Gates Foundation snaps up top Apple Health researcher to run a new digital health group

• Dr. Andrew Trister is joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a new role focusing in taking digital health companies global.
• He joins from Apple, where he worked in the health group on medical research initiatives.
• Trister confirmed his new role in a phone interview with CNBC.

Apple’s Dr. Andrew Trister is headed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a first-of-its-kind role to invest in digital health ventures that aim to have a global impact.

Trister, who joins the foundation this week, was among the first employees to get recruited to Apple’s health team, alongside the renowned medical researcher Stephen Friend. Trister joined Apple in a special projects role in 2016,...