# Emerson Collective

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## TL;DR

Laurene Powell Jobs's philanthropic and investment organisation, whose health programme funds cancer research collaborations and immunotherapy science.

## Summary

Emerson Collective, founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, works across education, immigration, climate and health, using grants, investments and convenings. Its health work has funded cancer research including immunotherapy and cancer immunology programmes, collaborations that pair academic centres with technologists, and the Emerson Collective Cancer Research Fund. It has partnered with the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and academic centres on data-driven cancer projects and supports patient-navigation and health-equity work. Emerson's model blends philanthropy with venture investing in health companies.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- City: Palo Alto, CA, US
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.emersoncollective.com

## Sources

- Emerson Collective: https://www.emersoncollective.com

## Connected records

- fronts: [AI & Computation](https://onco.cc/fronts/ai-computation/), [Immunotherapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/immunotherapy/)
- institutions: [Stanford Health Care / Stanford Cancer Institute](https://onco.cc/institutions/stanford/), [UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/ucsf/)
- people: [Laurene Powell Jobs](https://onco.cc/people/laurene-powell-jobs/)
- bottlenecks: [Funding follows fashion, not burden](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-funding-allocation/), [Incentives reward me-too drugs and marginal gains](https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-incentive-misalignment/)

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