Anita Zaidi
InvestorDirector, Gender Equality Division at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington, United States
About
Dr. Anita Zaidi leads the Gender Equality Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, working to integrate gender across the foundation's global work with a focus on women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. She joined the foundation in 2014 and previously directed its Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases and Vaccine Development and Surveillance teams, helping advance vaccines for rotavirus, typhoid, cholera, and polio. She earned her medical degree at Aga Khan University and trained at Duke University, Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard, and previously chaired the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at AKU in Karachi.
Experience
- Gates FoundationPresident, Gender Equalitycurrent2020 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Gates FoundationDirector, Vaccine Development, Surveillance, and Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases2014 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- Aga Khan UniversityDepartment Chair of Pediatrics and Child Health2010 — 2014Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan
Education
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthMaster of Science - MS
- Harvard Medical SchoolFellow in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital1995 — 1998
- Duke UniversityFellow in Medical Microbiology1994 — 1995
- Duke UniversityResident in Pediatrics1990 — 1993
- Aga Khan UniversityBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Anita Zaidi work?
- Anita Zaidi is Director, Gender Equality Division at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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