the head of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior and the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at the Rockefeller University in New York.Dr. Bargmann is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. She has the 2012 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience and a 2013 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, among many scientific honors. Prior to joining the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, she was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. She also co-chaired the National Institutes of Health committee that set goals and strategies for President Obama's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN Initiative). Dr. Bargmann holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Jim SheltonPRESIDENT, CHAN ZUCKERBERG EDUCATION -- Jim Shelton, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, manages the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education strategy. His team at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative partners with educators, community leaders and other key stakeholders to produce learning experiences and systems to address the needs of the whole child.Previously, he served as the Chief Impact Officer at 2U, Inc., an education technology company that brings college degree programs and credit-bearing courses online. From 2003 to 2009, he was the Program Director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.He is a graduate of Morehouse College and holds Master's degrees in business administration and education from Stanford University.a better world for generations to come_1d4f3fee-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d4253To unite the greatest minds to solve the toughest problems._1d4f40b6-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d4253Long-Term Focus[We] will take long term focus and new ways of working together.InnovationEmpowermentAt the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, we empower strong, independent leaders from academia and government, as well as the technology and nonprofit sectors to do the best work possible.IndependenceEngagementWe engage directly in the communities we serve because no one understands our society's challenges like those who live them everyday.CommunityPartnershipThese partners help us identify problems and opportunities, learn fast and iterate toward our goals for the next century.LearningIterationEngineeringBy bringing world class engineering to the front lines of science and education, we can build new tools and technologies that help organizations scale.ScienceEducationToolsTechnologyIdeasWe invest in the best ideas regardless of organizational structure. That includes nonprofit and for profit entities, as well as non-governmental research institutions.InvestmentDiseasesCure, prevent or manage all diseases._1d4f4156-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42531CZI Science Advisory BoardWe can’t do this alone. Our Science Advisory Board informs our priorities and goals and allows us to draw on a wide range of expertise as we shape our strategy, establish partnerships and develop scientific projects. Members of the Board include:Tobias Bonhoeffer, Ph.D.Max Planck Institute of NeurobiologyDavid Haussler, Ph.D.University of California, Santa CruzArthur Levinson, Ph.D.CEO of Calico (California Life Sciences LLC)Shirley Tilghman, Ph.D.president emerita of Princeton UniversityRobert Tjian, Ph.D.Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of California, BerkeleyHarold Varmus, M.D.Weill Cornell Medical CollegeYuri MilnerDST GlobalHuda Zoghbi, M.D.Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Baylor College of MedicineCreative InstitutionsWe look forward to partnerships with creative institutions around the world who share our vision for advancing science.Helping cure, prevent or manage all diseases in our children's lifetime.That doesn't mean that no one will ever get sick. But it does mean our children and their children will get sick a lot less. When they do, doctors will be able to detect and treat their conditions, or at least manage them with limited consequences. We believe this is possible by the end of the century -- and many of the world’s best scientists do too.Today, researchers are dramatically expanding our understanding of the human body and illness -- the science behind medicine. To accelerate this progress, we will bring scientists and engineers together in new ways, create computational and experimental tools to empower the scientific community and build a movement to support basic science research.People, Technology & CollaborationSupport work on the next generation of medical advances._1d4f420a-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42531.1Physician-ScientistsExperimental ScientistsComputational BiologistsEngineersPhysician-scientists, experimental scientists, computational biologists and engineers are all needed for the next generation of medical advances. We will support their work through a variety of projects and resources, some of which are listed below.BiohubBring together physicians, scientists and engineers and invest in early-stage research. _1d4f42be-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42531.1.1University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, San FranciscoStanford UniversityThe Chan Zuckerberg Biohub is an independent research center that brings together physicians, scientists and engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University. The Biohub invests in early-stage research with long time horizons and supports the work of creative scientists by providing 5 years of unrestricted funding through its investigator program. TechnologiesCreate, improve and support enabling technologies._1d4f437c-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42531.1.2Transformative Technologies. New tools empower and advance all of science. We will work with partners around the world to create, improve and support enabling technologies. Our interests include the international Human Cell Atlas project, computational tools for microscopy, stem cell resources and new approaches to disseminating scientific knowledge.NetworksSupport networks of scientists around the world to tackle long-term, challenging problems and create incentives that support their collaboration._1d4f4444-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42531.1.3ScientistsChallenge Networks. Some of the most exciting discoveries in science happen across disciplinary and institutional boundaries. We will support networks of scientists around the world to tackle long-term, challenging problems and create incentives that support their collaboration. Some research areas that we are exploring are neurodegenerative diseases and biological imaging.EducationHelp children seize opportunities and solve challenges._1d4f4502-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42532ChildrenNo child can reach his or her full potential without an education to match -- an education that lifts up their passions and accommodates their needs. We believe all young people should have such experiences and that personalized learning is one of the most promising approaches to reach this goal.TeachersWe want to help provide every student, and every teacher, the opportunity to excel, and that means developing systems that meet students where they are and take them where they want to go, adapting to their academic interests and supporting their physical, social and emotional development along the way.CHAN ZUCKERBERG EDUCATION -- Helping every child seize opportunities and solve the challenges of a changing world.Personalized LearningBuild and deploy personalized learning models and tools._1d4f45b6-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42532.1ChildrenCommunitiesThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is already helping to build and deploy such personalized models and tools, empowering communities to give each child the education they deserve.We focus on developing breakthrough products and practices that address the needs of each student, bringing together the best teachers, researchers, advocates and engineers to tackle pressing problems and growing a movement to support the development and broad adoption of powerful personalized learning solutions.Products & PracticesDevelop products and practices that address the needs of each student._1d4f4688-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42532.1.1StudentsProblemsBring together the teachers, researchers, advocates and engineers to tackle pressing problems._1d4f4750-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42532.1.2TeachersResearchersAdvocatesEngineersDevelopment & AdoptionGrow a movement to support the development and broad adoption of powerful personalized learning solutions._1d4f4818-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42532.1.3Social ChangeBringing tools and technology to social change._1d4f48f4-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533CHAN ZUCKERBERG TECHNOLOGY -- Bringing cutting edge tools and technology to social change.Engineering TeamEstablish a cross-functional engineering team._1d4f49bc-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533.1EngineersWe believe engineers can help turbocharge and scale solutions to facilitate social change. So we are establishing a cross-functional engineering team that will serve all Chan Zuckerberg Initiative focus areas.Software SystemsDesign, build and scale software systems to help educators and scientists._1d4f4a98-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533.2EducatorsScientistsMany philanthropic organizations give away money, but the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is uniquely positioned to design, build and scale software systems to help educators and scientists already working on humanity’s greatest challenges.Personalized LearningBring personalized learning tools into hundreds of schools._1d4f4b92-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533.2.1TeachersSchoolsThat's what we're doing to help teachers bring personalized learning tools into hundreds of schools.DiseasesBuild tools to cure, prevent and manage diseases._1d4f4c82-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533.2.2ScientistsThat's what we're doing to help scientists build new tools that can help cure, prevent or manage all diseases within our children's lifetime.Focus AreasBuild tools to address other focus areas._1d4f4d72-4352-11e7-8abd-db5eb72d42533.2.3And that's what we will do across all future initiative focus areas.2017-05-27https://chanzuckerberg.com/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net