Congrats to Jon Audhya for his outstanding leadership in developing innovative partnerships to improve healthcare in Wisconsin!
In July, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced $49 million in Phase 2 funding to the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub, a groundbreaking initiative set to drive transformative medical innovation, workforcedevelopment and critical job growth across Wisconsin. One of the three technology projects of the proposal is the Wisconsin Health Data Hub, led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. That project will create a comprehensive, secure, accessible, and inclusive health data ecosystem that will provide an unprecedented source for research-ready health data that are responsibly sourced and expansive in scope.
A recent article co-authored by Anjon Audhya, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies, and Jay Hill, Vice President of Advanced Technologies at GE HealthCare in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel describes how the partnership between UW–Madison and GE HealthCare paved way for this promising new Wisconsin tech hub. The article details how a unique approach to industry-academic collaboration has demonstrated how to create a thriving and sustainable model for innovation. According to Hill and Audhya, the “brain-to-brain” and elbow-to-elbow partnership is leading the evolution of health care.