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Accelerator seeks technology-enabled solutions for reducing social isolation or loneliness in older adults

March 23, CHICAGO — With support from the RRF Foundation for Aging, MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today launched the inaugural Accelerating Innovation in Aging program to support entrepreneurs with solutions that reduce social isolation or loneliness in olde…

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First-of-its-kind program seeks early-stage startups that deliver transformative, disruptive solutions to improve overall health

March 14, 2022, BOSTON and CHICAGO — CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today launched SMILE Health…

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MATTER joins AMA’s In Full Health initiative

March 10, CHICAGO — MATTER announced a collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA) and leading industry stakeholders to advance equitable health innovation opportunities to benefit communities that have been historically marginalized.

The In Full Health Learning and Action Community to Advance Equitable Health Innovation is a newly la…

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Calling on university innovators with creative concepts to enhance the peritoneal dialysis (PD) experience for kidney patients and clinic operational efficiencies for healthcare professionals

Chicago, IL, March 7, 2022 — MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced a collaboration with Baxter (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in kidney care, to host the 2022 Univer…

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MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, is thrilled to announce we will host NIU’s Chicago-based, one-year MBA program at our space in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, expanding an existing three-year partnership with NIU’s College of Business.

MATTER originally partnered with NIU in spring 2019 when NIU MBA students created comprehensive business plans with MATTER startups inc…

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