Biography
Priscilla Chan is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where she leads efforts to advance biomedical research and technology to help scientists cure, prevent, or manage all disease by the end of this century. As a pediatrician, her firsthand experience caring for patients has fueled her commitment to accelerating scientific discovery. Priscillas leadership at CZI has focused on harnessing AI, building cutting-edge research tools, and funding innovative science to unlock new insights into human biology. She earned her bachelors degree in biology from Harvard University and her doctor of medicine from the University of California, San Francisco, where she also completed her pediatrics residency.