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What Will Climate Change Mean for Snow Leopards?

Mention the North Pole or a species at risk due to climate change and people often think of polar bears. And thanks in part to the film March of the Penguins, the emperor penguin has become synonymous with the South Pole. But did you know our planet also has a Third Pole?

August 9, 2023

By Snow Leopard Trust

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20% of snow leopard-friendly beekeeping profits in Kyrgyzstan fund conservation projects

Located in Asia’s high mountains, this Third Pole has the highest concentration of snow and glaciers outside the Arctic and Antarctic regions and is thought to store 7,000 trillion liters of the planet’s fresh water. It plays a major role in sequestering carbon and determines weather patterns across many countries. It is also home to the legendary ghost of the mountains.

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AI with Accountability: PATH’s Approach to Smarter, Stronger Health Systems

By Amber Cortes

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Prof. Bilal Mateen, the inaugural Chief AI Officer at PATH, presenting about AI for Health at the PATH Global Leaders meeting. Photo: PATH

Prof. Bilal Mateen, the inaugural Chief AI Officer at PATH, presenting about AI for Health at the PATH Global Leaders meeting. Photo: PATH

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming industries worldwide, and global health is no exception. At the forefront of this transformation is PATH, a global health organization leveraging AI not just as a tool for research but as a cornerstone of its strategy to improve public health.

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Goalmaker

Dr. Kingsley Ndoh, Clinical Assistant Professor, UW Department of Global Health; Founder and CEO of Hurone AI; Affiliate Member, Vaccines & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

By Joel Meyers

Dr. Kingsley Ndoh

Dr. Kingsley Ndoh

Thank you, Dr. Ndoh, for joining us today!

Thank you so much for having me really, really a pleasure and an honor.

It is our pleasure and honor for sure. Please tell us a little bit about your background, and what drove you to work in the field of oncology.

I’m originally from Nigeria. I moved to the US 13 years ago and I remember when I was coming here, I actually thought I was coming to Washington DC, I didn’t know that there were 2 Washingtons (laughter). I went to medical school in Nigeria, and just when I graduated, my very close aunt unfortunately passed on from colorectal cancer. She had had abdominal symptoms that were misdiagnosed for a year before it was caught, and unfortunately it was late stage.

So at that time I started thinking, “how can this be solved?” Because I realized that it was just not her, but it was an example of a bigger problem.

That was one of my motivations of coming to the US – to study more and to train. I ended up at the University of Washington doing a master’s in public health, with a concentration in global health. After that, I joined Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center as a fellow, then I joined the Global Oncology Program there and at the time the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had recently started the global oncology program. They’re one of the pioneers.

And that’s what set me off in my career trajectory.

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