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Cate serves as Vice President of Global Medical Affairs at Aptitude Health, bringing more than 24 years of scientific communications experience and deep expertise in oncology and signal transduction. She provides strategic oversight to ensure scientific accuracy and quality across all initiatives while guiding the organization and its affiliates. Cate has collaborated extensively with global clinical leaders on emerging data, publications planning, educational content development, investigator-initiated research support, academic symposia, exploratory data analyses, and the creation of scientific and patient-focused resources. She earned her BA in molecular cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of Michigan, where her research on HIV transcriptional regulation included work in a biosafety level 3 laboratory and earned her recognition as the program’s Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Instructor of the Year. A world traveler who has visited more than 40 countries, she celebrates the rich cultural diversity of her current hometown, Atlanta, while remaining a British national with strong ties to her family back in Wales.