Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
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We identify the nation’s most promising innovators in science and technology, and empower them to pursue solutions to the world’s toughest challenges.
Livermore, CA
Joined June 2009
LLMs are often criticized for their risks, but #HertzFellow Emma Pierson & team highlight their potential to advance #HealthEquity—from detecting bias to improving access to health info. 📖 Read their latest research: #AIinMedicine
Our article on using LLMs to improve health equity is out in @NEJM_AI! 85% of equity-related LLM papers focus on *harms*. But equally vital are the equity-related *opportunities* LLMs create: detecting bias, extracting structured data, and improving access to health info.
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Happy #WomenInScience Day! 👩🔬✨ Join us in celebrating our female Hertz Fellows working to solve the world’s toughest challenges & inspiring the next generation of #GirlsInScience. 🚀 Meet them here:
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We are proud to recognize 52 finalists for the 2025 Hertz Fellowship, selected from a talented group of +1,000 applicants across 27 universities. Wishing them all the best in the final round!🎉 #HertzFellows #Fellowships #Scholarships #STEM #Science
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Hertz Fellow Michael Schnall-Levin, CTO of 10x Genomics, is developing tools that help researchers decode cancer at the cellular level. Learn how their work is reshaping our understanding of disease: #WorldCancerDay
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RT @sarahcpwilliams: The latest entrepreneurial award from the @HertzFoundation went to a fellow developing a low-energy, low-cost toilet s…
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@PhysRevResearch We are delighted to have this work, which we first released on arXiv in January 2023, now published. It sets the stage for our exciting upcoming work on understanding how GP uncertainty influences #Evolution. Thank you to @Harvard @MIT @HertzFoundation @PDSoros for support! 5/5
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This toilet may potentially save you hundreds on your water bill. A new company launched by Hertz Fellow Ruby Lai aims to develop a sustainable, low-energy, low-cost toilet system that reuses flush water and requires no sewer system.🔗 #HertzFellow
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If you’re scared of needles—pay close attention. Researchers at Stanford just invented a painless alternative that could change immunization as we know it. Visit: #Health #Science #Research #HealthInnovation #Healthcare
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Watch Hertz Fellow and Modern Hydrogen CEO & co-founder Tony Pan explain how @ModernHydrogen is using innovative technologies to create cleaner hydrogen that's also creating a carbon byproduct that can be repurposed to produce greener asphalt. 👀
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Brave Behind Bars, a nonprofit co-founded by Hertz Fellow Marisa Gaetz, is teaching incarcerated individuals to code—offering them skills, hope, and a second chance to rewrite their futures. #Coding #HertzFellows #SecondChances #education #nonprofit
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“In heart disease, proteins in cardiac tissue can become disordered, like beams of a house out of place,” says #HertzFellow Alex Dunn. Discover how protein engineering is unlocking life’s mysteries and advancing pharmaceuticals: #ProteinEngineering
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Ever wonder who’s shaping the tech in your pocket—and beyond? Hertz Fellow Jila Hsu’s groundbreaking research at UT Dallas is unveiling novel materials that might just supercharge the entire electronics industry. #Innovation #STEM #MaterialScience
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#AI is advancing faster than we can write about it. Hertz Fellow and @anthropicai CEO, Dario Amodei, is working to ensure this rapid progress aligns with humanity’s best interests. Discover how his safety-first approach is shaping the future of technology.
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