A conversation with Nicole Paulk, senior vice president for strategy and innovation at Advocate Aurora Health
What will primary care look like in the future?
Last month, Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER launched an innovation challenge to inspire, explore and source novel solutions that create new possibilities for patients and their primary care providers. Advocate Aurora Health Senior Vice…
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Decisions made in Washington can have profound effects on our healthcare system — everything from biomedical research, to insurance and the delivery of care, to the factors that help shape overall health and wellbeing.
In advance of the 2018 midterm elections, MATTER, the Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) and the Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) extended invitations to …
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press release
Mayor Rahm Emanuel opens three-day summit featuring leaders from Chicago-area health systems and 20 of Israel’s most promising health tech startups
Chicago, IL, October 30, 2018 — Today, MATTER welcomes twenty of Israel’s most innovative health tech startups and healthcare leaders to the Chicago-Israel Health Tech Innovation Summit, hosted in partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation …
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tales from the trenches
Earlier this month, David Giljohann, CEO of immunotherapy company Exicure, shared his entrepreneurial story at Tales from the Trenches. David’s journey has taken him from graduate training in a university lab to the helm of Exicure, a Chicago-based biotechnology company that is pioneering the field of immunotherapy. In just seven years, David has taken Exicure public, raised more than $100 mill…
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community
One in eight women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. The good news: Better screening, early detection and improvements in treatment options are leading to better outcomes for people affected by this disease.
To close out Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re highlighting MATTER startups that are using technology to transform breast cancer care from screening to surgery. …
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