Title TBA
Event Details
- Type
- Science and Media Lecture Series
- Speaker(s)
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3:00 p.m.: Shaifali Puri, J.D., executive director, Scientists Without Borders
- Speaker bio(s)
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Named one of the 40 under 40 People 2011 by Crain's New York Business, Shaifali Puri is the executive director of Scientists Without Borders, a global partnership that aims to improve the quality of life in the developing world by linking, mobilizing and coordinating science-based activities, initiatives and resources. With a law degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s from Princeton, Ms. Puri could be making millions as a corporate attorney. Instead, the Atlanta native, whose parents are both high-achieving Indian immigrants, is working to solve the biggest health problems plaguing the developing world. She was recruited two years ago to reinvent a flailing social networking site for scientists conceived by the New York Academy of Sciences and the United Nations Millennium Project. Since then, she has raised $1.5 million from major corporate donors to create a platform that offers prize money to scientists who find the best solutions to specific health problems. Scientists Without Borders already has a user community of 4,000 scientists, but Ms. Puri is just getting started. "I’m not going to be proud until I know someone’s life has been saved," the self-described perfectionist says. Prior to joining Scientists Without Borders, Ms. Puri was the senior advisor to the president and chief operating officer of the Empire State Development Corporation, the economic and development arm of the State of New York, with a $50 million annual operating budget. She was also an assistant solicitor general for the State of New York. Earlier in her career, she was a journalist at Fortune magazine. Join Ms. Puri for a discussion of her career, Scientists Without Borders and its impact on health management in the developing world.
- Open to
- Public
- Host
- Simona Giunta
- Reception
- Refreshments, 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
- Contact
- Jeanne Garbarino
- Phone
- (212) 327-7418
- Sponsor
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Jeanne Garbarino
(212) 327-7418
jgarbarino@rockefeller.edu