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People in linQ hail from many walks of life. The majority of linQers come from the worlds of medicine, science, and business. We welcome any stakeholder in the healthcare arena ready to collaborate across disciplines to accelerate innovation.

Faculty & Mentors

Individuals who commit to participate regularly (weekly, or biweekly) for at 5-12 months (depending on the program) as part of a group mentoring team. See our faculty and mentors

Expert Advisors

Individuals who provide teaching, mentorship, or advice in a one-on-one, committee, or class room setting. See our expert advisors

Program cohorts

At the center of our programs are cohorts of participants drawn from across the biomedical innovation ecosystem. Thought scope and focus of their work varies by program, they share a focus on professional growth and driving impact in health technology.

Clinical Innovators

Clinicians who participates on a part-time basis in one of the immersion programs

Business Interns

Business students or recent graduates who join a team in one of the immersion programs.

Trainees

Non-business students who join a team in one of the immersion programs. Their work may be suitable for a thesis for an advanced degree

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Faculty / mentors

Nicolás Alejandre-Alba

Miguel Ángel Morcillo Alonso

Juan Antonio Echenique Angulo
Etchenike & Consultores

Alfonso Antequera
Hospital de Fuenlabrada.

Brian Anthony
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

José Luis Ausin
University of Extremadura

Mercedes Balcells-Camps
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Andres Ballesteros
Vivia Biotech

Claudia Barquet
Fundacion MVision

Jorge Bensadon Belicha
Vitro

Pamela Bellino
VA Boston Healthcare System

Fernando Bermejo San Jose
Comunidad de Madrid

Michael Birrer
Partners Healthcare

José Luis Blanco Murillo
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

José Luis Blanco Murillo
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

David Boas
Harvard Medical School

Fernando Valero Bonilla 

Blanca Borro
Bank of Spain

Brett Bouma
Massachusetts General Hospital

Lydia Bourouiba
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alan Braly
Silverstone Biosciences

Emery Brown
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Peter Bryant
IE Business School

Deb Burstein
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Peter Caravan
Massachusetts General Hospital

José María Carazo
CSIC

Juan Manuel Arco Casanova
Sedecal

Nazareth Perales Castellanos
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Carlos Roberto Jejia Chew 

Javier Colas
Medtronic

Leah Cole
Sanofi

Gabriel Cristobal
Instituto de Optica, CSIC

Beatriz Cubeiro
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Lorena Cusso
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio MaraГ±on

Antje Danielson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Heather L. Davidson
VA Boston Healthcare System

Gema de la Poza 

Joseph P DeAngelis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jason Dearling
Children's Hospital Boston

Michael Dempsey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniela Dinulescu
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Carlos Dorronsoro
Instituto de Optica, CSIC

Juan Echevarra 

Luis Elvira Segura
CSIC

Bjoern Eskofier
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg

Conor Evans
Massachusetts General Hospital

Georges El Fakhri
Massachusetts General Hospital

Will Febbo
OptimizeRx

Peter Feinstein
BioVentures Investors

Javier Fernandez
Biocapital Advisors

Luis Julián Fernández-Vera 

Eduardo Fraile
Comunidad de Madrid

Al Galaburda
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Andres Garces Asado
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Roberto Garcia Alavarez
GE

Jesus Garcia-Donas
Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal

Michael Gee PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Arnold B Gelb
Ziopharm Oncology

Roozbeh Ghaffari
Northwestern University

Ignacio Gomez
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Maria Dolores Gomez Fidalgo
CIEMAT

Marisa Garcia Gonzalez 

Ellen Grant
Children's Hospital Boston

Martha Gray
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ali Guermazi
Boston Medical Center

Peter Hansen
PNP Research

Tim Harper
Cientifica

Thomas Heldt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Juan Hernández-Tamames
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Gonzalo Herradón
Universitaria San Pablo CEU

Manuel Hidalgo
CNIO

Arthur Hiller
Antyllus Therapeutics, Inc

Mary Hochman
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jacob Hooker
Harvard Medical School

Kevin King
University of California - San Diego - School of Medicine

Petra Krauledat
PNP Research

Zvi Ladin
Boston Medtech Advisors

Angel Lanuza
Spanish Trade Association of Medical Devices

Stan Lapidus
LapiDx Research

Maria J. Ledesma Carbayo
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Doug Levinson
Lake Street Enterprise

Ignacio Lizosain
Facultad de Medicina Universidad Complutense de Madrid

César López
Comunidad de Madrid

César López
Comunidad de Madrid

Aitziber Lopez Cortajarena
IMDEA

María Luaces Méndez
Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Ana Magaz
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Javier Maira
CSIC

Maulik Majmudar

Baltasar Fernández Manjon
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Susana Marcos
CSIC / BIOBIO

Ivan Marquez Rodas 

Merce Feu Marti
Richi Entrepreneurs

Enrique Bustos Martin
CSIC

Maria del Mar López Martin 

Oscar Martínez Graullera
CSIC

Mario Martínez-Galdámez
University Clinic Hospital of Valladolid

Julio Mayol
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Javier Fernandez, MBA
Vitro

Isabela del Alcazar, MBM
Biocapital Advisors

Ellen McCarthy
Harvard Medical School

Jelena Mirkovic
Partners Healthcare

Rick Mitchell
Harvard Medical School

Rick Modi
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals

Steve Moore
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Francisca Paqui Mulero
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

Bernardino Munoz
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Sergio Muñoz Lezcano 

Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Lita Nelsen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lauren O’Donnell
Harvard Medical School

Alan Packard
Children's Hospital Boston

Timothy Padera
Harvard Medical School

Roberto Palomares

Samuel España Palomares
CNIC

Mi-Ae Park
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Javier Pascau
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Daniel Pascual
Instituto de Optica, CSIC

Etta Pisano
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Chandra Ramanathan
Bayer Healthcare

Pedro Rato Mendes
CIEMAT

Juan Jose Rios Blanco
Hospital Universitario La Paz

Jorge Ripoll
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Julian Robinson
Partners Healthcare

Santiago Romo-Urroz
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Ricardo Ruiz De España
Merck & Co., Inc.

Jesús Ruiz-Cabello
CNIC

Raul San Jose Estepar
Harvard Medical School

Ernesto Lara Sanchez
Richi Entrepreneurs

Luisa Lopez Sanchez
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio MaraГ±on

Javier Sánchez González
Philips Ibérica

Luis Fernando Sanchez-Barba Mera
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Andres Santos
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Angel Santos
CRB Inverbío

Emanuele Schiaivi
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Ignacio Secades

Norman Shizuaki Nishioka
Partners Healthcare

Angelene Simonello
Flex-Pharma

Karthik Sivashanker
Boston University School of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System

Erik Sobel
Toyota Research Institute

Simona Socrate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marisol Soengas
CNIO

Nancy Steele
Wellness Design & Research

Barry Stein
Hartford Healthcare

Bryan Strange
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

Collin Stultz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Barb Taylor
Portal Instruments

Zachariah Taylor 

María Teulón-Gonzalez
Hospital de Fuenlabrada

Frank Thorn
New England College of Optometry

Ron Tompkins
Massachusetts General Hospital

Mehmet Toner
Harvard Medical School

Angel Torrado-Carvajal
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Giovanni Traverso
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Roger Tung
Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc

Jessica Tytell
Boston University

Jose Manuel Udias

Ben Vakoc
Massachusetts General Hospital

Juan José Vaquero
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Bonifacio Vega
IMDEA

Fuensantana Vera-Diaz
New England College of Optometry

Tom Vettenburg

Larry Wald
Massachusetts General Hospital

Tom Wessel
Flex-Pharma

John (Jack) Wixted
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center


Expert Advisors

José Ignacio Andrés
Janssen Research & Development

Alfonso Antequera, FACS
Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada

David Boas
Massachusetts General Hospital

Brett Bouma
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jorge Conde
Knome Inc.

Gabriel Cristobal
Spanish Council for Scientific Research

Jean-Jacques Degroof
MIT Industrial Performance Center

Francisco del Pozo
Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB) - UPM

Manuel Desco Méndez
Universidad Carlos III Madrid

Eduardo Díaz Sánchez
Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d

Robert (Bob) Edelman
NorthShore University Health System

Georges El Fakhri, DABR
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeffrey Evelhoch
Merck & Co., Inc.

Carlos Gabás
AstraZeneca

Randy Gollub
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ellen Grant
Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

Mark Griswold
Case Western Reserve University

Rajiv Gupta
Massachusetts General Hospital

Gonzalo Herradón
Universidad CEU-San Pablo

Daphne Holt
Massachusetts General Hospital

Pablo Irarrázaval
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Stanley Lapidus
SynapDx Corporation

Michael Lev
Massachusetts General Hospital

Antonio López
Science & Innovation Link Office (SILO)

Bruno Madore
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Umar Mahmood
Massachusetts General Hospital, Radiology

Isaac Martin Barbero
ICEX

Susana Martín
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

Tatiana Masarrah
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

Wojciech Matusik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tom C. Meyers
Brown Rudnick LLP

Rudy Mitchell, EdD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ralph Müller
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (ETH)

Fiona Murray
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Asif Naseem
Mason Wells Private Equity

Robert Padera
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Javier Pascau
Universidad Carlos III Madrid

Iván Pedrosa
University of Texas Southwestern

Charles Peterfy
Spire Sciences, LLC

Jorge Ripoll
Universidad Carlos III Madrid

David Rothkopf
MEDIcept

Jesús Ruiz-Cabello
Universidad Complutense Madrid (Centro Citometra y Microscopa de Fluorescencia)

Frank Rybicki
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Priscilla Slanetz, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Daniel Sodickson
New York University School of Medicine

Gregory Sorensen
Siemens

Scott Stern
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kaushik Sunder Rajan
University of Chicago

Frank Thorn
The New England College (NECO)

Frances Toneguzzo
Massachusetts General Hospital

Antonio Torralba
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bruce Tromberg
University of California, Irvine

José Manuel Udías
Universidad Complutense Madrid (Centro Citometra y Microscopa de Fluorescencia)

Trudy van Houten
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Torunn Yock
Massachusetts General Hospital

Lilla Zollei
Massachusetts General Hospital


Catalyst Fellows
IMPACT Fellows

Samuel Abariga
Millan AbiNader
Ahmad Al-Moujahed
Stephen Alkins
Edilberto Amorim
Jingzhi An
Kellen Andrilenas
Shabnam Raayai Ardakani
Shoh Asano
David Bloore
Amanda Bolgioni-Smith
Alexandra Boussommier
Echoe Bouta
Alison Brown
Ester Caffarel-Salvador
Philip Camayd-Muñoz
Jonathan Cannon
Mary Catanese
Chelsea Catania
Ritchie Chen
William Chen
Karen Chenausky
Jessica Chery
Tyler Clites
Andres Colubri
Lina Colucci
Angela Early
Amira Eltony
Dalit Engelhardt
Ahmed Fazly
Di Feng
Shiran Ferber
Gabrielle Fleming
Darcy Frear
Mikael Garabedian
Shonda Gaylord
Tyler Gibson
Tonya Gilbert
Jill Goldstein
Scott Greenwald
Jessica Gronsbell
Kayla Gross
Sylvia Guillory
Kristen Hahn
Myles Herbert
Kathryn Hixson
Ally Huang
Maria Inda
Andrew Jones
Dennis Jones
Mandeep Kaur
Matt Kelley
Robert Knoerl
Alexandra Kulinkina
Jasmine Kwasa
Latrice Landry
Vivian Lee
Jordan Lewandowski
Emily Lin
Alba Luengo
Dominika Lyzwa
Danielle Mai
Vamsi Mangena
Aikaterini (Katerina) Mantzavinou
Hiruy Meharena
Marta Melé messeguer
Christina Miyabe
Albert Mondragon
Jill Moore
Sujatha Muralidharan
Samira Musah
Yuko Nakajima
Collette Ncube
Wen Jie Ong
Yongjin Park
Ida Pavlichenko
Hannah Peterson
Zhenghan Qi
Bahar Rahsepar
Ritu Raman
Maryna Raskin
Daniel Reker
Daniel Reynolds
Maxwell Robinson
Assieh Saadatpour
Niccole Schaible
Sophie Schwartz
Mohammed Shabab
Jonghyeon Shin
Leila Shokri
Elkhansa Sidamed
Dante Smith
Shriya Srinivasan
Lucia Suarez-Lopez
Balaji Karthick Subramanian
Mao Taketani
Lorilee Tallorin
Kamilya Tazhibayeva
Morris Vanegas
Vivekanand Vimal
Adam Vogel
Lee Voth-Gaeddert
Andee Wallace
Tarsha Ward
Kenneth Westerman
Yvon Woappi
Renee Wurth
Wei Hsi (Ariel) Yeh
Filiz Yetisir
Joseph Zak
Miaomiao Zhang
Zhizhuo Zhang
Ali Zomorrodi

IDEA² Participants

Since its launch at MIT in 2008 and in Madrid, Spain in 2012, IDEA² has involved hundreds of research teams, project members, and project mentors. Visit the IDEA² Global website for more information, including the recent team descriptions and members. 

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