Triangle Health Innovation Challenge

Come out to "AI Inspirations, Healthcare Futures" co-hosted this Friday by Murali Doraiswamy, the chair of our Advisory Board at the Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine!

Last but certainly not least, our final judge for is Dr. Krishna Udayakumar!

Dr. Krishna Udayakumar is the founding Director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, focused on generating deeper evidence and support for the study, scaling, and adaptation of health innovations and policy reforms globally. He is also Executive Director of Innovations in Healthcare, a non-profit co-founded by Duke, McKinsey & Company, and the World Economic Forum, leading the organization’s work to curate and scale the impact of transformative health solutions globally.

At Duke University, Dr. Udayakumar holds the rank of Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, and is a core faculty member of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. He is also Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore. His work has been published in leading academic journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and Academic Medicine. He received both an MD and MBA (with a concentration in Health Sector Management) from Duke University, where he was a Fuqua Scholar.

We cannot wait to see all of our Thinc-ers and hear your ideas tomorrow!

Hello Thinc-ers! As we approach , we would love to introduce one of our judges, Dr. Eric P**n!

Dr. P**n currently serves as the Chief Health Information Officer (CHIO) at Duke Medicine and is an internal medicine practitioner at the Durham Medical Center as part of Duke Primary Care. As CHIO, he is responsible for envisioning strategic planning of clinical and analytic information systems that impact patient care, research and education. In support of the Duke mission, he oversees the optimization of Maestro Care (Epic), electronic health record, and partners with physicians, patients and operational leaders to effectively leverage innovative IT at Duke Medicine.

His research interests revolve around the use of health information technology to improve the quality of care and patient safety in both the ambulatory and hospital settings. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, medical degree and masters in public health from Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health.

We look forward to hosting Dr. P**n and our attendees this weekend!