AD Data Initiative | Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Niranjan Bose, Ph.D., Managing Director (Health & Life Science), Gates Ventures Niranjan Bose is currently the Managing Director (Health & Life Sciences Strategy) at Gates Ventures LLC, where he serves as the Science Advisor to Mr. Bill Gates. Prior to joining Gates Ventures in August 2014, he was the Chief of Staff to the President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He was with the Gates Foundation from 2007 through 2014, which included a few years with their Enterics and Diarrheal Diseases (EDD) program strategy team, where he was responsible for managing a portfolio of investments, which included clinical development of enteric vaccines (rotavirus, cholera, enterotoxigenic E coli and shigella). Prior to joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he was with Strategic Decisions Group (and SDG Life Sciences), where he was a Senior Consultant and assisted clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with strategy development, company valuations, portfolio management frameworks, revenue forecasting, and competitive assessments. Niranjan holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Dartmouth College and an MS in biological sciences and BS in pharmaceutical sciences from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. He also received the Business Bridge Diploma from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Paul Ramsey, M.D., former CEO of UW Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UW School of Medicine Paul Ramsey, M.D., was the CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UW School of Medicine with executive responsibility for three hospitals (University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center and Valley Medical Center), the University of Washington School of Medicine, the largest physician practice plan in the northwest---UW Physicians, UW Neighborhood Clinics, and Airlift Northwest. Dr. Ramsey’s research has focused on assessing physicians’ clinical competence. Dr. Ramsey earned his M.D. from Harvard. He is board certified in both Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine. He was the first holder of the Robert G. Petersdorf Endowed Chair in Medicine. He served as a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine. He has received the Distinguished Teacher Award and the Margaret Anderson Award from UW Medicine’s graduating class. He received the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners. He has served on many national committees and is a member of multiple organizations including the Association of American Physicians and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Niranjan Bose, Ph.D., Managing Director (Health & Life Science), Gates Ventures

Niranjan Bose is currently the Managing Director (Health & Life Sciences Strategy) at Gates Ventures LLC, where he serves as the Science Advisor to Mr. Bill Gates. Prior to joining Gates Ventures in August 2014, he was the Chief of Staff to the President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

He was with the Gates Foundation from 2007 through 2014, which included a few years with their Enterics and Diarrheal Diseases (EDD) program strategy team, where he was responsible for managing a portfolio of investments, which included clinical development of enteric vaccines (rotavirus, cholera, enterotoxigenic E coli and shigella).

Prior to joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he was with Strategic Decisions Group (and SDG Life Sciences), where he was a Senior Consultant and assisted clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with strategy development, company valuations, portfolio management frameworks, revenue forecasting, and competitive assessments.

Niranjan holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Dartmouth College and an MS in biological sciences and BS in pharmaceutical sciences from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. He also received the Business Bridge Diploma from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Paul Ramsey, M.D., former CEO of UW Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UW School of Medicine

Paul Ramsey, M.D., was the CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for Medical Affairs and Dean of the UW School of Medicine with executive responsibility for three hospitals (University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center and Valley Medical Center), the University of Washington School of Medicine, the largest physician practice plan in the northwest---UW Physicians, UW Neighborhood Clinics, and Airlift Northwest.

Dr. Ramsey’s research has focused on assessing physicians’ clinical competence. Dr. Ramsey earned his M.D. from Harvard. He is board certified in both Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine. He was the first holder of the Robert G. Petersdorf Endowed Chair in Medicine. He served as a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine. He has received the Distinguished Teacher Award and the Margaret Anderson Award from UW Medicine’s graduating class. He received the John P. Hubbard Award from the National Board of Medical Examiners. He has served on many national committees and is a member of multiple organizations including the Association of American Physicians and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.