2: Jamie Heywood: Transforming Health One Patient At A Time

Jamie Heywood is a true leader in health innovation. An MIT-trained mechanical engineer, Jamie founded PatientsLikeMe after his 29 year old brother was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease/Amylotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Described by CNNMoney as one of the 15 companies that will change the world, PatientsLikeMe helps improve lives through a real time research platform that advances medicine. Jamie also founded and served as CEO of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, the world’s first non-profit biotechnology company and the world’s largest and most comprehensive ALS research program. In this interview, Jamie discusses numerous critical topics in health such as signal and phenotype, and of course the importance of patients and data driving improved health delivery.