• S4:E6 AI & Healthcare: The Next Frontier
    Apr 16 2024

    Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, unleashing new investment opportunities. From cancer screening to drug discovery, AI promises to augment clinical decision-making and improve care. We’ll explore the surging ecosystem of medical AI innovations, from the emerging tech landscape to practical deployment. But what are the challenges facing real-world implementation? Which applications show the most promise? Join us as we investigate how artificial intelligence can change healthcare for the better while examining what it will take to do it well.

    Guests include:

    • Bob Nelsen, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Arch Venture Partners
    • Daphne Koller, Founder and CEO at insitro
    • David Baker, Ph.D., Director at the Institute for Protein Design and Professor of Biochemistry at University of Washington
    • Theresa Hajer, Partner and Managing Director of Venture Capital Research at Cambridge Associates

    Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company. Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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    47 mins
  • S4:E5 Unlocking the Dark Genome for Lupus and other Autoimmune Diseases
    Apr 2 2024

    Autoimmune diseases like lupus impact over 5 million patients globally, but treatment options remain limited. Now, decoding the once mysterious "dark genome" could bring new therapies. Over 90% of our DNA was once considered "junk"—but we’ve learned this dark matter regulates gene expression and human disease. This episode takes you to the pioneers who are unlocking the dark genome's potential to correct root causes of complex conditions like lupus. We'll chat with those illuminating this uncharted territory and developing novel approaches. Guests include:

    • Rosana Kapeller, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Founder, President, & CEO at Rome Therapeutics
    • Steve Kafka, General Partner at S32
    • Keri Mastrogiacomo, mother of a Lupus patient
    • Katherine Cavanagh, Associate Investment Director at Cambridge Associates

    Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company. Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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    44 mins
  • S4:EP4 Appetite for Change: The Obesity Epidemic Meets Biotech
    Mar 19 2024

    Obesity is a global health crisis, with over 650 million adults affected worldwide. This drives massive economic and disease burdens. Yet new treatment options like GLP-1 drugs offer hope. This episode analyzes the investment landscape and future of obesity therapeutics, focusing on transformational GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic that curb appetite. Join us as we investigate the promise and challenges of emerging anti-obesity drugs, learn about one patient’s journey taking them, and discover what the future of weight loss medicine could look like. You'll hear from leaders in the space as well as a current patient taking these medications. Guests include:

    • Rod Wong, Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer at RTW Investments
    • Raymond Stevens, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Structure Therapeutics
    • Dean Dimizas, Partner and Managing Director at Cambridge Associates
    • Kathleen Mikaelian, Patient

    Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company. Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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    44 mins
  • S4:EP3 Precision Oncology & Advancing Personalized Cancer Care
    Mar 5 2024

    Precision oncology represents an exciting shift in cancer treatment from a one-size-fits-all approach to personalized care based on each patient's unique cancer and molecular makeup. In this episode, we'll explore how precision oncology is transforming the landscape of cancer care and improving outcomes at leading hospitals like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. We'll discuss the latest precision diagnostic technologies enabling doctors to analyze a tumor's molecular profile and match targeted therapies to save lives. Join us as we investigate the promise of precision medicine to make cancer treatment more effective and more equitable. Guests include:

    • Rick Shadyac, President and CEO at ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a Cambridge Associates client
    • Matt Gevaert, Co-Founder and Board Member at Kiyatec
    • Jason Robart, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Seae Ventures
    • Jeff Blazek, Partner and Head of the Northeast & Midwest Endowment & Foundation Practice at Cambridge Associates, who works with ALSAC/St. Jude as one of his clients, in partnership with Anurag Pandit, CIO of ALSAC/SJCRH, and the Investment Department.

    Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company. Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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    39 mins
  • S4:EP2 Living Longer But Losing Our Minds: The Alzheimer's Emergency
    Feb 20 2024

    Thanks to medical advances, we're living longer lives but with that comes rising rates of Alzheimer's disease. Currently 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's, and that could triple by 2050. This episode explores emerging innovations offering hope against neurodegenerative diseases. We'll discuss promising new drugs that could slow cognitive decline and the strides scientists are making towards understanding causes and developing therapies—and how these breakthroughs are giving hope to one family fighting to save their mom.

    Episode two explores the history of Alzheimer’s, its current challenges, and the promising therapies made possible by innovation and investment. You’ll hear from:

    • Dr. Asa Abeliovich, Neurologist, Molecular Geneticist, and Founder and CEO at Leal Therapeutics
    • Carl Gordon, Managing Partner and Head of Global Private Equity at OrbiMed
    • Ham Lee, Co-Head of the Healthcare Practice at Cambridge Associates
    • Randi Casciano, Director of Global Public Relations at Cambridge Associates

    Unseen Upside: Investments Beyond Their Returns is developed in partnership with PRX, an award-winning podcast media company. Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm that works with endowments, foundations, healthcare systems, pension plans, and private clients to implement and manage custom investment portfolios that aim to generate outperformance and maximize their impact on the world. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of portfolio management services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension, and asset class mandates.

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    41 mins
  • S4:EP1 Mind Matters: Making Sense of the Mental Health Crisis
    Feb 6 2024

    The mental health crisis is growing, especially among Gen Z (91% report anxiety or depression). This episode explores innovations in mental healthcare access, new therapeutic approaches for young people and families, and how hospitals are striking creative partnerships to tackle this emergency. Tune in to learn what’s working and showing promise in mental healthcare, glimpses of what the future could look like, and where persistent gaps remain. Hear from leaders Melody Dickerson (VHC Health); Emily Melton (Threshold Ventures); Naomi Allen (Brightline); and Bridget Sproles (Cambridge Associates).

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    30 mins
  • S4:EP0 Unseen Upside - Season Four Trailer
    Jan 30 2024

    The future of healthcare is here. Get an an inside look at the innovations transforming lives on season four of Unseen Upside, premiering Tuesday, February 6.

    This season, we pull back the curtain on cutting-edge advancements at the intersection of technology and medicine, learn how AI is revolutionizing diagnostics and treatment, discover the potential of GLP-1s to combat obesity, and how breakthrough Alzheimer's therapies are offering hope to millions. We'll also uncover creative approaches to solving the mental health crisis.

    Powered by the global network of Cambridge Associates, join us to explore healthcare investments beyond their returns.

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    3 mins
  • S3:EP5 Can Deep Tech Combat Fast Fashion?
    May 30 2023

    The fashion industry accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output and roughly 2.6 million tons of clothing returns end up in US­­­ landfills each year instead of being resold. Meanwhile, the shipping for these returns account for around 16 million tons of CO2 emissions—and fast fashion is making things worse. But what if deep tech could help to cut down on returns? Amid the rise of conscious consumerism, one company is using video game technology and AI generated avatars to help online shoppers try on clothing virtually before they buy, in the hopes of making the fashion industry more sustainable. We’ll learn more from Christine Marzano (BODS); Carle Stenmark (VMG Partners); Jennifer Varekamp (MassArt); and Annachiara Marcandalli (Cambridge Associates).

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    36 mins