Our values


We all play a role in the health of our local and global communities

To improve health outcomes worldwide, we are working to help build thriving health ecosystems and remove barriers to accessibility. Our Healthier Communities campaign highlights the ways we work toward this goal with our customers, for the patients, and in the communities where our colleagues live and work.

 

We advance health equity through efforts like making diagnostic tests more accessible, enabling diversity in clinical trials, and helping communities build their capacity to address disease. We also partner with customers who share our vision of a world where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Our colleagues extend this passion by volunteering with or supporting local charitable organizations.

 

We all play a role in the health of our local and global communities. Together, we can build a brighter future for our customers and all of society. We invite you to explore the content on this page to learn more about specific Thermo Fisher programs designed to enable healthier communities.


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“If you have more people around the table, [community projects to improve health care and STEM education] don’t take as long. They get prioritized. They get funded. That’s how it all comes back around to advancing healthier communities and really advancing health equity.“

Meron H. Mathias, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

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Advancing health equity globally: insights from Thermo Fisher's leaders

In this episode of Science With a Twist, join host Terri Somers as she explores how Thermo Fisher Scientific leverages science, innovation, and customer relationships to help drive health equity, which is described as a state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their highest level of health.



Thermo Fisher is continually working to improve health equity through its Healthier Communities Initiative. Joining Terri to share the details of the global program on this episode are guests Fred Lowery, executive vice president and president, Laboratory Products and BioProduction, and Meron H. Mathias, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability.

 

Listen to the conversation as they discuss:

  • How health equity is a key component of Thermo Fisher’s core business.
  • How Thermo Fisher leverages its capabilities and customer relationships to further its impact.
  • Initiatives that improve health equity through accessibility to drug-resistant HIV testing, next-generation sequencing to diagnose lung and breast cancer in 30 underserved countries, increasing the accessibility to and diversity in clinical trials, and more.
  • New programs in 2024.



Access to clinical trials: eliminating barriers to enrollment for women

In this episode of "Science with a Twist," host Terri Somers speaks with Dr. Rose Blackburne, MBA, Vice President, Medical Science and Strategy, and Global Head of General Medicine and Women’s Health at the PPD clinical research business at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Dr. Blackburne, a thought leader in women’s health and clinical trials, emphasizes the critical need for diversity in clinical trials to achieve health equity, highlighting how different populations experience varying symptoms and responses to treatments. She also explains why, historically, women were excluded from clinical trials and recent measures that are helping to ensure equitable representation.

 

Listen to the conversation as they discuss:

  • The challenges of recruiting women and minority groups for clinical trials, noting the logistical and societal barriers they face.
  • Innovative solutions, such as telemedicine and flexible scheduling, to make trial participation more accessible.
  • Recent advances in clinical research, including a groundbreaking preeclampsia test and contributions to COVID-19 vaccine trials, highlighting Thermo Fisher's pivotal role in these developments.


Our stories


Passion to advance HIV clinical trials help make lifesaving therapies a reality

For more than three decades, the PPD clinical research business has been instrumental in the global effort to develop life-changing therapies for people with HIV.

Survivor of gender-based violence finds new hope with prosthetic hand

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s partnership with The Hand Project restores hope and dignity to amputees in developing nations, including Veronica Kidemi of Tanzania.

Partnering with Ronald McDonald House to support families of pediatric patients

Our collaboration with Ronald McDonald House supports families in need through innovative solutions and community outreach, due largely in part to our Community Action Council (CAC).

Supporting connections that lead to life-saving medical care

Through thousands of snack packs, kits of healthcare essentials and bottled water donated by local organizations and companies, Care Beyond the Boulevard creates critical community-based connections.