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We’re on an ambitious mission to solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease to improving education and addressing the needs of our local communities.

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Science

Science, Tech & AI Leaders Launch Kempner Institute

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Science

UK Biobank Creates World’s Largest Imaging Dataset

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Science & Technology

How It Works: Breakthroughs Explained

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Building Innovative Technology

Technology has the power to help us solve problems in new ways and drive faster progress on the issues that matter most.

How We're Reimagining Philanthropy

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Life at CZI

Celebrating Women in Technology at CZI

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Education

Building Strong Teacher-Student Relationships With the Along Connection Builder Tool

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Technology

How Single-Cell Biology Helps Us Understand Disease

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Empowering Our Communities

We work with partners in science, education, housing affordability and more to activate community-centered solutions.

What We’re Focused On

Life at CZI

Meet CZI’s Community Leadership & Capacity Building Director

CJ Callen has spent her career advocating for and partnering with communities to create opportunities and resources that help residents thrive. Learn how she stays close to the work.

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Science

Father Unites With Scientists in Quest for Cure

A father seeking answers is teaming up with scientists to investigate one of the rarest diseases on the planet, Snyder-Robinson Syndrome.

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Community

How Access to Safe, Affordable Housing Improves Outcomes for Everyone

Ruby Bolaria Shifrin, CZI’s head of community, joins the Our America With Julián Castro podcast to discuss housing affordability.

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Collaborating With Diverse Partners

We partner with a diverse array of experts across multiple disciplines to inform our work and promote change through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens.

How We Do the Work

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Advancing Biomedical Science in Latin America

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CZI Announces New Partnership with Historically Black Medical Colleges

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WE ARE:

Building Innovative Technology

Technology has the power to help us solve problems in new ways and drive faster progress on the issues that matter most.

How We're Reimagining Philanthropy

Empowering Our Communities

We work with partners in science, education, housing affordability and more to activate community-centered solutions.

What We’re Focused On

Collaborating With Diverse Partners

We partner with a diverse array of experts across multiple disciplines to inform our work and promote change through a diversity, equity and inclusion lens.

How We Do the Work

For a More Inclusive, Just and Healthy Future.

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Advancing Genomics Research through the Accelerate Precision Health Program

A new partnership between the CZI and the nation’s four Historically Black Medical Colleges will further support the schools’ genomics research.

Reimagine Science & Education Technology for a Better Future

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a unique philanthropy — building new technologies to accelerate progress in science and education.

CZI’s Approach to Accelerating Science with Dr. Eric Topol

Building Tools to Accelerate Science with Medscape’s Dr. Eric Topol.

Advancing Teacher and Student Well-Being for Success in Learning and Life

Dr. Priscilla Chan discusses the power of teacher-student relationships and what we can do to help educators thrive in challenging times.

What’s It Like To Work in Public Health During a Pandemic?

Jeremy Corrigan, a public health official in California’s Humboldt County, is using CZ GEN EPI to track how outbreaks spread across his community and stop them.

The Future of Imaging Science

Gokul Upadhyayula is an imaging scientist building revolutionary imaging technologies that push the boundaries of what scientists can see and measure.