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Grapevine Health
Grapevine Health is a Washington, DC-based digital health media company founded by physician and epidemiologist Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick. It creates culturally relevant, plain-language health content and delivers it through trusted messengers, street-level conversations, and an SMS platform called HealthText to raise health literacy and build trust among Medicaid enrollees and other underserved communities.
SurvivorNet
SurvivorNet is a New York-based digital media company built to be a trustworthy, expert-vetted source of cancer information. Founded by former ABC News producer Steve Alperin and healthcare venture capitalist Tim Langloss, it pairs broadcast-quality video and survivor storytelling with content reviewed by oncologists at leading cancer centers. The platform reaches roughly 2.5 million people a month and operates an AI-powered Clinical Trial Finder built on clinicaltrials.gov to connect patients with relevant studies.
Steve Alperin
Steve Alperin is the founder and CEO of SurvivorNet, the New York based media platform that turns dense cancer treatment research into clear, watchable guidance for patients and families. A former head writer and senior producer for Peter Jennings at ABC's World News Tonight and a two-time Writers Guild of America Award winner, Alperin built SurvivorNet in 2018 after his family's struggle to find reliable answers during his father's cancer. He pairs newsroom storytelling craft with the clinical rigor of leading physicians, reaching millions of survivors every month.