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Deanna Pogorelc

Deanna Pogorelc

MedCity News

Deanna Pogorelc is a Cleveland-based reporter who writes obsessively about life science startups across the country, looking to technology transfer offices, startup incubators and investment funds to see what’s next in healthcare. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously covered business and education for a northeast Indiana newspaper.

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MassChallenge founder: A widening “funnel of experimentation” is giving rise to accelerators

MassChallenge founder: A widening “funnel of experimentation” is giving rise to accelerators

May 9, 2013 8:14 am by | 0 Comments

Akhil Nigam and John Harthorne left their jobs at Bain & Company in 2009, with the U.S. economy in the dumps, feeling an urge to help restore focus on entrepreneurs ... Read more
Wheelchair, meet mountain bike. MIT grads’ design handles rough terrain in developing countries (demo)

Wheelchair, meet mountain bike. MIT grads’ design handles rough terrain in developing countries (demo)

May 8, 2013 8:55 pm by | 1 Comments

Employing user-centered design hasn’t exactly been easy for Global Research Innovation & Technology (GRIT), a social enterprise startup that emerged out of the MIT Mobility Lab last year. The team ... Read more
Why one former life sciences VC wouldn’t recommend a career in venture capital (video)

Why one former life sciences VC wouldn’t recommend a career in venture capital (video)

May 8, 2013 4:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Life as a venture capitalist isn’t always as glamorous as some people think it is. It’s also not something that necessarily comes naturally.“I learned the venture business over 10 years; ... Read more
Beyond the activity tracker: 4 intriguing uses for wearable sensors in health research

Beyond the activity tracker: 4 intriguing uses for wearable sensors in health research

May 8, 2013 12:13 am by | 1 Comments

Wearable sensors are getting a lot of buzz in the consumer health world right now, but there’s a whole other world where the applications for body sensors are getting even ... Read more
A diabetes doctor’s wish list for mobile health

A diabetes doctor’s wish list for mobile health

May 7, 2013 4:09 pm by | 0 Comments

The daily testing and monitoring responsibilities for diabetes patients has made them, and their physicians, a prime target for mobile health products and services. But research suggests that even in ... Read more
The problem with big data in health? Too much focus on technology instead of people/process

The problem with big data in health? Too much focus on technology instead of people/process

May 7, 2013 10:14 am by | 0 Comments

One of the great things about going to industry conferences is hearing people who are skilled presenters — meaning they can explain things that everyone probably notices, but do so ... Read more
Watson will be better than docs and other sweeping predictions from a tech optimist

Watson will be better than docs and other sweeping predictions from a tech optimist

May 6, 2013 9:59 pm by | 1 Comments

“I wouldn’t be surprised if within two to three years, they didn’t have an app that could diagnose my (heart) health better than my cardiologist can.”That was just one of ... Read more
Potential disease-altering drug for Alzheimer’s draws $6.4 million, with IND planned for 2014

Potential disease-altering drug for Alzheimer’s draws $6.4 million, with IND planned for 2014

May 6, 2013 1:51 pm by | 0 Comments

A preclinical drug aimed at preventing misfolded proteins from getting tangled in the brain and potentially causing neurodegenerative disease has drawn another $6.4 million from investors.The latest round for NeuroPhage ... Read more
It’s a good time to be a startup, according to early-stage entrepreneurs

It’s a good time to be a startup, according to early-stage entrepreneurs

May 6, 2013 7:00 am by | 0 Comments

Entrepreneurs are feeling as good as they have in over a year about the prospects for their early-stage companies.According to the Startup Confidence Index for Q1 2013, 84 percent of ... Read more
Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

Wow of the Week: Implantable blood-test-on-a-chip sends continuous readings to a cellphone

May 4, 2013 8:00 am by | 2 Comments

The nano movement in medical devices has produced some pretty promising inventions, and here’s another to add to the list. Scientists in Switzerland have built an implantable blood testing chip ... Read more
Crowdsourcing research ideas from patients finds cost, prevention top of mind

Crowdsourcing research ideas from patients finds cost, prevention top of mind

May 3, 2013 12:28 pm by | 1 Comments

The Regenstrief Institute, an informatics and healthcare research foundation affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine, recently did something PCORI would approve of. It asked patients across the country ... Read more
It’s smaller than a fingernail, but this needle- free Nanopatch could be the future of vaccines

It’s smaller than a fingernail, but this needle- free Nanopatch could be the future of vaccines

May 3, 2013 8:57 am by | 1 Comments

This picture shows just one of the intriguing element of a tiny, needle-free drug delivery patch being developed by a startup jointly based in Australia and Cambridge, Massachusetts. That, of ... Read more
This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

This ex-finance/retail exec has found a good fit funding tech for a better patient experience

May 2, 2013 4:06 pm by | 0 Comments

What happens when you’ve got a degree in economics, a deep interest in wellness and a resume that includes EA Games, Gap Inc. and KFC Corp. as previous employers? If ... Read more
Capital Royalty’s $805M fund could be a source of alternative funding for life science companies

Capital Royalty’s $805M fund could be a source of alternative funding for life science companies

May 2, 2013 10:15 am by | 0 Comments

Somewhere between venture funding and bank loans is a kind of investment that seems to fly under the radar, but apparently over the last several years has become increasingly popular ... Read more
Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

Docs: EHRs help with remote access to records, flagging potential medical errors (infographic)

May 1, 2013 3:28 pm by | 0 Comments

Whether they like them or not, seven in 10 office-based physicians now use EHRs, according to data from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. A smaller ... Read more