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SecondWave Systems, Inc.
SecondWave Systems is a Minneapolis medical device company pioneering bio-ultrasonic medicine: a noninvasive, wearable ultrasound platform that targets the spleen with low-intensity focused ultrasound to calm chronic inflammation - offering patients with conditions like rheumatoid arthritis a drug-free alternative to biologics. Founded in 2019 by Anuj Bhardwaj, Hubert Lim, and Jeff Heyman, it builds on ultrasound expertise from the family-founded Ultran Group and over $15M in non-dilutive government support from DARPA, NIH, and ARPA-H.
Neura Health
Neura Health is a virtual neurology clinic that gives the 145 million Americans living with neurological conditions fast access to board-certified neurologists, dedicated care coaches, and an app-based treatment plan. Founded in 2020 by Elizabeth Burstein and Sameer Madan, the company pairs telehealth video visits with always-on care navigation to cut the typical months-long wait for a neurologist down to about a week, treating headache and migraine, epilepsy, sleep disorders, concussion, stroke recovery, tremor, long COVID, and memory disorders.
Ed Yong
Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning British-American science journalist best known for his eight years at The Atlantic, where he wrote over 750 stories including landmark COVID-19 coverage that earned him journalism's highest honor in 2021. Author of two acclaimed bestsellers - 'I Contain Multitudes' (2016) and 'An Immense World' (2022) - he translates complex biology and animal sensory science into vivid, empathetic prose that has won him the George Polk Award, Carnegie Medal, Royal Society Science Book Prize, and a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship. Now an independent journalist, he publishes the newsletter 'The Ed's Up' and remains one of the most distinctive voices in science communication.