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Elizabeth Hanson, PhD, writes about science and medicine for universities, disease-focused organizations, hospitals, foundations and museums. Her clients include The Rockefeller University and the American Museum of Natural History, and she was a reporter-researcher at *Discover* magazine.  Hanson earned a BS in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program in Science, Technology and Society, a MA from the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University and a PhD in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.

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The U.S. government's ARPA-H launched HEROS to make preventing illness as rewarding as delivery acute care for providers, creating more equitable, health outcomes for all Americans.

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ARPA-H's HEROES Program Accelerates Preventive Health Innovations

Longevity drugs to head off diseases of aging and extend healthy lifespans are tantalizingly close, yet translating basic science discoveries to drugs still have hurdles to pass. James Peyer, PhD, CEO and Founder of Cambrian Bio talks about pursuing treatments that extend human healthspans.

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Cambrian Bio’s Drug Strategy for Age-Related Diseases

The nonprofit Mentoring in Medicine recognizes that brilliance is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t, so it inspires and equips students from elementary to professional schools to become health care professionals through academic enrichment, leadership development, civic engagement and mentoring.

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Changing Lives with Mentoring in Medicine

As a co-founder, Secretary and Board member of the nonprofit OUTbio: Greater New York, Heath Ingram, JD, also works to empower and advance the LGBTQ community in biotech.

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OUTbio Activists and Allies in Fight Against HIV

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 's Stephen Thau, JD, addresses common questions about putting in place a board of directors and anticipating how it will function as a startup grows in the healthcare sector.

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8 Boardroom Basics for New Companies

Startups may decide to manage human resources internally or outsource, but either way, the hiring process is rife with risks. What should you consider before growing?

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Hiring 101: Staffing Your Startup

Jane Metcalfe, CEO and Publisher of proto.life, Co-Founder of Wired, and Chair of the Human Immunome Project, discusses the wave of research and investment aiming to unravel the processes underlying ovarian function, fertility and aging to develop innovative solutions for women throughout their lives.

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The $600 Billion Menopause Market

Thinking long term about health and well-being agendas set by residents is the foundation for Wellville, the national equitable wellbeing project founded by Esther Dyson, author, angel investor and tech entrepreneur.

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Dyson's Wellville Makes Long Term Investment in Wellbeing

Vishal Mehta, MSHS, Founder and CEO of Ubuntu Research, developed a subscription-based model to create streamlined, cost-effective clinical trials, a potential resource for smaller life science companies.

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A Toolkit for Streamlining Biotech Clinical Trials

Trailblazing computational biologist Manolis Kellis, PhD, whose MIT laboratory works at the interface of computer science and biology, likens his work interface to a "genomics microscope."

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3 Changes Genomics Microscopes Bring to Understanding Disease

Nader Halim, PhD, MBA, offers insights to entrepreneurial academics, drawing on his time at Genentech, Pfizer and as CEO of Innervace, a biotech working to restore the brain circuits in people with Parkinson’s disease. 


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From Academia to Startup CEO: Four Tips on Taking the Leap 

A molecular industrial revolution promises to speed drug discovery and expand horizons for materials of the future.

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Elizabeth Hanson, PhD

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The $600 Billion Menopause Market

Dyson's Wellville Makes Long Term Investment in Wellbeing

A Toolkit for Streamlining Biotech Clinical Trials

3 Changes Genomics Microscopes Bring to Understanding Disease

From Academia to Startup CEO: Four Tips on Taking the Leap

What is the Molecular Industrial Revolution?

ARPA-H's HEROES Program Accelerates Preventive Health Innovations

Cambrian Bio’s Drug Strategy for Age-Related Diseases

Changing Lives with Mentoring in Medicine

OUTbio Activists and Allies in Fight Against HIV

8 Boardroom Basics for New Companies

Hiring 101: Staffing Your Startup

The $600 Billion Menopause Market

Dyson's Wellville Makes Long Term Investment in Wellbeing

A Toolkit for Streamlining Biotech Clinical Trials

3 Changes Genomics Microscopes Bring to Understanding Disease

From Academia to Startup CEO: Four Tips on Taking the Leap

What is the Molecular Industrial Revolution?

ARPA-H's HEROES Program Accelerates Preventive Health Innovations

Cambrian Bio’s Drug Strategy for Age-Related Diseases

Changing Lives with Mentoring in Medicine

OUTbio Activists and Allies in Fight Against HIV

8 Boardroom Basics for New Companies

Hiring 101: Staffing Your Startup