Alliance Discussion with Dr. Bob Conn, Distinguished Policy Fellow, UCSD; President/CEO Emeritus, The Kavli Foundation

From public sector to private sector to philanthropy, the unique ecosystem of research and discovery in the United States has shepherded countless advances in science and medicine for decades. Dr. Robert Conn, Walter Zable Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and recipient of Research!America’s 2024 Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award, discusses the role that American philanthropy has played in U.S. research and the unique advantages that this has provided to allow America’s research sector to flourish.

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