Tag Archives: StartUp Health magazine

Andrea Riposati, Dante Labs

The Italian Innovator Using Whole Genomic Sequencing to Combat COVID-19



In this new Pandemic Response series, StartUp Health’s senior writer, Nicole Clark talks with Italy-based Andrea Riposati, CEO of Dante Labs, about how his DNA tests are being used to sequence the whole genome of patients with COVID-19. His aim? To understand what genes play a role in our reaction to the deadly disease.

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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Marty Makary, MD and Zubin Damania, MD

StartUp Health Festival: Fireside Chat, Dr. Marty Makary, MedPage Today



Marty Makary, MD, MPH, New York Times bestselling author, ‘The Price We Pay’, Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor of public health, and Editor-in-Chief of MedPage Today, talks with ZDogg Industries Founder & Creator, Zubin Damania, MD, at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 13, 2020. Host: Zubin Damania, MD, Founder & Creator, ZDogg Industries

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
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StartUp Health Festival Fireside Chat: Year of the Nurse



Kristi Henderson, DNP and Clinical Operations Leader of Amazon, Molly McCarthy, RN and Chief Nursing Officer and National Director of US Health, Microsoft, and Lynda Moyer, Technology Strategist, chat with SEE YOU NOW Host, Shawna Butler, on the main stage of the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 13, 2020.

Moderated by: Shawna Butler, RN and Host of the SEE YOU NOW Podcast

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Esther Dyson on Achieving Long-Term Equitable Wellbeing for All



Esther Dyson, Executive Founder of Wellville, and Jane Metcalfe, creator and original publisher of WIRED magazine, offer their take on the big ideas shaping the future of health (and humanity) at the 2020 StartUp Health Festival.

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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StartUp Health Festival Founder Stories: Mylea Charvat, PhD, Savonix with Susan Schneider Williams



Susan Schneider Williams, Fine Artist and Passionate Advocate for Brain Health and Lewy Body Dementia Awareness, talks with Savonix CEO & Founder Mylea Charvat, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 13, 2020. Host by: Mylea Charvat, PhD, CEO & Founder, Savonix

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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David Feinberg of Google Health @ 2020 StartUp Health Festival



Vice President of Google Health, Dr. David Feinberg, talks with StartUp Health Chief Medial Officer, Howard Krein, MD, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUP Health Festival in San Francisco. January 14, 2020.

Dr. David Feinberg has spent his entire career caring for people’s health and wellbeing. And after years in the healthcare system, he now leads Google Health, which brings together groups from across Google and Alphabet that are using AI, product expertise and hardware to take on big healthcare challenges. (https://www.blog.google/technology/he…)

Dr. Howard Krein is the Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, which was founded in 2011 to invest in a global army of entrepreneurs, called Health Transformers, committed to achieving health moonshots.

Dr. Krein is also an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and a founding partner and co-director of Jefferson’s Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Additionally, he is the Senior Director of Health Policy & Innovation at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Krein served on the Biden Cancer Initiative’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Krein is part of an exclusive group of physicians with two doctorates, receiving his MD from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Krein completed internships in both Emergency Medicine and General Surgery, a residency in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and a Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond Virginia. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Rutgers University. Dr. Krein lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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#237: Ashwini Zenooz, MD, Salesforce



StartUp Health President, Co-founder & Managing Partner Unity Stoakes sits down with Ashwini Zenooz, MD, SVP and General Manager, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences at Salesforce.  They discuss her background, the work being done at Salesforce, and her journey into healthcare.

Location: HLTH 2019 conference Las Vegas

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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StartUp Health, Down Under



StartUp Health’s Steven Krein shares the power of a Health Moonshot Mindset at Sohn Hearts & Minds, Australia’s premier investor event

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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Bridging the Health Innovation Gap with Startup-Enterprise Partnerships



This year, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Genomic Medical partnered to expand genetics counseling services to KP members. They share lessons on collaboration in this special panel discussion, co-hosted by StartUp Health.

Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.startuphealth.com/
Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots http://www.healthmoonshots.com

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Listen to Jennifer Esposito, fmr GM of Health & Life Sciences @intel, & Chrissy Farr @CNBC on ‘How Tech Companies Think About Health Innovation”



Jennifer Esposito, Former General Manager of Health & Life Sciences, Intel chats with Christina Farr, Technology and Healthcare Reporter, CNBC on “How Tech Companies Think About Health Innovation” at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California