Dr. David Armstrong is Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Southern California. Dr. Armstrong holds a Masters of Science in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the University of Wales College of Medicine and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester College of Medicine, where he was appointed Visiting Professor of Medicine. He is the founder and co-director …
Brenda Schmidt, MS, MDA: Self Care Platform Paid by Medical Claims
Brenda Schmidt, MS MBA is the Founder and CEO of Solera Health. She believes that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to getting and staying healthy. She founded Solera in 2015 to change that paradigm, creating a technology platform that matches a person’s unique risks, goals, and preferences with tools proven to help them improve their health and prevent, treat, or …
Linh Le: Wearable Graphene Sensors
Linh Le is the founder and CEO of Bonbouton. He was awarded a BSc in chemistry at Vietnam National University, graduating in the top 1%, followed by a Master’s degree in chemical engineering at Columbia University. In 2012, he achieved a graduate certificate in project management from the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he also worked as a research assistant …
Dave DeMarco: Healthcare Policy and Innovation Strategy
Dave is a senior advisor to C-suite leaders in the Life Sciences industry. He has served as Chair of the Board of the American Diabetes Association and serves as a consultant to EY’s Northeast Markets organization and hence to its premier Fortune 50 clients. Dave has substantial executive and operational leadership and not-for-profit board experience. With over 25 years of …
Dr. David Kerr: Creative Programs for Diverse Populations
David Kerr, MBChB, DM, FRCP, FRCPE is Director of Research and Innovation at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute (SDRI) in Santa Barbara, California. He is a UK-trained physician and endocrinologist and has spent many years trying to help people “tame the beast” that is diabetes. This is his third time living in the US, having been a researcher at Yale in …
Dr. Michael Fang: Data and Precision Medicine
Michael is a physician entrepreneur with a passion for data-driven health innovation. He is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Base10 Genetics, LLC. The company was created to fill the chasm between genetics testing and consumer health outcomes. Michael was the founder of CETA Inc., a health information technology company that was ranked #297 on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest-growing private US …
Dr. Alborz Madhavi: Glucose-Responsive Insulin
Dr. Alborz Mahdavi is the founder and CEO of Protomer Technologies, a preclinical stage biotechnology company focused on innovations in diabetes and metabolic disease. He is the recipient of the JDRF international prize for developing glucose-responsive insulin. Protomer has received major grants including several from JDRF and is currently advancing a glucose-responsive insulin program and a smart glucagon program towards commercialization. …
Tracey D. Brown: American Diabetes Association
Tracey D. Brown is Chief Executive Officer of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the nation’s largest voluntary health organization and a global authority on diabetes. Tracey, herself, has been thriving while living with Type 2 diabetes for over 16 years. She is the first CEO in the organization’s almost 80-year history that is living with Type 2 diabetes and is committed …