Leadership

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1 million, six-month grant to Jay Varma, MD, to study how countries around the world monitored and responded to COVID-19. 

The University of California San Francisco has established an endowment named in honor of Marcus Conant, MD, for HIV dermatology and LGBTQ health research. 

Harvard MedTech, a neurological-focused digital health company, has appointed Stephen Fisher, MD, to its medical advisory board. 

Elucid, a medtech imaging company using artificial intelligence to diagnose cardiovascular disease, has appointed Michael Lesh, MD, to its board.

Thirty-one percent of medical residents are struggling to maintain a work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022."

The Government Employees Health Association, a nonprofit that provides medical benefits to current and former federal employees, has appointed John Johnson, MD, as its chief medical officer. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has been serving patients in eight different regions since 1945. Here are 17 regional and medical group leaders to know: 

Phoenix Children's has named Wassim Ballan, MD, as its chief of the newly created division of infectious diseases. 

Healthcare consulting firm Dune View Strategies named Anthony Coletta, MD, as a partner.

Edward McGookin, MD, has been promoted to president of Providence, R.I.-based Coastal Medical, according to an Oct. 30 report from Providence Business News.