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Wellcome Leap, a U.S. nonprofit founded by the Wellcome Trust to accelerate breakthroughs in human health, announced that Suzanne Nora Johnson joined its Board of Directors.

Wellcome Leap and Pivotal committed $100 million to women’s health research on September 10, 2025. The partnership brought Leap’s total investment to a quarter billion dollars, toward a stated $1 billion goal.

Wellcome Leap, a U.S.-based nonprofit founded by the Wellcome Trust to accelerate innovations that benefit global health, announced Ho Ching’s election to its Board of Directors.

John-Arne Røttingen is Chief Executive Officer of Wellcome, UK. He has served as Ambassador for Global Health at Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as founding Chief Executive Officer of CEPI.

Judy Swain is a physician-scientist whose work includes using transgenic animals to study cardiovascular development and disease. She has held leadership roles at Stanford University, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Lisa Mosconi is a neuroscientist and researcher specializing in brain health, Alzheimer’s prevention, and the relationship between hormonal health and cognitive function. Lisa Mosconi founded and directs the Women’s Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Mike Ferguson is a biochemist who became the first Regius Professor of Life Sciences in 2013. At the University of Dundee, he helped establish the Drug Discovery Unit and the Proteomics Facility and has worked on parasite surface molecules.

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