Representing the spectrum of biomedical innovation and care

Catalyst Faculty come from the worlds of medicine, science, and business, and provide to Fellows and one another their unique perspectives on health care and technology innovation. Any stakeholder in the healthcare arena ready to collaborate across disciplines and accelerate innovation is welcome.

Current Faculty

Pamela Bellino MA, OTR/L
Director of Patient Safety, VA Boston Healthcare System

Lars Frølund
Research Director, MIT Innovation Initiative
Visiting Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Stephan Gaehde, MD, MPH
Boston VA Medical Informatics Fellowship Program Director and Chief of Emergency Services

Dimitra Georganopoulou
Venture Partner, FundRx

Martha Gray
Director, MIT linQ

Jacob Hooker
Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport MGH Research Scholar
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Beth Kahn
Associate Director, NE I-Corps
NSF I-Corps Instructor

Tim Padera
Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Alice Lin Pomponio
Advisor, Red Sky Partners

Andy Shin, JD, MPH
Coo, AHA Center for Health Innovation

Nancy R. Steele
MIT linQ Faculty

Ben Vakoc
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Catalyst Faculty

Pamela Bellino MA, OTR/L
Director of Patient Safety, VA Boston Healthcare System

Lydia Bourouiba, PhD
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering;
Affiliate Faculty of Harvard Medical School

Heather L. Davidson, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine;
Deputy Chief of Staff and Hospitalist Physician at VA Boston HCS

Lars Frølund
Research Director, MIT Innovation Initiative
Visiting Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Stephan Gaehde, MD, MPH
Boston VA Medical Informatics Fellowship Program Director and Chief of Emergency Services

Dimitra Georganopoulou
Venture Partner, FundRx

Karen Golmer
Innovation Manager MIT Desphande Center for Technological Innovation

Martha Gray
Director, MIT linQ

Peter Hansen, PhD
Founder of Union Biometrica, Inc.

Jacob Hooker
Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport MGH Research Scholar
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Andy Levine
CEO and President, Conformal Medical

Beth Kahn
Associate Director, NE I-Corps
NSF I-Corps Instructor

Fiona Murray
Associate Dean for Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Co-Director of MIT Innovation Initiative

Emily Niederst
Director of Scientific Initiatives, Alana Down Syndrome Center

Tim Padera
Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Alice Lin Pomponio
Advisor, Red Sky Partners

Azahara Rodríguez, PhD
Scientific Advisor at Cantabria Labs

Gloria Sanclimens, PhD
Product Development Director at Cantabria Labs

Andy Shin, JD, MPH
Coo, AHA Center for Health Innovation

Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine;
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, VA Boston Healthcare System

Shriya Srinivasan
Doctoral Researcher, Biomechatronics Research, MIT

Nancy R. Steele
MIT linQ Faculty

Collin Stultz, MD, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

Ben Vakoc
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School