Dishman: 23y as a cancer pt, 30y as a pt advocate. All of Us mission: accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs. #BHCRForum17
12:11pm April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Dishman: Here's him on an Intel video telling his story - 4 global megatrends https://t.co/ZilGLkE97s #BHCRForum17
12:09pm April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Eric Dishman Personalized Medicine Initiative 57 rounds of Rx (!) with a rare form of kidney cancer. Running as a GM, got WGS #BHCRForum17
12:07pm April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Social consequences? Jain: Researchers interested in de-ID data. Technology, policy, privacy frameworks. Office of Civil Rights #BHCRForum17
11:52am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: ChemE, electrical, mechanical eng, stress is on biology. Can tackle a capstone project to solve wide ranging problems #BHCRForum17
11:50am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Mechatronics - mechanical and electrical eng. Any thought about programs for blended bio-industry? Bentley: It's us. #BHCRForum17
11:48am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: For hypotheses: what about all this data to mine insight? Enable this approach, also data science for the PMI project #BHCRForum17
11:43am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
DTC of genomic info w/o useful actionability? Jain: Physiol measures, trtmt of disease; larger Q is for industry as a whole. #BHCRForum17
11:41am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: A pair of Federal standards are followed, in terms of where data travels. It is a given, table-stakes. NIH has vetted #BHCRForum17
11:38am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
What about privacy? McRaith: Have been thinking and working on this for years. Jain: Multi-layered fashion "defense in-depth" #BHCRForum17
11:36am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: 400 undergrads; 10y ago few jobs for bioengineers. The best students will get jobs, period. Emerging industries hire #BHCRForum17
11:33am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: Started bioengineering at USM; wanted to keep MD students to remain here. Oppys here and industries here. #BHCRForum17
11:31am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: 30 in MD, 30 in India: to launch a digital health product is 'totally different'. Figuring out a successful business. #BHCRForum17
11:29am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: Building models, technologies, to know the final product will perform as expected. FDA, College Park mfg facility #BHCRForum17
11:25am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: Financing from gov't matched w/industry, state funds https://t.co/EmwV1JiUJP #BHCRForum17
11:24am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
What is NIMBL? Bentley: New innovations in manufacturing to bring entities together; biopharmaceuticals, via NIST #BHCRForum17
11:23am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: And then the burden is on epidemiology, data analysis. Convergence of multiple fields of science, and datasets #BHCRForum17
11:20am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: Technology, healthcare, and life sciences. Fast, slow and slower still. 15-20 clin trials: moving to n=1 #BHCRForum17
11:19am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: 4y ago also received clearance, FDA was collaborative. SW more understood, risks have moved from Cl II to Class I #BHCRForum17
11:18am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: The challenge - req Rx, and still get Class II. Now more flexible, enterprise sales. Blending talent: healthcare/tech #BHCRForum17
11:17am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: What's the business model? Bay area co's may not understand healthcare (i.e. payors). There are 2K apps for diabetes. #BHCRForum17
11:16am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
As the first to get an app approved, advice? McRaith: Cleared back in '11; two 510k's cleared in the past 2 months. #BHCRForum17
11:14am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: For MD, there's a convergence here. We're just starting and learning among stakeholders. #BHCRForum17
11:12am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: We are just at the beginning, trying to understand it now. Biopharma, payors, IT orgs. Will see partnering, M&A #BHCRForum17
11:11am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Great Convergence round table at #BHCRForum17 about digital health. Vibrent, Welldoc, USM and Selnova https://t.co/37eQoKnYrn
11:10am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
How to be best prepared? Bentley:It's okay to learning about new types of technologies, and cross-pollinization. #BHCRForum17
11:08am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: Connected to Vanderbilt, Broad and Verily on the back-end; they are on the consumer-facing side for innovation. #BHCRForum17
11:07am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Jain: Vibrent as a platform for digital health; #PMINetwork, now named All of Us Research program, provided at national level. #BHCRForum17
11:05am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: A 2.0 reduction in A1C in T2D; FDA cleared, reimbursed. Samsung agreement annc yesterday https://t.co/pUexjQUMLi #BHCRForum17
11:04am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
McRaith: Used to be at Abbott, HGS; Welldoc is a digital heath co; create tech across chronic disease. SW focus on mobile #BHCRForum17
11:00am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: Dev electronics to biomolecule interface technology, creating next-generation devices. Translated to other domains #BHCRForum17
10:59am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Bentley: Starting a new institute at USM - converging biology and electronics. There are issues of comm between disciplines. #BHCRForum17
10:58am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Convergence - Marin Rosendale (Selnova) Moderator William Bently (Univ MD) Kevin McRaith (Welldoc) Praduman Jain (Vibrent) #BHCRForum17
10:57am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Johnston: Some funds will focus in narrow areas and articulate that. Inova: has a narrow list according to their priorities #BHCRForum17
10:21am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
How easy to get VC funding? Kohr: Out of 100 oppys one group sees, they fund 3. Wu: 1 in 100. Nayeem: same #BHCRForum17
10:20am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Kohr: You find people who are not coachable. You need to be smart, humble and hungry. Book: https://t.co/eCU6byBPrY #BHCRForum17
10:19am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Who to recruit? Flaws? Nayeem: Companies wait too long to resource manufacturing side (COO). Details need clarity #BHCRForum17
10:16am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Nayeem: If you are a scientist starting a company, remember your audience is different, have different goals, interests #BHCRForum17
10:15am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Kohr: Start early, refine the story based on feedback. People will track you, and $8M investors were pitched 9mos earlier #BHCRForum17
10:12am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Wu: Getting feedback for why an investor may not be interested "not a fit" but doesn't help entrepreneur at all. #BHCRForum17
10:09am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Johnston: Some may get frustrated at investors, due to their focus on the market. Seek to understand why people say 'no' #BHCRForum17
10:08am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Repositioning? Kohr: Retinopathy from a desktop to mobile. Kosofky: One cmpy went to the family office investors #BHCRForum17
10:05am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Nayeem: Founded Vitesse in G-burg, although tech came out of Boston, due to experience of CEO #BHCRForum17
10:01am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Nayeem: If mgmt in place. In Boston, Flagship, Third Rock will fill in management holes for a while. Unwilling to do elsewhere. #BHCRForum17
9:57am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Kohr: At the Inst A level, do your homework on their focus, their story. Can get funding from overseas 'good ideas travel well' #BHCRForum17
9:56am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Kosofsky: If the team and technology is there. Kohr: Hard at the shoestring/duct tape stage. Angel networks more geography #BHCRForum17
9:55am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Johnston: You should be the best in these communities, and you will get funded. At seed stage, more sympathetic ($100K-200K) #BHCRForum17
9:54am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Johnston: Have invested in MO, ID, NC. They invest there b/c 'we believe they are the best at what they do' #BHCRForum17
9:53am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Staying in this region? Johnston: Doesn't believe that local VC isn't sufficient 'isn't an argument'. A national stage #BHCRForum17
9:52am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
Johnston: Many can get to senior people and borrow their expertise and credibility. Also may be great source of referrals #BHCRForum17
9:50am April 20th 2017 via Hootsuite
