Piot Starts at Gates Foundation

Luke Timmerman1/15/09

Peter Piot, the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations’ Program on HIV/AIDS, has joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a senior fellow. He will advise the foundation on global health strategy, including the fight against HIV and other infectious diseases. The appointment will last only until May, when Piot will start a global health program at Imperial College in London, according to the Seattle P-I’s Tom Paulson.

Luke Timmerman is the National Biotech Editor of Xconomy, and the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. E-mail him at ltimmerman@xconomy.com or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ldtimmerman.