Dr. Jeff Karp founded multiple companies based on his more than 100 bio-inspired inventions, which use principles from nature (like slugs and geckos) to develop breakthrough medical devices and regenerative therapies, while also serving as a renowned mentor.
Robin Guenther was a highly influential architect and co-author of Sustainable Healthcare Architecture who pioneered the field of eco-conscious healthcare design, creating healthy, high-performance hospitals and advocating globally for sustainable policy until her passing in 2023.
Dr. Erica Frank founded NextGenU.org, the world’s first free, accredited online school, which uses research on physician habits (“Healthy Doc = Healthy Patient”) to advance global health education and promote wellness.
Leslie Morgan Steiner is a bestselling author and journalist who writes and speaks candidly about crucial women’s issues, including domestic violence, motherhood, and female sexuality, with her books including Crazy Love and The Naked Truth.
After studying biology as an undergraduate, Zachary Copfer worked as a microbiologist, but the day-to-day bench work made him lose sight of why he loved science. So, he decided to pursue a different path, studying photography in a master of fine arts program at the University of Cincinnati. In graduate school, his art became a vehicle to rediscover the mysteries of science, and bacteria became his medium of choice.
Amy McGuire is a prominent lawyer and bioethicist dedicated to researching the ethical, legal, and policy challenges associated with emerging technologies like human genomics, neurodevices, and psychedelics.
Dr. Nora Volkow is a pioneering research psychiatrist whose brain imaging studies proved that addiction is a disease of the brain that undermines the circuits for reward and self-control.
Gail Reed is an American journalist and public health advocate who was NBC’s first Havana-based producer since the 1960s and later founded the non-profit Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) to promote improved global health and equity through dialogue, research, and cooperation focused on the Cuban health system.
Dr. Danielle Ofri uses her decades of experience as an internist to write and speak widely about the crucial importance of the doctor-patient connection and the human side of medicine, including medical errors.
Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Nabel is a distinguished cardiologist, scientist, and executive leader known for transforming major institutions like Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the NIH, and for guiding health innovation through her research on heart disease genetics and her current board roles.