Coins2Day’s inaugural Brainstorm Health conference convened a powerful new community of leaders at the forefront of the revolution underway in 21st-century health care.
If you missed this year’s event, which was held from Nov. 1 to 2 in San Diego, you can catch up easily using our handy guide below. It’s a compilation of all of the event’s coverage by Coins2Day staff. Enjoy.
Day 1
SETTING THE AGENDA: THE CONVERGENCE OF BIG DATA AND BIOLOGY
With co-chairs Dr. David B. Agus of USC and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
—Video: Disruption Isn’t Coming Fast Enough to Health Care
CHALLENGING THE OBVIOUS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HEALTHY?
With Dana Goldman of USC, Kathy L. Hudson of NIH, James Park of Fitbit, Sue Siegel of GE, and David B. Agus of USC
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
—Video of the entire session
FROM 3D TO AI TO VR: TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFORMING MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS
With Anthony Atala of Wake Forest, Jonathan Bush of Athenahealth, Deborah DiSanzo of IBM, and Leena Rao of Coins2Day
—Report by Jen Wieczner
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: HARNESSING THE POWER OF VIRTUAL REALITY TO TREAT AND HEAL
With Howard Rose of Deepstream VR
WIPING OUT ALZHEIMER’S: THE RACE FOR A CURE POWERED BY WOMEN’S BRAINS
With Roberta Diaz Brinton of the University of Arizona, Maria Shriver of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement; and David B. Agus of USC
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
—Video of the entire session
TWO TECH BREAKTHROUGHS IN TEN MINUTES
With Rachel Haurwitz of Caribou BioSciences; Micah Winkelspecht of Gem; and Adam Lashinsky of Coins2Day
—Video: How the Blockchain Is Disrupting Healthcare
STOPPING GLOBAL PANDEMICS BEFORE THEY START
With Michael T. Osterholm of the University of Minnesota; Moncef Slaoui of GlaxoSmithKline; and Bryan Walsh of Time
—Report by Katie Fehrenbacher
—Video: The Current Model For Fighting Pandemics Is Broken
—Video: Two Things That Help New Vaccines Gain Trust
—Video of the entire session
UNPACK: A GUIDED MEDITATION WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA
With Deepak Chopra of The Chopra Foundation
—Report by Leena Rao
—Video of the entire session
SPEEDING UP DRUG INNOVATION
With Amrit Chaudhuri of Mass Innovation Labs; Lesley Stolz of JLABS California; Jonathan Usuka of McKinsey & Co.; and Adam Lashinsky of Coins2Day
—Report by Kia Kokalitcheva
—Video: Why Drug Innovation Is Slow and Expensive
—Video of the entire session
THE SCIENCE OF AGING
With Elizabeth Blackburn of The Salk Institute and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
—Video: The Secret to Making Cells Live Longer
REVOLUTIONIZING WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
With Arianna Huffington of Thrive Global and David B. Agus of USC
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
—Video: Arianna Huffington’s ‘Family Bed for Smartphones’
—Video: Arianna Huffington Says One of the Presidential Candidates May Be Sleep Deprived
—Video: Why Aetna’s CEO is Arianna Huffington’s Role Model
—Video of the entire session
Day 2
CAN YOUR WEARABLE PREDICT YOUR HEART ATTACK?
With Dave Albert of AliveCor, John Carlson of Flex David C. Rhew of Samsung Electronics America, Eric Topol of Scripps Translational Science Institute, and Leena Rao of Coins2Day
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
THE BIOPSY’S DANGEROUS CASCADE: HOW TO LESSEN THE NEED FOR INVASIVE TESTING
With Igor Barani of Enlitic, Elad Gil of Color, Mark Jacobstein of Guardant Health, Crystal Mackall of the Stanford Cancer Institute, Gabriel Otte of Freenome, and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY: REPROGRAMMING THE CELL
With Peter Beetham of CIBUS, Nessan Bermingham of Intellia Therapeutics, Rachel Haurwitz of Caribou Biosciences, Kathy L. Hudson of the National Institutes of Health, and Alice Park of Time
HOW COMPANIES SHOULD INVEST IN THE HEALTHCARE REVOLUTION
With Christine Aylward of Foresite Capital Management, Michelle Dipp of Ovascience, Francis Ho of Samsung Catalyst Fund, Michael Polansky of the Parker Group, David Pyott formerly of Allergan, and Olivier Leclerc of McKinsey & Co.
FOCUS ON THE BRAIN
With Richard J. Caselli of the Mayo Clinic; Adam Gazzaley of UC San Francisco; Mary Lou Jepsen of Open Water; and Sanjay Gupta of CNN
—Report by Barb Darrow
—Video: Why You Shouldn’t Get Tested For Alzheimer’s
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: DIGITAL MEDICINE VIDEO GAME
With Adam Gazzaley of UC San Francisco and Sanjay Gupta of CNN
—Report by Madeline Farber
—Video of the entire session
WILL DRUG PRICES EVER FOLLOW MOORE’S LAW?
With Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering; Steve Miller of Express Scripts; Vijay Pande of Andreessen Horowitz; and Alan Murray of Coins2Day
—Report by Jen Wieczner
—Video: The Pros and Cons of Regulating Drug Prices
—Video of the entire session
REIMAGINING THE HOSPITAL
With Randall Moore of Mercy Virtual; Ido Schoenberg of American Well; Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Institute; and Alice Park of Time
—Report by Leena Rao
—Video: Here’s How We Can Virtually Integrate Hospitals Into Our Homes
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: THE WEARABLE PATCH THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
With Nersi Nazari of Vital Connect and Alice Park of Time
—Report by Aaron Pressman
—Video: This Wearable Patch Could Save Your Life
—Video: How One Patch Can Monitor Your Whole Body
YOUR SECOND BRAIN
With Jessica Richman of uBiome; Julie Smolyansky of Lifeway Foods; and Michal Lev-Ram of Coins2Day
—Report by Beth Kowitt
—Video: The Gut Controls the Entire Body
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: WATSON TAKES ON CANCER
With Robert S. Merkel of IBM and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Robert Hackett
—Video: How IBM’s Watson Will Fight Cancer
WE’VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE DOLLARS
With Vivian S. Lee of Health Sciences and the University of Utah; Jonathan Woodson of Boston University; and Adam Lashinsky of Coins2Day
—Report by Jen Wieczner
THE OTHER SIX BILLION
With Seth Berkley of Gavi; Sir Andrew Witty of GlaxoSmithKline; and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: THE $80 ARTIFICIAL KNEE IMPROVING LIVES AROUND THE GLOBE
With Krista Donaldson of D-Rev: Design Revolution
—Report by Jonathan Vanian
THE EXERCISE CURE: THE HIGH-TECH SCIENCE OF FITNESS
With Stacey Burr of Adidas, John Foley of Peloton, Suze Yalof Schwartz of Unplug Meditation, and Alice Park of Time
—Report by Adam Lashinsky
HELP FROM AFAR: THE POWER OF REMOTE HEALTHCARE
With Hill Ferguson of Doctor On Demand, Suneel Gupta of One Medical, Ron Gutman of HealthTap, Vivian S. Lee of the University of Utah, Rick Valencia of Qualcomm, and Leena Rao of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
REINVENTING THE CLINICAL TRIAL
With Anna Barker of Arizona State University, Donald A. Berry of the University of Texas, Matthew De Silva of Notable Labs, Clifford A. Hudis of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
21ST-CENTURY DETECTION AND PREVENTION
With Dawn Barry of Applied Genomics Illumina, Colin Hill of GNS Healthcare, Peter Ohnemus of Dacadoo, Andy Page of 23andMe, Blair Palmer of UNICEF, Buzz Stewart of Sutter Health, and Michal Lev-Ram of Coins2Day
PAIN: THE EPIDEMIC NEXT DOOR
With Josh Gray of Athenahealth; Shaun Rahimi of Enso; Howard Rose of Deepstream VR; Behshad Sheldon of Braeburn Pharmaceuticals; Anne Schuchat of the CDC; and Sanjay Gupta of CNN
—Report by Sy Mukherjee
—Video: This Biomedical Engineer Designed An Instant Pain Relief Patch
—Video of the entire session
BIG DATA AND CANCER: STANDARDIZATION
With Mary Beckerle of the University of Utah; Clifford A. Hudis of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; Greg Simon of The White House; and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
—Video: The Crucial Data That Will Help You Fight Cancer
—Video of the entire session
DATA-DRIVEN MEDICINE: APRÉS LE DELUGE
With Amy P. Abernethy of Flatiron Health; Kyu Rhee of IBM; B. Vindell Washington of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Michal Lev-Ram of Coins2Day
—Report by Jonathan Vanian
—Video: Patients Have a Right to See Their Healthcare Data
—Video of the entire session
DEMO: THE FUTURE OF HEALTH SENSORS
With Angela Baker of Qualcomm; Åsa Nordgren of Trice Imaging; Kevin R. Hart of TZOA; Ruchit Nagar of Khushi Baby; Mike Pallett of Cupris; and Adam Lashinsky of Coins2Day
—Report by Katie Fehrenbacher
—Video: Watch this Mobile Ultrasound in Action
—Video of the entire session
THE PATIENT AS INNOVATOR
With Deborah Brooks of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research; Kathy Giusti of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation & Consortium; Sean Lane of Crosschx; Claudia Williams of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Rik Kirkland, of McKinsey & Co.
—Report by Kia Kokalitcheva
—Video: Patients Should Get Access to Their Health Data
LESSONS FROM A MASTER OF DISRUPTION
With Sean Parker of The Parker Foundation and Clifton Leaf of Coins2Day
—Report by Erika Fry
—Video: How the Global Elite Approach Philanthropy
