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While working at Microsoft as a postdoctoral fellow, Abraham Flaxman learned that he loved analyzing big sets of data. Now he uses that passion at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), where he works to fill in the huge holes missing from global health data. His innovations – including the creation of a computer model estimating the prevalence of more than 200 diseases – earned him one of MIT Technology Review's "35 Innovators Under 35" awards.
Michael Gale Jr. will never forget the sound his ‘68 Mustang made when its engine roared back to life in 1993. The car was given to him in 1977 by his father. When it was finally ready for the road, he had it painted its original Highland Green color, channeling Steve McQueen in Bullitt.
Before she was a food systems and sustainability expert, Yona Sipos was a video jockey for MTV Canada.