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Empowering Research Data for a Healthier Future with Chris Peng
• 19 minThis episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow’ Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HERE --- Episode Overview: How can we transform health research to make it more accessible, efficient, and impactful? Our next guest, Chris Peng, is tackling this challenge as co-founder and CEO of Labfront. With a background in nonprofit work and a passion for solving global health issues, Chris brings a unique perspective to the world of health tech. Labfront is disrupting academic health research through its innovative platform, enabling real-world data collection and analysis at a fraction of the traditional cost and time. By addressing the funding dynamics and incentive systems in clinical research, Chris and the Labfront team are working to democratize health research and accelerate groundbreaking discoveries. Join us to explore how Labfront is empowering researchers, leveraging wearable technology, and reimagining the future of health research. Let's go! Episode Highlights: Origin Story: Chris's journey from college dropout to co-founding Labfront after healthcare projects in Thailand and Ethiopia.Solving Research Challenges: Labfront addresses funding limitations, participant recruitment issues, and the need for real-world data collection.Wearable Technology: The platform uses wearables for continuous, real-world data collection, enhancing research comprehensiveness.Cost Reduction: Labfront significantly lowers research costs, making studies more accessible for smaller budgets and pilot projects.Future Vision: Plans to create new revenue streams for researchers, potentially reducing dependence on traditional grant funding. About our Guest: Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Labfront, a startup working to solve health by fixing health research. Labfront enables real-world research, taking the science out of the lab, 10x-ing research workflows while saving time and budgets. By addressing the funding and cost dynamic, Labfront helps disentangle the incentive systems from the pharmaceutical and corporate interests that fund the majority of clinical research. Before Labfront, Chris was involved in nonprofit and volunteering projects in Thailand, Ethiopia, and Taiwan, including the building of the first ambulance system in Ethiopia. Links Supporting This Episode: Labfront Website: CLICK HEREChris Peng LinkedIn page: CLICK HERELabfront LinkedIn page: CLICK HERE Mike Biselli LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMike Biselli Twitter page: CLICK HEREVisit our website: CLICK HERESubscribe to newsletter: CLICK HEREGuest nomination form: CLICK HERE
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