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Author: Dave Wheland

Insight by: Dave Whelan It's the hap-happiest season of all With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings When friends come to call It's the hap-happiest season of all If you turned on the radio or Spotify over the past few weeks, you probably heard Andy Williams celebrating the holidays...

Insight by: Dave Whelan Those lines from “Tomorrow Never Knows,” taken from Revolver, are over 50 years old. They were adapted by The Beatles from The Psychedelic Experience, co-written by Timothy Leary nearly 60 years ago. Leary and his co-writers, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) and Ralph...

Insight by: Dave Whelan Over the past few months, I’ve spent a fair amount of time writing about the growing intersection of biology and technology. Over the next few months, I expect that I will continue to spend time writing about the growing intersection of biology...

Insight by: Dave Whelan A few weeks ago, BioscienceLA and The Alliance for SoCal Innovation teamed up to bring together two healthcare veterans: Andy Slavitt, General Partner of Town Hall Ventures* and former CMS and COVID response leader, and Alex Azar, the 24th Secretary of the...

Insight by: Dave Whelan “He was headed for Beverly Hills to be a plastic surgeon…. But he took an exit to a town that didn't take plastic.” Quick, name that movie! If you guessed Doc Hollywood, you get a star on my personal walk of fame. Or...

Insight by: Dave Whelan Can you believe that it has been over 25 years since Jerry Maguire* entered our lives? Cameron Crowe’s renegade sports agent, played brilliantly by Tom Cruise, has been part of our collective consciousness for longer than the average age of an NFL...

Insight by: Dave Whelan I often start talks by reminding the audience that I am neither a scientist nor a physician (and I can’t even play one on TV). That said, I continue, one of my gifts is the ability to help connect, translate, and even...

Insight by: Dave Whelan That was the subject of a recent talk that I gave at the first Unlocking Potential Digital Health Summit in Pittsburgh. The theme was “The Future of Digital Health & Remote Population Monitoring (RPM).” Throughout the conference, speakers touched on a variety of...