Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania, and Former Advisor to the Obama Administration
HBA VITALS Conference
Vitals 2024: Accelerating the Future of HealthTech Innovation
Recent years have seen an explosion of innovation in healthcare and life sciences. Last year, the world’s first CRISPR therapy to treat sickle cell disease and a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease were approved. The advent of generative AI, digital devices and wearables has also opened new frontiers, driving advancements that redefine how we approach, develop and experience healthcare.
Join us for the 10-year anniversary of Vitals, where we will explore the accelerating landscape of health tech innovation.
February 9, 2024
UCLA Anderson, Marion Anderson Hall
(Grand Salon - 5F)
2024 Highlights
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel Reviews the Riskiest Predictions of the Future
The bioethicist and health policy expert outlined technology megatrends at UCLA Anderson’s Vitals conference
Financing the Future of Health Innovation
UCLA Anderson Healthcare Business Association’s 10th annual Vitals conference
Alphabet’s Precision Health Care Company
Verily CFO Uptal Koppikar (’01) considers data rights barriers to precision medicine
From Discovery to Delivery on the Clinical Healthcare Continuum
UCLA Anderson Healthcare Business Association’s 10th annual Vitals conference
Consumer Health Technology in Your Hands
UCLA Anderson Healthcare Business Association’s 10th annual Vitals conference
Robotic Solutions for Seniors
VC-funded companies Camino Robotics and Tombot aim to improve well-being
Keynote Speaker
Fireside Chat
CFO, Verily
Speakers
VP, Insight Partners
Managing Director, Westlake BioPartners
CEO, Scanwell
VP, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson
CEO, Camino Robotics
CEO, Tombot
Sr. Product Manager, Lark Health
COO, Oura
CEO, Radicle Science
CEO, BioIntellisense
Chief Medical Officer, Medtronic Patient Monitoring
EVP and Chief Scientific Officer, Xencor
Associate Medical Officer, Intuitive Surgical
Lead, Gene Therapy Global Marketing, Pfizer
Agenda
8:00 - 8:55 a.m. BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
8:55 - 9:00 a.m. BREAK
WELCOME SPEECH
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Dean Antonio “Tony” Bernardo (Dean and John E. Anderson Chair in Management)
Caroline Holte (’24) (President, Healthcare Business Association, UCLA Anderson)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9:10 - 9:55 a.m.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania; Former Advisor to the Obama Administration)
PANEL I: FUNDING THE FUTURE: FINANCING HEALTH INNOVATION
10:00 - 10:50 a.m.
Moderator: Prof. Stephen A. Greene Dr. Aiden Aceves (VP, Insight Partners) |
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Dr. Mira Chaurushiya (Managing Director, Westlake Village BioPartners) |
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Stephen Chen (CEO, Scanwell Health) |
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Biren Mehta (VP, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson) |
10:50 - 11:00 a.m. BREAK
HEALTHTECH VC-FUNDED COMPANY DEMOS AND PRESENTATIONS
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Duncan Orrell-Jones (Co-Founder and CEO, Camino Robotics) |
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Tom Stevens (Co-Founder and CEO, Tombot) |
PANEL II: HEALTH IN YOUR HANDS: CONSUMER HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.
Moderator: Prof. Debbie Lin |
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Corinne Bain (Senior Product Manager, Lark Health) |
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Michael Chapp (COO, Oura) |
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Dr. Jeff Chen (Co-Founder and CEO, Radicle Science) |
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Dr. James Mault (Founder and CEO, BioIntelliSense) |
12:25 - 1:30 p.m. LUNCH
PANEL III: DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY: THE CLINICAL HEALTHCARE CONTINUUM
1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
Moderator: Prof. Daniel J. Benjamin |
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Dr. Sam Ajizian (Chief Medical Officer, Patient Monitoring, Medtronic) |
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Dr. John Desjarlais (EVP and Chief Scientific Officer, Xencor) |
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Dr. Daniel Oh (Associate Medical Officer, Intuitive Surgical) |
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Jennifer Raymond Strong (Lead, Gene Therapy Global Marketing, Pfizer) |
2:20 - 2:30 p.m. BREAK
FIRESIDE CHAT
2:30 - 3:10 p.m.
Moderator: Prof. Terry Kramer
Utpal Koppikar (CFO, Verily)
CLOSING REMARKS
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Richard Balagtas (’24) (Executive Vice President, Healthcare Business Association, UCLA Anderson)
3:15 - 4:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION
2023 Conference Highlights
Keynote with Dr. Williams
How Business Informatics Improve Medical Care
Keynote with Dr. Fleshner
Finding Optimal Pathways for Care
Patient Privacy Panel
Patient Data: Maximizing Returns, Minimizing Risk
Precision Pharma Panel
Targeted Therapeutics for Optimal Outcomes
2022 Conference Highlights
2021 Conference Highlights
2020 Conference Highlights
Presented by
10:00 A.M. PT
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Bruin Tank
This is an interactive pitch competition in which health care founders pitch their ideas to investors.
12:00 P.M. PT
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Making Value-Based Care Work for Precision Medicine
Value-based care (VBC) is emerging as a transformation of the care delivery system as well as payment reform for healthcare providers and facilities. VBC puts forth the hope that value-based models are a solution to address rising costs, clinical inefficiency, and duplication of services, and to make it easier for people to get the care they need. In our panel, we will discuss the current state, future state and some of the challenges faced by Payers & Providers in adopting value-based care models for patient care.
1:00 P.M. PT
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Patient Data: Maximizing Returns, Minimizing Risk
The health care industry has begun harnessing patient data to dramatically improve patient outcomes. Patient data utilization has opened the door to new scientific, clinical and business opportunities. However, there are also concerns, such as privacy risks and algorithm biases, when utilizing patient data. This panel will focus on the opportunities, trade-offs and concerns of this new landscape.
2:00 P.M. PT
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Precision Pharma: Targeted Therapeutics for Optimal Outcomes
Over the past few years, we’ve seen increased integration of precision medicine practices throughout drug development. As pharmaceutical innovations create new approaches for addressing oncological, neurological, and cardiovascular, diagnoses (to name a few), patients can expect to receive an entirely new level of targeted care with increased efficacy and less side effects. In this panel, we hear from a number of pharma/biotech professionals about how their work is pushing the needle in this exciting crusade for better treatments.