During a Feb. 19 interview with “CBS This Morning,” Dr. Chan said the route to accomplishing such a task is not linear, and that many of the most significant contributions to science were made during the last century.
“If you think about it, penicillin didn’t exist 80 years ago,” Dr. Chan said. “[The process is] not linear … the microscope changed the world. Our ability to sequence DNA changed the world. … We are not the ones doing it. We are empowering scientists to actually be in the forefront and making those discoveries.”
Dr. Chan, who married Facebook founder, chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2012, said the organization’s main mission is to level the playing field for all people, providing them with the opportunities to achieve their goals.
“Even before I had met Mark I knew I had received more than I could have ever imagined and it was going to be my life’s work to make sure that was true for others. It means a lot to me,” she said.
“I hope the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is able to achieve its goals. But we have ambitious goals and so if we can cure, prevent and manage all disease, I think that will be astounding in itself,” she added.
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