Technology Advancement

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  Director, Strategic Partnerships; Director, Wyss Diagnostics Accelerator
  Rushdy Ahmad, Ph.D.
  Rushdy Ahmad, Ph.D. is the Director of Strategic Partnerships and the Director of the Wyss Diagnostics Accelerator (Wyss DxA) at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. In his scientific role, he leads efforts to accelerate the discovery and translation of life-saving diagnostics. In his strategic role, he is building a global network of institutional collaborators to extend the...
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  Senior Advisor, Strategic Engagement
  Robert Cunningham
  Bob is responsible for engaging members of the business and philanthropic communities in the Institute’s mission of improving healthcare and the environment by accelerating the movement of breakthrough technologies from the laboratory to the market. To harness the power of the Institute’s renowned faculty and network of collaborating institutions to solve global challenges requires a...
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  Assistant Director, Strategic Engagement
  Julie Liao, Ph.D.
  Julie joined the Wyss Institute in 2026 as Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement, where she works closely with faculty and researchers to build and strengthen relationships across the Institute’s community of partners and supporters toward a shared mission of improving the health of people and our shared planet. Julie brings a unique combination of scientific...
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  Director of Strategic Engagement
  Jonelle Prill-Tate
  Each day the Wyss Institute discovers new breakthrough technologies that have the potential to dramatically improve our world within our own lifetimes, and need support to leave the lab to realize that potential. Strategic Engagement works with philanthropic visionaries to ensure that our vibrant community of scientists, clinicians, business leaders, and futurists have the support...