Dr. Maike Scharp

Dr. Maike Scharp is Deputy Director of Diagnostics at the Gates Foundation. In this role, she leads the foundation’s strategy on diagnostics and diagnostic medical devices and oversees a portfolio of investments related to end-to-end diagnostic product and platform development with a throughline to patient impact in low- and middle-income countries. She also leads the foundation’s efforts to strengthen the Women’s Health R&D ecosystem within the Gender Equality division and is chair for the Innovation Equity Forum (IEF), a collaborative partnership created in 2023 by the Gates Foundation and the US National Institutes of Health with over 250 women’s health experts and stakeholders across diverse sectors and geographies. Prior to her current role, Maike was a Deputy Director in the Gates Foundation’s Strategy Office and before that, a Partner at the Boston Consulting Group, where she led extensive efforts in strategy development, portfolio prioritization, operating model innovation, data & analytics, and change management across biopharma commercial, R&D and Global Health clients. She also worked as a physician in radio-oncology and palliative care and spent time in Uganda working closely with the Ministry of Health through the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Maike holds a Medical Doctorate from Heidelberg University as well as a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.