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40 Under 40 Contributors - MedTech Boston Editors
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- Nutrimedy Wins 4th Annual Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge
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Ajay Major- Medical Imaging Innovation in Coronary Artery Disease: Interview with Mass General Research Fellow Nabeel Ali
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Alexandra David- HBS Startup Helps Patients Negotiate Medical Bills
- The Fight To End the Step 2 CS Exam
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Amy Pollard- CAMTech Uganda Hackathon, Day 3: The Winners
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Austin Chiang, MD- Social Media Rules: the FDA Crackdown on Big Pharma Advertising
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- Caroline Yang, M.D.
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Emily McNeiece- Overcoming Medical Discrimination Against Transgender Patients in Healthcare
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- Communication, Creativity, and Connected Health: The 2018 MIT Grand Hack
- How One Company’s Digital Prescription App Will Change Mental Illness Therapy
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Giovanni Marinelli - Greg Bolcer
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Hilary Ginsburg - Jackson Salopek
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James Ryan -
James A. Gardner- Pulse@MassChallenge Digital Health Startups Win $200k Cash
- “Connected Health Conference” Brings Together Innovators in Wearables, VR, Apps, and Other Technologies
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Jaskaran Singh Dhillon -
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Kirti Patel, MD, MHL- Investing in Problem-Solving, Not Product: PureTech Health’s “Proactive” Approach
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medtech_admin - MedTech Boston Staff
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Michael Tetreault 
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Mike Pierce 
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- The uBiome Clinical Outcomes in Microbial Genomics Innovation Challenge
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Xining He, MD -
Zach Shapiro
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- How the uBiome Challenge Could Improve Microbial Genomics & Patient Outcomes
- Nutrimedy Wins 4th Annual Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge
- Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge Open to Digital Health Innovators
- This Doctor comes to you – How one medical group is disrupting healthcare
- This Doctor comes to you – How one medical group is disrupting healthcare
- Abimbola Olagunju
- Abram Guerra
- Adam Bitterman
- Adam Griffiths
- Adnan Chowdhury
- Improving and Enriching the patient-provider relationship – Time Management
- Improving & Enriching the Patient-Provider relationship with Health 2.0 tools: Communication & Education
- Reflecting on Health 2.0, Improving and Enriching the Patient-Provider relationship
- 23andMe preparing us for a new genomic age: Exclusive interview with Dr. Jeffrey Pollard
- Interview with Nurjana Bachman: Is Claritas Genomics becoming the foundation to clinical genetics in pediatrics?
- Aine Cryts
- Ajay Major
- Medical Imaging Innovation in Coronary Artery Disease: Interview with Mass General Research Fellow Nabeel Ali
- Boston Blue Button Innovation Challenge: Mentors Tackle the Practice Pitches
- Boston Blue Button Innovation Challenge: The Teams Start to Hack
- Boston Blue Button Innovation Challenge: Initial Pitches and Team-Building
- Alexander Bolt
- Alexandra David
- HBS Startup Helps Patients Negotiate Medical Bills
- The Fight To End the Step 2 CS Exam
- With Help From Apple, BIDMC Ramps Up Patient Engagement Efforts
- With a Focus on Mindset and Collaboration, PowerUp Helps Women Achieve Health Goals
- Boston University Spin-Out Digitizes Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy
- Alok Prasad
- Dr. Ami Patel
- Ammu Thampi Susheela, MD
- Amy Pollard
- CAMTech Uganda Hackathon, Day 3: The Winners
- CAMTech Uganda Hackathon, Day Two: Hacking Solutions
- CAMTech Uganda Hackathon, Day One: Neonatal and Maternal Care
- Pipelines and silos: minorities struggle to access Boston’s startup ecosystem
- Pulse@MassChallenge Launch Reveals New Partners, $100 Application Fee
- Andrea Ippolito
- Andrea Ippolito
- Andrew Zimolzak, MD, MMSc; Louis Fiore, MD, MPH
- Andy Oram
- Anokhi Saklecha
- Anoop Raman
- Anoop Raman
- Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD
- Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD
- Arshya Vahabzadeh MD and Alia Rashid MD
- Arshya Vahabzadeh MD and Alia Rashid MD
- Arshya Vahabzadeh MD and Steven Chan
- Arshya Vahabzadeh MD and Steven Chan
- Austin Chiang, MD
- Social Media Rules: the FDA Crackdown on Big Pharma Advertising
- Healthcare Social Media (#HCSM) Series: Public Health Impact
- Healthcare Social Media (#HCSM) Series: For The Patients
- Healthcare Social Media (#HCSM) Series: Keeping It Professional
- Healthcare Social Media (#HCSM) Series: Listen Up Medical Providers
- Bonnie Clipper DNP, RN, MA, MBA, CENP, FACHE
- Benjamin Miller
- Bradley Metrock and Dr. Matt Cybulsky
- Brendan Pease
- Bret Schroeder
- Brian Boyle
- Brittni Brown
- Bryce Fricklas
- Heart Rate Technology Lets Patients and Athletes Monitor Health Conditions in Real Time
- Medication Dispenser Makes Childcare Easier and Safer
- Creator of 7 Day Vaccine Wins at Swissnex Global Pitchfest
- MIT Solve Seeking Submissions for Project Solutions to Global Challenges
- Virtual Reality’s New Healthcare Applications
- By The Campaign for Essential Nutrients
- Caroline Yang, M.D.
- Casey Nugent
- Charlene Soucy
- Chris Ma
- Chris Scalise
- Chris Steel
- Christine Coulter
- Cliff Currie
- Cliff Currie
- Dana Barberio
- Dana Hatic
- Danielle Jones
- Daniel Yazdi
- Dave Urban
- Dr. David Hahn
- David Perlo
- David Saxner
- David Brick
- Deleted User
- Dicken Ko
- Brian Levine
- Dr. David Shaywitz
- Jessica Shanahan
- Monica Miller
- Stephen Schimpff
- Edward Egan
- Edwin Raffi
- Elaina Chan
- Elaine Khoong
- Emem Udoh
- Emily McNeiece
- Overcoming Medical Discrimination Against Transgender Patients in Healthcare
- The Fight to Overcome Disparities and Discrimination in LGBTQ Healthcare
- Communication, Creativity, and Connected Health: The 2018 MIT Grand Hack
- How One Company’s Digital Prescription App Will Change Mental Illness Therapy
- Telehealth and AI: The Future of Diagnosis
- Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH
- Felicia Gans
- Gena Koufos
- Dr. Gianluca De Novi
- Gina Siddiqui
- Giovanni Marinelli
- Greg Bolcer
- Harish Lecamwasam
- Hilary Ginsburg
- Jackson Salopek
- James Ryan
- James A. Gardner
- Pulse@MassChallenge Digital Health Startups Win $200k Cash
- “Connected Health Conference” Brings Together Innovators in Wearables, VR, Apps, and Other Technologies
- Doing Well by Doing Good: UrSure’s Giffin Daughtridge’s Game-Changing PrEP Adherence Test
- Psychokinesis? No, But Neurable’s Brain-Computer Interface Technology Might Still Surprise You
- PULSE@MassChallenge’s 2017 Startup Cohort Innovating Telehealth, Biosensors, Virtual Reality, and More
- Jared Kaltwasser
- Jaskaran Singh Dhillon
- Jayson Marwaha
- Jennifer M. Joe, MD
- CMS Expanded Coverage of Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring Services
- Ask the Experts: Are Apps Invading Healthcare?
- The Future is You: Our Top 10 Reasons to Attend the Google Wearables in Healthcare Final Pitch-Off
- Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky Talks Testifying in Congress & Digital Health Failures
- Call for Submissions: Google Wearables in Healthcare Pilot Challenge (#WHPC15)
- Jenni Whalen
- Jim Ryan
- Joanne Conroy and Susan Dentzer
- Joe Mullings
- Joseph Shonkwiler
- john
- John D'Amore
- Joshua Liao
- Josko Silobrcić, M.D., MPH, M.S.
- Julia Karron
- Karishma Desai
- Katherine Rourke
- Kathryn Hughes
- Katie Clark
- Kenny Lin
- Kenrick Vezina
- Kijana Knight-Torres
- Kirti Patel, MD, MHL
- Investing in Problem-Solving, Not Product: PureTech Health’s “Proactive” Approach
- Democratizing Medical Expertise: An Interview with RubiconMD CEO Gil Addo
- How Genospace Solves Healthcare’s Big Data Problem: An interview with COO Daniel Meyer
- How twoXAR Plans to Radicalize the Drug Industry, One Data Set at a Time
- Richard Parker on Global Payment Models & His Big Career Transition
- Krina Patel
- Laura Henze Russell
- Lea Hachigian
- Leah D'Sa
- Lina Colucci
- Linda Barney
- Lisa Dukart
- Marissa Cooper
- Maulik Majmudar MD
- medtech_admin
- MedTech Boston Staff
- Megan Griffith
- Meher Iqbal
- Michael Tetreault
- Michael Cohen
- Michael Scarbrough
- Mike Pierce
- Mirza Sadovic
- Dr. Moira Schieke
- mshanley
- MTB Staff
- MeHI & CHIA Launch Challenge to Drive Transparency of Healthcare Costs in Massachusetts
- The uBiome Clinical Outcomes in Microbial Genomics Innovation Challenge
- Announcing the 2018 MedTech Boston 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators!
- Voice-First Technology in Healthcare: A Glimpse into the Future
- Innovation Booms at 2018 BIO Conference
- Nancy Zhang
- Nancy Goldwyn, Nurse Leader & Health Informatics Specialist, Applied Nursing Research
- Nathan Cowan
- Nathan Hatch, BSN, R.N., and Ryan J. Shaw, Ph.D., R.N.
- Nayan Jain
- Neel Shah, MD
- Nicole Yang
- Nina Jaklian
- Olivia Japlon
- Olivia Tardif
- Pamela Bump
- Resources and Information for the Boston Area
- This Year’s Disruptive Dozen at the World Medical Innovation Forum
- PARTNERS CONNECTED HEALTH LAUNCHES 2017 CONNECTED HEALTH INNOVATION CHALLENGE
- Tomorrow’s Medical Technologies on Display at Northeastern’s Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo
- A New VR Experience Could Help Isolated Elders Reconnect
- Paula Sokolska
- Petra Simić
- Pothik Chatterjee
- Raj Reddy
- Rajy Abulhosn, M.D.
- Ramin Lalezari
- Richard Parker, MD
- Robert Schultz
- VDC Hosts Healthcare Innovation MBA Course
- Shark Tank’s Herjavec Reveals Motivation for Judging Astellas C3 Prize Challenge
- Patient Stakeholder Groups Rethink Models for Addressing Unmet Needs
- Astellas C3 Prize Update: Finalists Pitch to Judges at Stanford Medicine X
- Boston Gunning To Be The Nation’s Digital Health Hub
- Rob Johnson
- Rohan Jotwani
- Rohit Khanna
- Rose Hedges
- rosehedges1
- Ryan J. Shaw & Tyler Meathe
- Samara Rosenfeld
- Boston Researchers Named Finalists for Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
- Verily’s Deep-Learning Model Accurately Characterizes Proteins
- As Interoperability Rule Comment Periods Close, Don Rucker, M.D., to Lead Talk in Boston
- Biofourmis Raises $35M to Advance AI Drug Software, Plans Move to Boston
- Miraki Innovation Slates $175M to Push MedTech Companies Through Pipeline
- Samuel Anthony
- Sara Dawit
- Sarah Schroeder
- Sean Gritters
- Shannon Moore
- Interview with Dustin DiTommaso of Mad*Pow: Explaining “Behavior Change”
- Tour of Usability Lab at Mad*Pow
- Funding Opportunities from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center – Interview with Angus McQuilken
- Innovation in Life Sciences at the 2013 French American Innovation Day
- Interview with French Biotech Blogger Philip Hemme
- Sharon Marable, MD, MPH, FACP
- Shikha Sinha
- Shreya Iyer
- Soniya Shah
- With Help from Indiegogo, Peek Vision Brings Critical Diagnostic Tool to Light
- Scripps Health Cardiologist Sanjeev Bhavnani on Digital and Global Health
- Liquid Biopsies Could Make Cancer a Manageable Disease
- Philips’ CareSage Engine Improves Senior Care Management
- Say Goodbye to the Lazy Eye: David Hunter’s Pediatric Vision Scanner
- Sony Salzman
- New Video Released! MedTech Boston Google Glass Challenge Pitch-Off Presentations
- M2D2 announces the New Venture Competition awards, hands out $50k in seed funding
- XX in Health: Powerful women in life science discuss entrepreneurship, risk-taking and fostering innovation
- Live from the Boston Children’s Hospital Innovator’s Forum: One hour of demos, ideas and opportunity
- M2D2 Finalists: Meet Jeffrey Yeung, Hansen Yuan and Satyajit Marawar, founders of Aleeva Medical
- Stephen Huey
- Dr. Steven Munevar
- Stuart Hochron
- Sunny Tara
- Tanya Talker, MIT Hacking Medicine
- Dr. Tiffany Kelley
- Timothy Aungst
- Tim Raderstorf
- Tom Salemi
- Ursheet Parikh
- Usman Sattar MD
- Vidya Viswanathan
- Vijaysree Venkatraman
- Vinod K. Goel, Ph.D., President, Centerline Biomedical, Inc.
- Weihua Li
- Winnie Wong
- Xining He, MD
- Zach Shapiro
