2019 Lyfebulb-UnitedHealth Group: Innovation Challenge in Depression and Anxiety

UnitedHealth Group
Minnetonka, MN
July 23 & 24, 2019

CHALLENGE TIMELINE

July 23, 2019
Welcome, Registration and Introductions
July 24, 2019
Live Pitch Session:
Presentations
July 24, 2019
Award Winner
Announcement

The Winner

Lief Therapeutics

Rohan Dixit is founder and CEO of Lief Therapeutics, a smart patch that tracks and improves biomarkers of mental health. Rohan is a device inventor, healthcare entrepreneur, programmer, data scientist, and
former cognitive neuroscience researcher at Harvard and Stanford. His primary focus for the past 10 years has been the intersection between mind-body interventions, science, and technology. As a repeat healthcare entrepreneur, he has created wearable device products that monitor and augment Mind Body Interventions. Rohan holds multiple patents for his work and has been featured in multiple media outlets. Rohan received his BA in Cognitive Neuroscience from Northwestern University.

Rohan Dixit
Founder

LYFEBULB AND UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PRESENT EMPOWERING PATIENTS: AN INNOVATION CHALLENGE IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY

The 2019 Lyfebulb–UnitedHealth Group Innovation Challenge will recognize the top Patient Entrepreneurs developing innovative ideas for better management of depression and anxiety using healthcare information technology, medical devices, diagnostics, consumer products, or services. Patient Entrepreneurs are individuals with a chronic disease, or those who have a close relative or loved one with a chronic disease, who have founded or lead a company bringing innovative solutions to the market place.

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FINALISTS

Jay Brown
Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Health Behavior Solutions

Jay Brown is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Health Behavior Solutions, a digital therapeutics company …

Rohan Dixit
Founder at Lief Therapeutics

Rohan Dixit is founder and CEO of Lief Therapeutics, a smart patch that tracks and improves biomarkers …

Matt Loper
Co-Founder at Wellth

Matt Loper is passionate about all things health. He co-founded Wellth in 2014 which uses behavioral economics …

Lisa McLaughlin
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Workit Health

Lisa McLaughlin is a social entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Workit Health, a telehealth addiction …

Katherine Ponte
Founder at ForLikeMinds

Katherine, the Founder of ForLikeMinds, is an advocate, writer, and entrepreneur dedicated to promoting mental illness recovery …

Jan Samzelius
Founder, CEO and CTO at NeuraMetrix, Inc.

Jan Samzelius, Founder, CEO and CTO of NeuraMetrix, has specialized in quantitative methods for 40 years. Jan …

Dr. Ryan Stoll
Co-Creator at COMPASS for Courage

Dr. Ryan Stoll is on a mission to make mental health accessible by all. He holds a …

Dr. Mehran Talebinejad
Co-Founder at NeuroQore

Mehran is a biomedical engineer with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada …

Quayce Thomas
Founder at Timsle Inc

Quayce Thomas is the Founder of Timsle, a social accountability network he built after being diagnosed with …

Keith Wakeman
CEO at SuperBetter

Keith Wakeman is an innovator, brand builder and social entrepreneur. He has led the development and launch …

JUDGES

Mike Christy
Senior Vice President of Ventures at UnitedHealth Group

Dr. Raja David
Founder of Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment

Matt Kudish
Executive Director at NAMI-NYC

Ann Marie Giannino
Patient Advocate at Lyfebulb

Dr. Bethany Ranes
Senior Research Scientist at UnitedHealth Group

Dennis Urbaniak
Chief Digital Officer at Havas Health & You

Driving Change

Blue and white Lyfebulb logo

Lyfebulb is a chronic disease-focused, patient empowerment platform that connects patients and industry (manufacturers and payers) to support user-driven innovation. Lyfebulb promotes a healthy, take-charge lifestyle for those affected by chronic disease. Grounded with its strong foundation in diabetes, the company has expanded disease states covered into cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, and depression/anxiety.

UnitedHealth Group logo

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a diversified health care company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone. UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through two distinct platforms: UnitedHealthcare, which provides health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum, which provides information and technology-enabled health services. For more information, visit UnitedHealth Group at unitedhealthgroup.com or follow @UnitedHealthGrp on Twitter.