Kathy Giusti
Kathy Giusti (born 1958) is the Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation; she now serves as a member of its board of directors.[1] Giusti is the Henry & Allison McCance Family Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, where she serves as Faculty Co-Chair of HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator.[2] She is recognized as a pioneer of precision medicine, a champion of open-access data sharing, and a strong advocate for patient engagement in their treatment and care and as part of the research process.[3]
Giusti founded the MMRF in 1998, shortly after being diagnosed with the incurable blood cancer, multiple myeloma.[4] Since then, Giusti has led the Foundation in establishing collaborative research models in the areas of tissue banking, genomics, and clinical trials.[5] These models have helped accelerate the pace at which treatments are brought to patients—treatments that have nearly tripled patients' survival.[6]
In 2016, Giusti was named Co-Chair of the HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, a $20M endowed program provided by Robert Kraft and the Kraft Family Foundation; the mission of HBS Kraft Accelerator is to drive innovation to speed breakthroughs in precision medicine for all cancers.[7]
Giusti has received several awards for her leadership. Most recently, Giusti was recognized as one of 34 leaders changing healthcare by Fortune magazine.[8] She was also ranked #19 on Fortune’s Worlds’ 50 Greatest Leaders [9] and named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the world.[10] She was named an Open Science Champion of Change by the White House and was [11] appointed to and served on President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group.[12]
Giusti has more than two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School and holds an honorary Doctorate from the University of Vermont.[13]
References
- ↑ https://www.themmrf.org/about-mmrf/mmrf-leadership/kathy-giusti/
- ↑ http://www.hbs.edu/healthcare/faculty/kraft-accelerator/Pages/leadership.aspx
- ↑ "The White House" Archived 2014-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Life Triumphant", New Canaan - Darien Magazine, December 2008
- ↑ "A Mission with Precision", Forbes Magazine, December 3, 2013
- ↑ http://fortune.com/2016/04/22/business-disrupting-medicine-kathy-giusti-bill-gates-michael-milken/
- ↑ http://www.hbs.edu/healthcare/faculty/kraft-accelerator/Pages/default.aspx
- ↑ http://fortune.com/2017/04/20/digital-health-care-leaders/
- ↑ "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" Fortune Magazine, March 20, 2014
- ↑ "TIME 100" TIME Magazine, 2011
- ↑ "The White House" Archived 2014-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://ncadvertiser.com/70495/president-lauds-mmrf-in-remarks-about-private-sector-groups/
- ↑ https://patch.com/connecticut/newcanaan/new-canaan-resident-kathy-giusti-founder-and-ceo-of-the-multiple-myeloma-research-foundation-mmrf-receives-honorary-degree-from-the-university-of-vermont-uvm