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Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

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Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER announce collaboration to drive healthcare innovation

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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

A conversation with U.S. Representative Brad Schneider

Startup Q&A: Solutions for advancing health equity

A conversation with Representative Mike Quigley

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HabitNu grows up at MATTER, wins CDC recognition for diabetes prevention

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MATTER startups team up to create better outcomes and a friendlier experience for surgical patients

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Sangamo Therapeutics CEO Sandy Macrae on pioneering genetic cures

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From high tech to healthcare: a seasoned entrepreneur learns ‘pacing’

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MATTER Spotlight: Missy Lavender, founder of Below Your Belt

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press release

Advocate Aurora Health and MATTER announce collaboration to drive healthcare innovation

Oct 2, 2018

Organizations launch nationwide prize competition for startups aiming to transform the primary care experience Downers Grove and Chicago, IL – Advocate Aurora Health, the 10th largest not-for-profit integrated healthcare system in the country, today announced a strategic...
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MATTER partners with Novo Nordisk to fuel entrepreneurial innovation

Sep 24, 2018

The partners unveil an innovation challenge for technology startups to foster meaningful collaborations to improve diabetes care.
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A conversation with U.S. Representative Brad Schneider

Sep 11, 2018

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.
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Startup Q&A: Solutions for advancing health equity

Sep 11, 2018

There are well-documented differences in health outcomes between racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic and other groups. A growing number of startups and organizations in our community have voiced concerns about these health disparities and are actively advancing “health equity,” which the Robert Wood Johnson F...
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A conversation with Representative Mike Quigley

Aug 27, 2018

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.
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HabitNu grows up at MATTER, wins CDC recognition for diabetes prevention

Jul 17, 2018

Like many, HabitNu Founder Sindhu Rajan, PhD, has lost family and friends to diabetes. More than 90 million adults in the U.S. are at risk of developing the disease. Without intervention, 50% of these adults will likely develop diabetes in the next five to seven years.
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MATTER startups team up to create better outcomes and a friendlier experience for surgical patients

Jun 6, 2018

Ten years ago, Tom Riley’s mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As she embarked on her journey as a cancer patient, Mr. Riley began his journey as her caregiver and advocate.
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Sangamo Therapeutics CEO Sandy Macrae on pioneering genetic cures

May 22, 2018

Last November, Sangamo Therapeutics made medical history by treating the first patient with an in vivo genome-editing therapeutic delivered intravenously to “edit” cells within the patient’s body. In a recent talk at MATTER, Sangamo CEO Sandy Macrae discussed how the company’s zinc finger technology for gene editing will fundamentally change how we care for patients and treat disease. ...
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tales from the trenches

From high tech to healthcare: a seasoned entrepreneur learns ‘pacing’

Mar 23, 2018

An interview with SilverVue CEO Will West Will West is a prolific tech entrepreneur with a long track record of success. In 2013, he took Control4, the leading whole-home automation company, public. Before that, he co-founded iBAHN (originally STSN), the worldwide leader in broadband services for business travelers. He has raised close to...
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MATTER Spotlight: Missy Lavender, founder of Below Your Belt

Mar 13, 2018

Missy Lavender’s journey to founding Below Your Belt began with her own experience as a patient. After giving birth to her son, Missy joined the one-third of women who develop a pelvic health disorder in adulthood.
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