Dr. Moritz Kraemer, co-founder of Global.Health, Associate Professor of Computational & Genomic Epidemiology, and Research Fellow at Reuben College, has been named a Google.org 'Leader to Watch' today. He will receive an unrestricted financial award of $30,000 for personal or professional development and mentorship from senior leaders at Google.
Dr. Kraemer stepped up to respond to COVID-19 and together with research collaborators from Oxford, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard, and many others, launched the Global.health platform in February 2021, changing the way researchers predict and study outbreaks. The platform pulls together more than 60 million anonymized COVID-19 cases from over 100 countries. Global.health is an open-source technology platform that enables rapid data integration and distributed analytics of highly complex and epidemiological data and aims to improve public health responses at the local and individual level.
This year’s Leaders to Watch list recognizes rising changemakers from recent Google.org grantees who are striving to build a better future for everyone. Many are solving problems with innovative tech, while others are making the technology industry more accessible and inclusive.
'At a time when health, climate change, equity and economic challenges are coming to a head it’s vital that we support and recognize the people leading the organizations that are tackling these challenges head on,' says Jacquelline Fuller, President at Google.org. 'In our eyes, these leaders represent the next generation of philanthropic innovation.'
“I am honored to be recognized as one of Google.org’s nonprofit leaders to watch for 2022,” says Dr. Kraemer. “The funding and support comes at a pivotal time as we continue to tackle the pandemic and prepare to build resilience against future threats.
