HYBRID LABS - 2021 IN REVIEW

Happy Holidays and some end-of-year updates…

In Fall 2021, we adapted HYBRID Labs to include in-person activities that our team missed so much pre COVID-19.

Why the name change? Fueled by innovation grants aligned with experiential learning, HYBRID Labs cohorts worked across university programs solving real world Digital Health problems. Their interdisciplinary work was truly inspiring.

We thank our academic partners of University of Illinois System, Illinois Tech and Loyola University Chicago and technology partner Google Cloud for making this possible.

DEMO DAY! OA expands HYBRID Labs to University of Illinois System and Illinois Tech from existing academic partners.

Here is a short list of key focus areas:

  1. Patient Empowerment for Seniors. How can families be empowered with the most relevant information to assist their elders for their next physician encounter when there is so little time to interact? Can Graph and AI approaches augment the human experience?

  2. Neurology Informatics. Did you know that 1 out 3 patients with neurological disorders such as epilepsy do not respond to drug therapy? How to find a needle in a haystack for clinical researchers who need intuitive but data-driven insights based on Good Data vs. Big Data?

  3. Laboratory data visualization. What are best cloud platform tools to visualize and interpret laboratory information over time and in detail?

Additionally, we thank coaches involved in HYBRID Labs iterative mentoring and final demo day reviews. Lastly, and most importantly - the student cohorts (called pods) for open minds, curiosity and interesting innovations.

Top HYBRID cohorts: KPOD: George Schaefer, Ivan Prskalo; JPOD: Joseph Cooper, Luke Albarracin, Tania Soutonglang, ; MPOD: Shriya Gali, Soumya Vastrad; LPOD: Nkem Mogbo, Renad Jamal.

Coaches. Ephraim Caangay, MD. Dan Rice, MBA, PhD. Florence Cusi, MD. John Fyfe, MBA. Jacek Dzikowski, PhD. Konstantin Laeufer, PhD. Berhane Zewdie, PhD. Jason Gosiene

Like what you hear about HYBRID Labs? Co-create with us. At ONTOADAPTIVE, LLC (OA), we are passionate about making a real-world impact where humans and digital platforms meet. We approach industry problems, engage clients, and build products with a “culture hacking” mindset. Drop us a line.