HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Haas Healthcare Conference: Recap + Celebration Announcement
The annual Haas Healthcare Conference (HHC) took place this past Friday at the South San Francisco Conference Center. This year's theme: "A New Foundation: Building the Future of Healthcare,” and it welcomed industry players such as Brad Kittredge, CEO & Co-Founder of Brightside Health as well as Erika Cheung, a Theranos whistleblower and the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship. We also hosted amazing panelists discussing important topics in healthcare such as the intersection of value-based care & health equity, and the importance of understanding the unique needs of patients, particularly those who have been traditionally excluded from the healthcare system. Thank you for all HHA members and alumni for attending the conference, and a special thank you to Kim MacPherson, and HHA board members Via Abolencia and Stacey Sloate for their roles and contributions as VP’s of the conference.
In lue of a successful conference, our first in-person healthcare conference in 3 years, join HHA for a Happy Hour! Information below:
Location: Freehouse (indoor pool table room)
Date: Today - Wednesday, March 15: 4:30-6pm
All conference team members and HHA members will get 1 free drink. We'll also have some light appetizers. Sign-up here!
Case Competitions & Accelerator Programs
- Biotech Career Roundtable. Join Biotech@Berkeley's small group career discussions with biotech industry professionals. More information here.
- Wharton Latin American Conference 2023. Wharton Latin America and Wharton Hispanic America want to share with the general Wharton community the relevance of and business opportunities in Latin America through what they think are interesting panels across the board. More information here.
Healthcare News
- SVB is largest bank failure since 2008 financial crisis. Read more here and here.
- WeightWatchers Moves Into the Ozempic Market With Telehealth Deal. Read more here
- California Will Not Renew A $54M Contract With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Policy. Read more here
- Best Buy-Atrium Deal Offers Glimpse Of Tech’s Future In Home Health. Read more here.
- ÔÇïÔÇïNew virtual primary care provider for neurodivergent adults, Hopper Health, launches. Read more here.
Career Announcements & Opportunities
Full-Time Jobs
- Apple Inc is looking for a Technical Study Project Specialist - Health. Link
- Tempus Labs is looking for Director / Senior Director, R&D Strategy and Operations. Link
- ALX Oncology is looking for Associate Director, Clinical Data Management. Link
- Kyverna Therapeutics is looking for Associate Director of Project Management, R&D. Link
- Viz.ai is looking for Senior Manager, Strategy and Innovation. Link
Summer Internships
- Guardant Health 2023 Corporate Development Intern. Link
- Stern INvestor Relations 2023 Summer - Biotech Investor Relations. Link
- BD Summer Internship Program 2023 - Global Product Management MBA Intern. Link
- PRECISIONeffect Summer 2023 Internship - Digital Strategy Intern. Link
Insights from SXSW 2023 on data privacy around reproductive rights
The 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference has highlighted the data privacy concerns surrounding healthcare websites, particularly in the area of reproductive healthcare. The sharing of personal and sensitive health information on these sites could compromise patient privacy and expose data to third parties. To address these issues, healthcare providers and developers need to prioritize the implementation of stringent data protection protocols in website design and operation. The FDA and FTC are expected to closely monitor reproductive health websites to ensure compliance with regulatory data protection standards. Given the sensitive nature of healthcare data, protecting patient privacy remains a critical issue for the healthcare industry. As such, stakeholders must collaborate to implement and maintain strong privacy and security measures to safeguard patient information.
For more on this topic, check out here.
ChatGPT and Impact on Healthcare
Wonder how ChatGPT and other Generative AI will impact healthcare? Join Flare Capital Partners' Expert Roundtable talk: Generative AI: Hype or Here to Stay? on March 31 9AM PT! Register here:
Join Flare Capital Partners alongside a virtual panel of senior healthcare executives from the Flare Capital network as they discuss applications of generative AI within the healthcare industry. Speakers include:
- David C. Rhew, MD, Global Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Worldwide Healthcare, Microsoft
- Mona G. Flores, MD, Global Head of Medical AI, NVIDIA
- Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPH, Donald A.B. Lindberg Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Director, Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Fatima Paruk, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer, Salesforce
- Brigham Hyde, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, Atropos Health
- Ming Jack Po, MD, PhD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AnsibleHealth
- Belwadi Srikanth, Vice President, Product and Design, Suki
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