GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Viome Life Sciences , the Seattle-area health tech startup that sells gut microbiome tests, acquired Naring Health , another company developing “personalized nutrition” products and services. Naring Health raised investment from Khosla Ventures, which co-led Viome’s $86.5

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MARCH 6, 2024

” The company, incubated at the AI2 Incubator in Seattle, takes biomedical signals from smartphones and wearable devices to create AI software aimed at predicting health outcomes. PreemptiveAI has a strategic partnership with Duke University to monitor patient data remotely and help identify health risks.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Leroy Hood, CEO of Phenome Health and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology will co-lead a new center at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. The partnership establishes the Center for Phenomic Health at the Buck Institute, under the co-leadership of Buck CEO Eric Verdin and Seattle bioscience pioneer Leroy Hood.

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GeekWire

APRIL 10, 2024

Alpine Immune Sciences CEO Mitchell Gold in 2017. AIS Photo) Boston-based biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals agreed to acquire Seattle-based Alpine Immune Sciences for $65 per share, totaling about $4.9 Gold was previously CEO of biotech startup Dendreon and founder of health-care investment firm Alpine BioVentures.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A delegation of Ukrainian health officials and policymakers is visiting Seattle to learn about the city’s life sciences cluster and develop relationships with its researchers and innovators. Ukraine is known for its lively tech sector , but its infrastructure for life sciences research is not as fully developed.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Funding for digital health startups and initiatives soared during the pandemic as entrepreneurs and consumers increasingly embraced telehealth, remote monitoring, and a suite of devices from sleep trackers to exercise bands. Total venture capital investment in digital health hit an all time high of $29.2 Funding cooled in 2022, to $12.6

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Information Week

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Life insurance giant MassMutual is exploring the use of health data from wearables to further refine its data science-created underwriting models.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Team BioLegacy accepts the grand prize in the 9th annual Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington. (UW UW Photo) A team working on prolonging the lifespan of transplant organs took home the top prize in the 9th annual Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2022

Just after launching a focused data management platform for retail customers in March, enterprise data management vendor Informatica has now released two more industry-specific versions of its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) — one for financial services, and the other for health and life sciences.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2023

The model is trained on large quantities of medical texts from the company’s 28 health system partners, representing 16% of patient care in the U.S. billion medication orders due to its relationships with major health systems. The company raised $95 million in 2021 and continues to add new health systems to its network.

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GeekWire

MAY 3, 2023

Garudayagari’s most recent position was at Amazon Web Services, where he monitored and managed the health of the cloud giant’s multi-million machine EC2 fleet. Bill Cox , a longtime Microsoft business leader , joined Lyra Health as its vice president of product marketing. Portland, Ore.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2024

L-R: Avante’s founding team includes Carly Eckert, head of product and data science; Kabir Shahani, executive chairman; and Rohan D’Souza, CEO. Avante’s head of product and data science, who was executive vice president at Olive AI, which shut down last year after selling its key business units.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

One Item’s Health Science Index and Better Now apps. Seattle-area company One Item is working with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to support a study of a rural community in Arkansas at risk of poor heart health. One Item Image).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

All this week, the Allen Institute has been highlighting Open Science Week , which touches upon one of the core values that Allen had in mind when he launched the institute with a $100 million donation on Sept. Brain science is still a focus of the institute’s research, but over the years, its mission has expanded.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

UW computer science students Shirley Xue (left) and Dilini Nissanka wearing low-powered wireless earnings they helped develop that could be an alternative to smartwatches and other wearable health devices. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, opens the event Tuesday morning. computer science student on the team.

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CTOvision

JULY 30, 2014

agencies mandating that healthcare providers engage their consumers through patient portals, data science may be the secret weapon for physicians and health care organizations to not only comply with that mandate, but provide a level of service that bonds them to patients under their care.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Life science employment in Washington (orange) rose rapidly from 2015 to 2019. Life Science Washington Image). Life sciences economic activity is strong and growing in Washington state, according to a report released Thursday from the industry group Life Science Washington. increase in jobs in the field from 2015 to 2019.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Through an avatar named Ellen, the QuitBot app can engage in conversations with users, sharing science-based information to support smokers trying to resist the urge to light up. ” As Fred Hutch is developing technology for beneficial causes, the health organization remains the target of a cyberattack launched on Nov.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This technology incorporates the analysis of biological, physiological, genomic and health records data, and it represents a whole new era of digital transformation in the healthcare industry. Their initial focus is on precision cardiology, with the development of a Cardiovascular Bio Digital Twin (CV BioDT) at the forefront.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 15, 2024

The six 3D-printed statues of women on display as part of the Pacific Science Center’s “Science for Everyone” exhibit in Seattle. Short for “If she can she it, then she can be it,” the IF/THEN display is part of the broader “Science for Everyone” exhibit at the Science Center.

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2021

Life Sciences Washington Photo). Life Science Washington President and CEO Leslie Alexandre will retire at the end of the year. She has led the life sciences trade association since 2016. Alexandre will retire as the life sciences market booms across the Pacific Northwest. Leslie Alexandre. Just last week Vancouver, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

APRIL 10, 2023

BMS Photo) Life sciences employment and federal research funding has grown rapidly in the Seattle area since 2019, according to a new report from real estate firm CBRE. The Seattle area ranked third among metro areas for life sciences employment growth, which increased 25% from 2019 to 2022. billion in 2022. million and $473.9

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Seattle-based Truveta will leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to analyze health data under a new partnership with the software giant announced Wednesday. Truveta has access to health data representing 15% of the U.S. Truveta has access to health data representing 15% of the U.S. through its 17 healthcare system members.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2023

Co-founders Randall Bly , a pediatric ear nose and throat physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and UW computer science and engineering professor Shyam Gollakota previously published a study introducing the tech. million small business grant secured in November from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. “We

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It’s the latest open-science initiative celebrating the legacy of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who died five years ago at the age of 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The award is the result of an open call for research proposals exploring fundamental questions at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

is ideally suited to life sciences. trillion spent in annual healthcare expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions. trillion spent in annual healthcare expenditures are for people with chronic and mental health conditions. It’s one of technology’s most profound and noble moments.AI Here’s why.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

He earned a BS in computer science from Ohio University. Cullen holds a BS in computer science from Northeastern University. He has a BS in business administration and computer science from Boston University, and an MS in management science from the University of Texas. public North American auto repair business.

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GeekWire

JUNE 7, 2021

New funding: Gabbi , a Portland-based health care startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round of funding. The company is piloting a consumer-friendly breast cancer risk calculator that can propose a health action plan and link users to a network of women in the same risk population. Gabbi CEO Kaitlin Christine. Gabbi Photo).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Washington State Department of Health’s Care-A-Van vaccinated people in Vancouver, Wash. When we planned this symposium a year ago, we thought we would be talking about the pandemic in the past tense at this point,” said Frumkin at the meeting, held last week online by the Washington Academy of Sciences. DOH Photo). DOH Photo).

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GeekWire

MARCH 5, 2022

A decades-old Seattle research institution was released from court oversight this week; investigators launched a clinical trial to study long-COVID; and dozens of students showcased their health innovations at a University of Washington competition. UW’s Team InSTENT took home first prize at the UW’s Hollomon Health Challenge.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I wear a smartwatch to track my personal health, but I’ve found that a lot of people think smartwatches are unfashionable or bulky and uncomfortable,” said co-lead author Qiuyue (Shirley) Xue , a UW doctoral student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. PREVIOUSLY: Univ.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Washington State University is launching a new life sciences incubator in Spokane, Wash., Professor Glenn Prestwich, director of the space, said there was a “long unmet need in the state of Washington” for such an entity “to identify, support, incubate and accelerate early-stage life science and health care companies.”

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

ClosedLoop.ai, a startup developing a data science platform for health care, has raised $11 million in venture capital. Read More.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Paul Allen, at right, looks over a slice of brain tissue with Allan Jones, CEO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in 2016. Swedish Health Services announced the launch of a new research center with $20 million from the late Seattle philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Vulcan Photo).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Viome Health Intelligence Test. Nordstrom has paired up with Seattle-area startup Viome Life Sciences to sell kits that analyze the microbiome, the collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut and other regions of the body. The health intelligence test is also available on the Viome website. Viome Photo). Naveen Jain.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Nicole has long had an interest in science, medicine and research. As she moves forward with her education and career goals, she’s set her sights on reforming public policy and the overall health care system so that care and treatment are more accessible to more people. She wants to help doctors help more people.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 31, 2021

There’s no shortage of digital health apps on the market — more than 350,000, in fact, according to a recent study from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. But for all the breadth, there’s little depth. Read More.

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