Rebecca Onie: A Prescription for Health - Never Take No for an Answer

How do you actualize transformative change in the American healthcare system? Rebecca Onie, CEO of Health Leads, works to recreate American healthcare, and doesn't worry about the gap between where we are and where we need to be. Listen as she opens up about the exhilarating prospect of a healthcare system we have yet to imagine. 

Alex Jadad: "Heal" is a Beautiful Word

Dr. Alex Jadad is full of questions: “What makes you happiest? What do you regret most? How do you want to die? What is ‘your verb’?” He admits such queries can be unnerving, but only if we expect definitive answers. Be captivated by Jadad's health and wellness model that allows a pursuit of a full life. His story will stir your soul! 

Alex Jadad

Dr. Jadad is a physician, educator, researcher and public advocate, whose mission is to help improve health and wellness for all, thorough information and communication technologies (ICTs).

He has been called a «human Internet»,as his research and innovation work seeks to identify and connect the best minds, the best knowledge and the best tools across traditional boundaries to eliminate unnecessary suffering. Such work focuses on a radical 'glocal' innovation model designed to improve the capacity of humans to imagine, create and promote new and better approaches to living, healing, working and learning across the world. Powered by social networks and other leading-edge telecommunication tools, his projects attempt to anticipate and respond to major public health threats (e.g., multiple chronic conditions, pandemics) through strong and sustainable international collaboration, and to enable the public (particularly young people) to shape the health system and society.

Rebecca Onie

In 1996, during her sophomore year at Harvard College, Rebecca Onie co-founded Health Leads (formerly Project HEALTH) with Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Chair of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.

Rebecca served as Executive Director of Health Leads for three years, overseeing the organization’s growth to Providence and New York City. After attending Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and research assistant for Professors Laurence Tribe and Lani Guinier, Rebecca clerked for the Honorable Diane P. Wood of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She then served as an associate at Miner, Barnhill & Galland P.C., a boutique law firm in Chicago, where she represented civil rights and employment discrimination plaintiffs, health centers, affordable housing developers, and nonprofit organizations. During this time, Rebecca served as founding Co-Chair of Health Leads' Board of Directors.

Mallika Chopra

Mallika Chopra is the founder of Intent.com, a website focused on personal, social and global wellness. Her intent is to harness the power of social media to connect people from around the world to improve their own lives, their communities and the planet. Mallika has written two books inspired by her two daughters: 100 Promises to My Baby and 100 Questions from My Child, and has served as a spokes person for UNICEF.

Michael Samuelson at BIF-1

Vice President, Health and Wellness Services for Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island, Samuelson's recognition of "wellness" redefines the boundaries of our current healthcare system.

William Tsiaras: Innovation is in the Eye of the Beholder

Bill Tsiaras is one of the few physicians in the country board certified in both ophthalmology and internal medicine. His ability to take a more holistic approach to medicine is helping him tackle diseases such as macular degeneration.

Alexander Tsiaras: Pioneer in Illustrating the Intricate Details of the Human Body

Alexander Tsiaras shows his pioneering work in anatomical visualization. Alexander sees himself as a storyteller for the human body working with artists and technologists.

John Donoghue: Innovation in Neuroscience - Turning Thoughts Into Action

How do you turn thoughts into action? Neuroscientist John Donoghue's pioneering work has decoded brain waves and is helping people restore lost functions.

Hugh Herr: Merging Body and Machine - The Biomechanics of Human Movement and Balance

Hugh Herr had both legs amputated below the knee after a mountain climbing accident. When a doctor told him he would never climb again, Hugh set to work building artificial legs and feet to accomplish the task.