Angela Yang

Angela Yang received her MBA at the University of Washington Foster in 2023.  Angela was a START Global Innovation fellow with the Center. Angela received a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Michigan and conducted research focused on neurodegenerative diseases. After her undergraduate degree, she spent time in southeast Michigan working in clinics and hospital systems. She has experience with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement centered around healthcare quality improvement and surgical outcomes. Most recently, Angela spent four years in Washington D.C. as a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. She worked with the Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Center for Disease Control clients on healthcare strategy, value-based care policy, and business acquisition strategy.

Angela worked on five projects during her time with START, acting as the Project Manager for two of them. Below are highlights from two of the projects Angela worked on:

• Economics of Academic Publishing (EAP): The START team conducted landscape analysis on the Open Access publishing environment and delivered placemats summarizing trends in the Open Access research and manuscript publishing landscape as well as potential policy opportunities that the Foundation can integrate into their current Open Access policy.
• Business Exemplars of Good Jobs: The Economic Mobility and Opportunity division asked START to develop four case studies that demonstrate how businesses implemented the Good Job practices, what incentivized them to do so, and what has the impact been on their businesses’ bottom line and resiliency as well as on the economic mobility of their low-income workers.

Reflecting on her time at START, Angela said,  “My time with START has exceeded my expectations on multiple levels: personal growth, professional experience and learning, and community building. The opportunity to work with the Gates Foundation on 5+ research and policy projects over one year has been an incredible privilege, especially when thinking about the potential impact of these projects. The experience gained from collaborating with such intelligent, caring, and passionate individuals—on the faculty, staff, and on the student sides has been unmatched.”

Angela is currently a Program Manager, Innovation at the Allen Institute.