The Peter Attia Drive · 2025-04-28 · 126 min · 22,739 words

#346 - Scaling biotech and improving global health: lessons from an extraordinary career in medicine | Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D., M.P.H.

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Hey everyone, welcome to the Drive Podcast. I'm your host, Peter Atia. This podcast, my website, and my weekly newsletter all focus on the goal of translating the science of longevity into something accessible for everyone. Our goal is to provide the best content in health and wellness, and we've established a great team of analysts to make this happen. It is extremely important to me to provide all of this content without relying on paid ads.

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Sue is a physician who is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. Her impressive career has spanned multiple fields. She has been a leader in the pharmaceutical industry where she helped developed several groundbreaking drugs, worked as the chancellor of the health science campus of a major university system, UCSF, and served as the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She also served on numerous boards of both corporations and nonprofit organizations, She co-chaired the National Academy of Science Committee that pioneered precision medicine and currently sits on the board of OpenAI.

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