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HEALTHCARE                                                                                            JOEY AZOFEIFA, 29

                                                                                                                        CHLOE ALPERT, 28
                                                                                                                      Cofounder, Medinas

                                                                                                                     Founder, Arpeggio Bio
                                                                                                                     ERICA BARNELL, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Geneoscopy
                                                                                                                     DOUG BERNSTEIN, 29;
                                                                                                                     JAIME QUINTERNO, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, PECA Labs
                                                                                                                     CATHARINE BOWMAN, 21
                                                                                                                     Board director,
                                                                                                                     Alberta Lymphedema Association    69
                                                                                                                     JEAN FAN, 28
                                                                                                                     Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University
                                                                                                                     MARK FAYNGERSH, 27;
                                                                                                                     ILYA VAKHUTINSKY, 27
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, CareSwitch
                                                                                                                     EVAN FEINBERG, 28;
                                                                                                                     BEN SKLAROFF, 27
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Genesis Therapeutics
                                                                                                                     SAMANTHA GERSON, 26
                                                                                                                     Founder, UnBroken
                                                                                                                     ANNETTE GROTHEER, 29
                                                                                                                     Founder, The Shop Docs
                                                                                                                     LEA HACHIGIAN, 29;
                                                                                                                     TOMASZ KULA, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, TScan Therapeutics
                                                                                                                     BOBBY BROOKE HERRERA, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounder, E25Bio
                                                                                                                     RUMEN HRISTOV, 26;
                                                                                                                     ZACHARY KABELAC, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Emerald Innovations
                                                                                                                     ZAAMIN HUSSAIN, 26
                                                                                                                     Clinical researcher, Harvard University
                                                                                                                     JOE KAHN, 24;
                                                                                                                     YASYF MOHAMEDALI, 24
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Karuna Health
                                                                                                                     ARTHUR KUAN, 29
                                                                                                                     CEO, Cold Genesys
                                                                                                                     RAINIER MALLOL, 28
                                                                                                                     Cofounder, AIME
                                                                                                                     ROB MANNINO, 28;
                                                                                                                     ERIKA TYBURSKI, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Sanguina
                                                                                                                     ASHLEY MOY, 25;
                                                                                                                     JASON TROUTNER, 26
                                                                                                                     Cofounders, Cast21
                                                                                                                     JANEL NOUR-OMID, 27
                                                                                                                     Cofounder, Vitalacy
                                                                                                                     KUNAL PARIKH, 29
                                                    ARTHUR KUAN, 29                                                  Research associate,
                                                                                                                     Johns Hopkins University
                                                                                                                     BRYAN PATENAUDE, 29
                                                    CEO, COLD GENESYS                                                Assistant professor,
                                                                                                                     Johns Hopkins University
                                                    Arthur Kuan is going viral. He’s the CEO of Santa Ana,           VIJAY RAMANI, 29
                                                    California, biotech company Cold Genesys, which genetical-       Principal investigator, UCSF
                                                    ly modifies viruses to attack cancer and, as an added bene-      SANA RAOOF, 29
                                                    fit, bolsters your immune system against it. The former ven-     Researcher, Harvard University
                                                    ture investor encountered Cold Genesys as a founding member      ZACHARIAH REITANO, 28
                                                                                                                     Cofounder, RO
                                                    at Hong Kong healthcare fund Ally Bridge Group. Fascinat-
                                                                                                                     EVA SADEJ, 29
                                                    ed by the science, Kuan, who holds a master’s in biotechnolo-
                                                                                                                     Founder, Floss Bar
                                                    gy from Johns Hopkins, joined Cold Genesys as COO. When          JESSICA SCHLEIDER, 29
                                                    founder Alex Yeung retired in 2016, Kuan took over. He’s since   Assistant professor,
                                                    launched clinical trials of the biotech’s bladder cancer treat-  Stony Brook University
                                                    ment and has inked a partnership to test its effectiveness with   DEAN TRAVERS, 23;
                                                                                                                     SCOTT XIAO, 21
                                                    Merck’s immunotherapy drug Keytruda. Kuan says, “I’ve done       Cofounders, Luminopia
                                                    a good job turning this science story into a real business con-  CAMERON TURTLE, 29
                                                    cept.” In March he closed a $22 million series-C round with      Chief business officer,
                                                                                                                     Eidos Therapeutics
                                                    ORI Capital and Lepu Medical, which has the China license
                                                    for its products. —Alex Knapp, Leah Rosenbaum                    CAROLYN YARINA, 29
                                                                                                                     Cofounder, Sisu Global

                JUDGES: DENISE HINTON, CHIEF SCIENTIST, FDA; TREVOR MARTIN, CEO, MAMMOTH BIOSCIENCES (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2019);
                ROBERT NELSEN, PARTNER, ARCH VENTURE PARTNERS; HELEN TORLEY, CEO, HALOZYME.

                ARTHUR KUAN WEARS AN ISAIA WOOL TOPCOAT, DENIM SHIRT AND FLORAL PANTS AND A RICHARD JAMES STRIPED TIE.
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