StartUp Health

In a world where technology shapes the future, Valerie Gharagouzloo🎗 and Codi Amir Gharagouzloo, Ph.D., stand out as pioneers, using their expertise to revolutionize healthcare. With their company Imaginostics – a member of the StartUp Health community – they're leveraging quantum physics to enhance MRI capabilities, offering new hope for medical diagnostics. Their story, filled with perseverance, innovation, and faith, is a testament to what's possible when passion meets purpose. Dive into their journey and discover how they're poised to change the landscape of medical technology. 🎙️➡️ https://bit.ly/40LEZ0y #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #AlzMoonshot

Robert Hirten MD of Mt. Sinai will join StartUp Health company Salvo Health's Clinical Advisory Board. A leading expert in IBD and digital health, Dr. Hirten's research and expertise will advance Salvo's cutting-edge use of home medical devices to anticipate flare-ups for IBD and IBS care. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4aQjnEX #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

🎉 The Titan 100 program, which recognizes Georgia’s Top 100 CEOs & C-level executives, has selected Bill Nordmark, Enlace Health President & CEO, as a 2025 Georgia Titan 100! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gBNyX99Q Enlace Health – a member of the StartUp Health community since 2013 – is a tech-enabled services company focused on transforming specialty healthcare through evolved economic and delivery models that support the development and scale of value-based programs. #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

"The World Economic Forum says climate change is one of the top global economic and social threats of the next five years, and the World Health Organization says it's the number one public health threat of the 21st century. So if you're an entrepreneur, there's your problem statement: you've got this massive opportunity in front of you." David Callaway, MD, Chief Sustainability Officer at Advocate Health, joined us recently to discuss the ambitious goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions for the health system. He highlights the importance of collaborating with partners across industries to reduce carbon emissions and emphasizes the use of technology, like AI, to drive sustainable innovation in healthcare. Dr. Callaway also talks about the creation of the Pearl Innovation District in Charlotte, NC, which includes a Net Zero medical school, and provides advice to entrepreneurs on how to approach sustainability in their businesses. 📺 Watch on StartUp Health TV ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gqqcZGXy

StartUp Health company Miist Therapeutics, led by Dalton Signor, has secured $7M in seed funding for the company's aerosol therapeutics for smoking cessation. A small study showed that smokers who used Miist’s inhaler eliminated 92% of their cravings in only two minutes, a 10X improvement over the existing standard of care. Check them out in TechCrunch ⤵️ https://tcrn.ch/3Q6AYif #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot

Vous Vitamin – a member of the StartUp Health community since 2022 – uses technology and data to provide personalized vitamin routines. Founded in 2014 by two doctors from Chicago, Romy Block, MD, FACE, and Arielle Levitan, MD, Vous Vitamin aims to address the confusion many consumers feel when navigating the vitamin aisles. The company uses a data-based assessment to create customized, all-in-one multivitamins that meet an individual’s unique needs, all while reducing pill load and offering an affordable price — sometimes as low as a dollar a day. 📺 Watch Brad Helfand, CEO of Vous Vitamin, on StartUp Health TV ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dCnBnCRR #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #AlzMoonshot

Grey Matter Neurosciences, a Toronto, ON, Canada-based neurotechnology company, led by Jeffrey Coull, and in the StartUp Health Alzheimer’s Moonshot Community, raised $14M, which will be used to develop an ultrasound headset for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and test that device in clinical trials. The seed round of financing was led by the Wittington Innovation Fund, with participation from TIAP - Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners, Ontario Brain Institute, and Ontario's Life Sciences Innovation Fund. 📈 Read All of This Week’s Health Innovation Funding ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3Q8Z0sI 🧠 Apply to join the Alzheimer's Moonshot Community ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gjdqPCYb #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #AlzMoonshot

Children with serious medical conditions can also face complex psychosocial challenges and barriers, including food and transportation insecurity and housing instability. In this American Hospital Association podcast learn how Michael A. Harris and the Novel Interventions in Children's Healthcare (NICH) program at Oregon Health & Science University – a member of the StartUp Health community – is transforming care for vulnerable children. 🎙️➡️ https://bit.ly/42GwtSQ #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #T1DMoonshot

For serial entrepreneur Yuling Luo, PhD, Alamar Biosciences, Inc., is the culmination of decades of scientific work and a personal passion to eradicate cancer. He’s raised $250M to date to commercialize his novel approach to protein detection, which has immediate applications in Alzheimer's disease. Join us in welcoming Dr. Luo and the Alamar Biosciences team to the StartUp Health community! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hkTTBN #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot #AlzMoonshot

Victor Penev, CEO & Founder of Edamam, is on a health moonshot mission to help everyone on the planet eat better and live healthier, happier, longer lives. In this week’s podcast episode, the long-time member of the StartUp Health community discusses why food as medicine is finally taking off. He talks about the role of food in improving health and the opportunities and challenges in building a sustainable business model in this space. 🎙️ https://bit.ly/3Cy59vE If you are working in the nutrition space, now is the time to join the Food as Medicine Health Moonshot Community. You can meet the members here and apply: 🍏 https://bit.ly/4gnWppF #HealthTransformer #HealthMoonshot