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Excited to share the second seminar in the IM-Tech series, Innovation in Medical Technology and Entrepreneurship Cross Harvard. This series is co-sponsored by the Tananbaum Healthcare Transformation Initiative, the HealthTech Programs at the Center for Primary Care, and Harvard’s Office of Technology and Development.

We strongly encourage in-person attendance for the opportunity to network with clinicians, entrepreneurs, investigators, and investigators who share a common interest– innovating us into the digital future of healthcare. For those expecting to require support with transportation, we will be offering rideshare credits, just indicate your need in the registration form by April 11th at 2 pm.

Our speaker, Dr. Ariel Stern is the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a Faculty Member of the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science. Ariel’s research focuses on technology management and innovation in health care, using methods from econometrics and data science to curate and analyze novel datasets. Her projects consider the regulation, strategy, and economics of health care, with a focus on emerging health care technologies and delivery modalities. She has published widely in top journals in medicine, economics, and health care policy and her research has been cited by Bloomberg, The New York Times, National Public Radio, and STAT. Ariel received her Ph.D. from Harvard, where she was a National Bureau of Economic Research Predoctoral Fellow in the Economics of Health and Aging. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Dartmouth College, where she was a Presidential Scholar. In 2024, she is slated to assume a chair at the Hasso Plattner Institute, where she has been named an Alexander von Humboldt Professor.

This talk will focus on the digital transformation of medical technology with a case study from the operating room.