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MATTER’s First Healthcare Challenge Sparks Observation Unit Innovation

May 24, 2017

On May 4, 2017, MATTER concluded its first healthcare challenge with a final pitch event. In a prior round, a panel of judges recommended Twiage, EDLoop, and PhysIQ to move on to the finals of the Observation Unit Challenge, where the three teams pitched their solutions to a room full of entrepreneurs, students, and clinicians. Judges from Allscripts, Hill-Rom, OSF HealthCare, and the Universit…

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tales from the trenches

The Accidental Entrepreneur: Brad Smith’s Journey From Politics to Business

May 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs often follow non-linear career paths. Brad Smith, founder of Nashville-based Aspire Health, has traveled a particularly winding road.

In high school, Brad thought he’d be a trauma surgeon. As an undergraduate at Harvard, his interests evolved to include politics, and in his first job out of college, he worked on the campaign of Tennessee Senator Bob Corker. Brad went on to resear…

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ResQ Pharma CEO Paul Burton has big plans

May 4, 2017

He’s seeking regulatory approval for his pharmaceutical company’s lipid emulsion resuscitation therapy (LRT) in global markets.

By most people’s standards, Paul Burton has done it all. He conducted research in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s pharmacology department, served in the US Army during the first Gulf War, worked in investment banking on Wall Street, served for almost a decade …

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press release

Three Lakes Partners and MATTER Announce $1 Million Healthcare Challenge to Drive Quality-of-Life Solutions for People Living With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

April 28, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IPF Catalyst Challenge to Engage the World’s Brightest Innovators and Entrepreneurs in the Tech, Healthcare, and Scientific Research Communities

CHICAGO, Thursday, April 27, 2017– Three Lakes Partners, a venture philanthropy committed to ending idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), in collaboration with MATTER, the healthcare technology incubator and innovation hub, ann…

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Meet MATTER’s Newest Members

April 28, 2017

MATTER’s newest member companies are developing novel therapeutics for lung diseases, creating better ways for seniors to find housing, and using digital health technologies and machine learning to meet the needs of patients and researchers. They’ve joined our community of healthcare innovators to improve life and lives. They also know a thing or two about ultimate frisbee, funk rock, and world…

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