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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Aug 11, 2026

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AHA Ventures' Lisa Suennen on stroke, women's health, and the AI fatigue problem

Lisa Suennen has invested in health innovation for over three decades – and she says the math hasn't changed. In this Expert AMA, the AHA Ventures managing partner shares where she's leaning in across heart and brain health, why she's wary of AI-for-AI's-sake, and the one thing she says matters more than any pitch deck. StartUp Health members were in the room for the live Q&A that followed.

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

Aug 11, 2026

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Microsoft VP on Why Healthcare Is Outpacing AI Adoption Expectations

A fireside chat with Microsoft's Kimmi Grewal on data, speed, and what it really takes for health innovators to win with AI

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Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Aug 7, 2026

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Microsoft's AI ecosystem lead on the real moat in health AI

Microsoft VP Kimmi Grewal joins Unity Stoakes to unpack why workflow and data – not the model – are the real differentiator for health AI startups.

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Turning patient experience into early warning data with Irth

Jul 24, 2026

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Turning patient experience into early warning data with Irth

Irth founder Kimberly Seals Allers on why 80% of childbirth-related deaths among Black women are preventable, and how community-powered reviews are giving hospitals the signals they need before harm happens.

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

Jul 24, 2026

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What It Takes to Get General Catalyst’s Attention – and a Look Inside Their Big Bet on Healthcare Transformation

In a members-only Fireside Chat, Holly Maloney told StartUp Health why GC bought a hospital system, where AI is finally showing up at the point of care, and what she needs to hear from founders in the first five minutes.

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Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

Jul 23, 2026

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Why General Catalyst is betting on healthcare transformation

General Catalyst manages more than $40B across AI, global resilience, and health assurance – and its boldest healthcare move yet was buying Summa Health outright. In this interactive members-only chat, Holly Maloney, who leads GC's health assurance investing practice, tells Unity Stoakes why partnership beats building around incumbents, how AI is finally reaching the point of care, and what she's listening for from founders at the seed stage.

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Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

Jul 22, 2026

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Closing the loop on social drivers of health with Alvee's care navigator

StartUp Health community member Nicole Cook shares how automating social care navigation helped Mayo Clinic uncover $52.5M in unrealized reimbursements, and how one platform is making sure patients don't fall through the cracks.

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Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

Jul 21, 2026

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Hibiscus Health turns every smartphone camera into a cardiometabolic screening tool

StartUp Health community member Kavi Misri on how a 30-second facial scan is catching undiagnosed chronic conditions in 67% of engaged members, and getting most of them into care with a dietitian.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: AI is coming faster than trust can keep up, with futurist Daniel Kraft, MD

Jul 20, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: AI is coming faster than trust can keep up, with futurist Daniel Kraft, MD

Dr. Daniel Kraft brought a sweeping look at AI, wearables, and digital twins to the Civic Health Forum, with a challenge to build the future of civic health boldly rather than wait for it to arrive.

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Identifying addiction risk before the first prescription with Thrive Genetics

Jul 17, 2026

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Identifying addiction risk before the first prescription with Thrive Genetics

Thrive Genetics CEO & Co-founder James Piacentino on the science behind Cares, a personalized tool helping providers flag addiction risk in oncology and orthopedics before pain medication is prescribed.

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Why Arcade Therapeutics is turning mobile games into mental health treatment

Jul 16, 2026

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Why Arcade Therapeutics is turning mobile games into mental health treatment

StartUp Health community member Raj Amin explains how attention bias modification, backed by seven NIH-funded studies, is embedded into casual mobile games to get more people started on mental health treatment.

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Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model

Jul 14, 2026

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Fixing fragmented endocrine care with eddii's AI-powered specialist model

StartUp Health community member Dr. Farhaneh Ahmadi on building specialist-grade endocrine care at scale, and why a paid value-based care pilot with a Fortune 100 payer is proof the model works.

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Zinnia's purposeful TV built for people living with dementia

Jul 13, 2026

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Zinnia's purposeful TV built for people living with dementia

StartUp Health community member Bill Uniowski on why a streaming service designed for the dementia brain, now in 250 Sunrise senior living communities, is giving families moments of connection and respite.

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How PONS is closing the diversity gap in medical imaging with ultrasound

Jul 10, 2026

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How PONS is closing the diversity gap in medical imaging with ultrasound

PONS CEO & Co-founder Soner Haci on bringing decentralized ultrasound to underrepresented communities, and a 64% improvement in early breast cancer detection with Mayo Clinic.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: What the Knicks championship can teach public health about playing the long game

Jul 9, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: What the Knicks championship can teach public health about playing the long game

Luminary Labs founding partner Sara Holoubek opened the Civic Health Forum with a call to reorient public health and prevention around America's aging population – and a reminder that the last era of major health policy progress happened the same year the Knicks last won it all.

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Bringing the family caregiver into the healthcare system with Avanlee Care

Jul 9, 2026

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Bringing the family caregiver into the healthcare system with Avanlee Care

Avanlee Care CEO & Founder Avanlee Christine on why the adult child managing mom's medications and appointments is the missing link health plans need, and how retail partnerships with Walmart are making that possible.

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Dentistry.One is building the digital bridge between medical and dental care

Jul 8, 2026

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Dentistry.One is building the digital bridge between medical and dental care

Dentistry.One CEO & Founder Brant Herman on why the mouth is a portal to overall health, and how a nationwide teledentistry network is closing the referral gap between MDs and dentists.

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What the Editor in Chief of JAMA Wants to See Next in Health Innovation

Jul 7, 2026

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What the Editor in Chief of JAMA Wants to See Next in Health Innovation

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, the Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, sat down with us at the inaugural Civic Health Forum to make the case for why evidence, trust, and cross-sector collaboration have to be the foundation of what comes next.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: How Providers Are Redesigning Care from Within

Jul 6, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: How Providers Are Redesigning Care from Within

Three leaders at different points in the innovation pipeline on why the best ideas start at the bedside not the boardroom and what it really takes to turn frontline ideas into scaled solutions.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Catalyzing Change Through Founder-Led Innovation

Jul 3, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Catalyzing Change Through Founder-Led Innovation

Three founders on building health startups for the patients the system leaves out, from a WhatsApp front door in Mexico to a public health platform that takes no equity.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Why Prevention Should Be Treated as National Infrastructure

Jul 2, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: Why Prevention Should Be Treated as National Infrastructure

Three leaders who've shaped public health, hospital AI, and federal innovation policy make the case that the biggest health breakthrough isn't a new drug. It's the infrastructure we haven't built yet.

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: JAMA Network Editor in Chief on AI, Evidence & the Future of Prevention

Jul 1, 2026

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Live @ Civic Health Forum: JAMA Network Editor in Chief on AI, Evidence & the Future of Prevention

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, the Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network, sat down with Unity Stoakes at the inaugural Civic Health Forum to explore what it will take for health innovation to translate into real health outcomes for real people.

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The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

Jun 25, 2026

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The Caregiver Is the Second Patient: Mass General’s Katie Brandt Is Making Sure Health Innovators Never Forget It

As director of caregiver support services at Mass General's FTD Unit – and a caregiver herself for more than 18 years – Katie Brandt brings a perspective no dataset can replicate. Here is what she wants founders building in the Alzheimer's and caregiving space to understand.

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No one sees the caregiver in the room: What Mass General's Katie Brandt wants founders to know

Jun 25, 2026

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No one sees the caregiver in the room: What Mass General's Katie Brandt wants founders to know

For founders building in the Alzheimer's, dementia, and caregiving space, these insights will reframe how you think about your end user.

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Jun 11, 2026

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From Founder to Commercial Leader: Jill Angelo on What It Really Takes to Build in Women’s Health

Oura's VP of Women's Health and Commercial Partnerships joined StartUp Health for a candid fireside chat on why women's health has finally grown up as a category, what it takes to build clinical credibility through partnerships, and the hard-won founder lesson she wishes she had learned earlier.

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