Carol C. Lou

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Singulex, Inc. provides biotechnological research and development services. It also provides instrumentation and immunoassays with the requisite sensitivity and specificity to enable biomarker discovery and validation for drug safety and efficacy. The company was founded by Robert S. Puskas in November 1997 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Halteres Associates LLC is a consulting firm founded in 2002 and based in an undisclosed location. The American company provides strategic and tactical consulting services to organizations in the areas of diagnostics, health, medical devices, and life science research. The private company leverage a robust network of industry professionals across multiple disciplines to assist organizations with technology creation and applications, product and market development, opportunity and economic analyses, business modeling, and more. The company's clients include large multinational companies, nongovernmental organizations, and emerging industry innovators. Halteres Associates is passionate about improving healthcare and can help create impact and value by matching medical innovation to market needs.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.