The Signal Directory

HealthTech executives worth following

Founders, investors, health system and payer leaders, policy people and analysts. Filter by the part of the industry they work in and where they post.

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Joseph Kvedar, MD

Research & Academia

Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Expert perspectives on digital health integration, virtual care adoption models, and clinical research regarding the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring technologies.

Digital Health / Telehealth / Virtual Care

Best for: Clinicians and virtual care providers

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Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD

Research & Academia

Professor and Center Director, University of California, San Francisco

Shares data driven research on electronic health record systems, health information exchange policies, and the measurable impact of technology on clinician burnout.

Electronic Health Records / Health IT Policy / Informatics Research

Best for: Health IT policymakers and clinical researchers

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Atul Butte, MD, PhD

Research & Academia

Director of Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco

He offers expert commentary on translation of biomedical big data into diagnostics and therapeutics, providing valuable updates on computational health research and biotechnology trends.

clinical informatics / big data / precision medicine

Best for: Biomedical researchers and computational health data scientists.

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Euan Ashley, MD, PhD

Research & Academia

Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University

He delivers breakthroughs in medical genetics, genomic sequencing, and precision medicine, illustrating how digital health tools help diagnose rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.

genomics / precision medicine / rare diseases

Best for: Genetics researchers and precision medicine advocates.

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Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD

Research & Academia

Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

Provides deep academic perspectives on the integration of artificial intelligence in medicine, clinical genomics, and the evolution of health informatics platforms.

Precision Medicine / Medical AI / Biomedical Informatics

Best for: Bioinformatics researchers and medical AI engineers

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Regina Barzilay, PhD

Research & Academia

Professor, AI and Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Offers updates on advanced deep learning applications in oncology, breast cancer risk assessment models, and machine learning models for early drug discovery.

Oncology AI / Drug Discovery / Deep Learning

Best for: Oncology researchers and pharmaceutical computational scientists

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Sarah Kreps, PhD

Research & Academia

Director, Tech Policy Institute, Cornell University

Examines the policy implications of emerging technologies, focusing on AI regulations, public health communication, and tracking health misinformation across digital platforms.

Tech Policy / AI Regulation / Health Misinformation

Best for: Policy advisers and public health communication strategists

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Faisal Mahmood, PhD

Research & Academia

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

He provides regular updates on artificial intelligence in pathology, showcasing how deep learning models assist in cancer diagnostics, biomarker discovery, and multimodal data integration.

computational pathology / deep learning / cancer diagnostics

Best for: Pathologists and computational biologists.

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Leora Horwitz, MD

Research & Academia

Professor of Population Health, NYU Langone Health

Shares valuable research on healthcare delivery science, electronic health record optimizations, and strategies to bridge the gap between clinical research and operations.

Delivery Science / EHR Optimization / Quality Improvement

Best for: Health services researchers and hospital administrators.

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Effy Vayena, PhD

Research & Academia

Professor of Bioethics, ETH Zurich

She analyzes the ethical challenges of digital health technology, addressing policy issues surrounding personal medical data governance, patient privacy, and algorithmic accountability.

bioethics / digital health policy / data governance

Best for: Bioethicists, policy makers, and digital health developers.

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Harold Thimbleby, PhD

Research & Academia

Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, Swansea University

Thoughtful analysis of digital health safety failures, usability focused medical device design, and the intersection of human factors engineering and clinical informatics.

Digital Health Safety / Human Computer Interaction / Medical Devices

Best for: Medical device manufacturers and clinical safety officers

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Gari Clifford, PhD

Research & Academia

Chair of Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University

He posts about mobile health technologies, signal processing for critical care, and affordable open-source medical software designed to improve patient monitoring globally.

mHealth / signal processing / global health

Best for: Biomedical engineers and mobile health developers.

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