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Ep. 16: The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

“This is why we all went into medicine—for moments like this where we come together.” For Jonathan Simons and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, global collaboration and team science were a way of life long before the pandemic. The...

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The Translator, with PCF’s Jonathan Simons

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Ep. 15: The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

“We do have a culture of ownership, of working hard, of wanting to be heroes helping heroes. That's one of the things you hear our staff say.” The story is familiar, even mythic: brilliant young student builds out a new technology in her...

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The Record-Keeper, with Epic’s Judy Faulkner

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Ep. 14: Renaissance Woman, with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

From serving as a frontline physician treating HIV patients in Uganda, to overseeing new therapies for a leading biopharma company, to running a renowned health sciences university, to heading the world’s largest philanthropy – Sue Desmond...

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Renaissance Woman, with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

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Ep. 13: Community, with AARP’s Jo Ann Jenkins

“It is that American spirit and willingness to give of oneself to make life better for others that is behind everything that we do at AARP.” Since taking the helm of the largest nonprofit for Americans 50 and older, Jo Ann Jenkins has built...

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Community, with AARP’s Jo Ann Jenkins

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Ep. 12: A Global View, with EY’s Carmine Di Sibio

“We've stressed to all our people and in particular our partners around the world that now is the time they really needed to be close with their clients, help them in any way they can, whether large clients, small clients and so forth...

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A Global View, with EY’s Carmine Di Sibio

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Ep. 11: Impatient, with Tempus/Groupon’s Eric Lefkofsky

“Today, if somebody’s positive for COVID-19, it still doesn't tell you what's likely to happen next. And what we're trying to do by combining clinical and molecular data is really be able to predict what's likely to happen to them next.”...

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Impatient, with Tempus/Groupon’s Eric Lefkofsky

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Ep. 10: The Public Servant, with former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg

“I always said it was a question of when, not if, we would have to combat a global pandemic. But I never really thought I'd be watching it play out in real time.” Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg has devoted her life to elevating the best in public...

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The Public Servant, with former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg

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Ep. 9: Shock Treatment, with Google's Eric Schmidt

“We're going to need … some kind of shock treatment for seven, eight, nine days where we shut down everything to stop the spread…. And when I say shut down, I mean shut down.” That’s Eric Schmidt’s bold plan to put a stop to the pandemic so...

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Shock Treatment, with Google's Eric Schmidt

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Ep. 8: Legacy, with former FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach

“If we think of the game-changers of what is going to get America and the world back functioning normally, the FDA is probably right now the most central and critical of all the federal agencies.” Long before Andrew von Eschenbach served as...

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Legacy, with former FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach

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Ep. 7: Team Science, with MD Anderson’s James Allison and Padmanee Sharma

“There’s an amazing collaboration of institutions across the country to bring all our knowledge together to try to do this as fast as we can.” Dubbed the ‘Cancer fighting power-couple’ by the Washington Post, James Allison and Pam Sharma...

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Team Science, with MD Anderson’s James Allison and Padmanee Sharma

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