Harvard Business School Association of Boston and the Harvard Grid host a fireside chat with MIT Professor Dr. Michael Cima, moderated by CIO of Carequest Innovations, Mariya Filipova.
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*Capacity is limited, Harvard Grid is giving away 5 free tickets to this paid event through our RSVP form. To guarantee a spot, visit HBSAB's event pageÂ
The wearables, sensors and electronic implants market is predicted to be one of the fastest growing and largest health tech markets in the world because of the ability to disrupt a number of parallel markets while reducing healthcare costs and improving quality of care. Traditional markets are inefficient and costly and can be transformed by using rich sets of data generated by being more patient-centric. From just providing real-time monitoring of patient condition in order to more precisely inform treatment decisions, these technologies can evolve beyond health monitoring to offer diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Professor Cima’s talk will touch on the market opportunities, the regulatory hurdles and the potential to disrupt sectors such as healthcare delivery, diagnostics and therapeutics.
Harvard Business School Association of Boston and the Harvard Grid host a fireside chat with MIT Professor Dr. Michael Cima, moderated by CIO of Carequest Innovations, Mariya Filipova.
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*Capacity is limited, Harvard Grid is giving away 5 free tickets to this paid event through our RSVP form. To guarantee a spot, visit HBSAB's event pageÂ
Dr. Michael J. Cima is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has an appointment at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Professor Cima joined the MIT faculty in 1986 and has received numerous awards. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2011 and to the National Academy of Inventors in 2016. He now holds the David H. Koch Chair of Engineering at MIT. He was appointed faculty director of the Lemelson-MIT Program in 2009 which is a program to inspire youth to be inventive and has a nationwide reach. He was appointed Associate Dean of Engineering in 2018 and co-director of the MIT Innovation Initiative. Prof. Cima is author or co-author of over three hundred peer reviewed scientific publications, ninety US patents, and is a recognized expert in the field of medical devices and materials processing. Prof. Cima has been very active in the translation of new technologies in to the clinic, including a new therapy for bladder cancer.
Mariya Filipova, MBA, is a member of the CareQuest Institute leadership team and serves as chief innovation officer of CareQuest Innovation Partners, the for-profit affiliate of CareQuest Institute. In her role, she oversees innovation, incubation, and investment activities aimed at developing solutions that advance oral health access, equity and integration for underserved populations.
Formerly, Vice President of Innovation at Anthem Inc, Mariya led efforts in scaling emerging technologies and new business models to accelerate Anthem’s transformation to a digital-first enterprise. Mariya’s vision and leadership in these areas resulted in the development of several breakthrough solutions and programs including the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid COVID-19 Testing competition, in partnership with seven Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans, to identify and validate fast, frequent, cheap, and easy-to-use testing solutions for SARS-CoV-2 and Anthem’s Digital Data Sandbox —the largest, certified de-identified commercial data set.
Mariya holds a master of business administration degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s in economics, summa cum laude, from Mount Holyoke College.
