Dr. Lynda Stuart is a physician-scientist with over 20 years of experience in immunology, global health, and product development. An advocate for leveraging cutting-edge technologies to solve the world’s toughest challenges, Stuart serves as President and CEO of the Fund for Science and Technology, which supports organizations working to advance bioscience, strengthen the environment, and harness the power of AI for the public good.
Stuart was previously Executive Director of the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Prior to this, she served as Vice President of Infectious Disease at BioNTech and Deputy Director for Vaccines & Biologics at the Gates Foundation. Notably, she led the foundation’s Covid-19 discovery and translational vaccine response efforts. She is a member of the scientific advisor committee for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation and a member of the Science and Technology Expert Group of the 100 Days Mission.
With science funding catapulted into the cultural conversation more than ever in the last year, it faces a critical inflection point. There is an opportunity to design a path forward that builds stability in the short term and opens doors in the long term for foundational and transformational science and technology solutions that will benefit our planet and its people.