Summers are a busy and exciting time at Fogarty Innovation as we work with a number of like-minded organizations to introduce high school and college students to the many opportunities life sciences offers. “We always look forward to the energy these programs bring to...
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MedTech Color Promotes Diversity, Which is Vital to Industry’s Success
Diversity and inclusion are of paramount importance in promoting creative thinking for organizations and startups. And certainly an industry that thrives on being innovative and disruptive has every reason to be a frontrunner in bridging the gap and amplifying...
A Conversation with Rob Binney, CEO of Alydia Health
Alydia Health was one of the first Companies-in-Residence at Fogarty Innovation and one the organization has been deeply passionate about, with its promise to solve postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). An enormous unmet need, PPH is the leading cause of maternal...
Diversity by Doing Healthtech (DxD) Welcomes New Executive Director Ingrid Ellerbe
Ingrid Ellerbe has joined Diversity by Doing Healthtech (DxD), the health technology industry diversity initiative led by the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign and Fogarty Innovation, as executive director. Ellerbe, who has spent the last 30 years helping...
Diversity Is a Business Imperative, Not an HR Issue, Says Panel at MedTech Strategist Virtual Summit
An industry that thrives on being innovative and disruptive has every reason to be a frontrunner in diversity and inclusion and the rewards it brings. That was the message conveyed during one of the six panels hosted by Fogarty Innovation, “Navigating the Call to...
Helping Kids Down the Path to Success: A Q&A with Representatives from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula
Encouraging interest in STEM is one of our top goals at the Fogarty Institute. And that starts with offering opportunities, which is why Fogarty has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) to show them the fields of medtech and...
Diversity by Doing Aims to Close the Gap on Gender Disparities in Healthtech
Diversity and inclusion have always been a goal of the Fogarty Institute, and over the past year we have been collaborating with the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign and Maria Sainz, president and CEO of AEGEA Medical, on ways to achieve a more diverse...
A Message From Andrew Cleeland, CEO of the Fogarty Institute, on Diversity
"The struggle is always there. It gets discouraging sometimes. Some of us are trying to build a temple of peace. We speak out against war, we protest, but it seems that your head is going against a concrete wall. It seems to mean...
Japan Biodesign Fellows from Osaka, Tokyo, and Tohuko Universities visited the Fogarty Institute
Japan Biodesign and Other Organizations from Around the Country and the World Visit the Institute to Learn about Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaboration is the cornerstone of the Fogarty Institute, and one way we help elevate the medical technology ecosystem is...
Healyx on a mission to transform acute and chronic wound therapy globally
"We believe the best therapies should be accessible to the people who need them," says Healyx co-founder Madeline Sides. "We've realized there is a problem with unequal global access to advanced therapies. We wanted to design specifically for these...