The 2016 MedTech Boston 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators

Alia Rashid, MD
Medical Director at Annexon Biosciences
As the Medical Director at Annexon Biosciences, Dr. Alia Rashid concentrates on immune modulation in neurodegenerative diseases. Rashid realized the importance of leveraging technology to revolutionize healthcare after attending the Exponential Medicine Conference, which inspired her to improve the quality of data and precision of markers.

Rashid believes that there is important work to be done at the intersection of biotechnology and digital health innovation. “These insights have allowed me to understand the issues and constraints around developing life-saving therapies, as well as giving me the opportunity to understand how technology can be utilized to provide more personalized and effective healthcare,” says Rashid.

Rashid is excited by the massive amounts of  healthcare data being collected, and hopes that more people will join the ranks of those trying to analyze it. “We will need specialized healthcare data scientists to make sense of the data, as well as physicians and associated healthcare professionals who are trained in reading and understanding the results of this kind of data,” adds Rashid.

Rashid was recently named a top female healthcare influencer by MedTech Boston. You can read more about her here.