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Elizabeth is a second-year MBA candidate focused on working with early to growth-stage healthcare ventures to make care more affordable, accessible, and equitable in the U.S. Prior to Yale, Elizabeth lived in New York City working with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies like J&J, Illumina, and Merck to drive innovation initiatives, oversee large-scale mergers, and navigate the regulatory landscape primarily in the U.S. She specialized in executive positioning, working closely with CEOs on their longer-term vision and priorities to inform portfolio strategy and corporate development.
In addition to her experience with the private sector, Elizabeth worked on an early-stage venture focused on increasing drug pricing transparency by incorporating data into existing systems like Epic. This experience greatly influenced her passion for working with startups and emerging players developing innovative platforms and solutions to mitigate persistent disparities within the U.S. healthcare system.
This past summer, Elizabeth interned at Echo River Capital, an impact investing fund. In this role, she worked closely with founders developing early-stage technologies to assess the public health implications of their ventures, in addition to sourcing other public health investment opportunities. She was also responsible for managing deal flow, diligencing potential investments, developing term sheets with proposed deal structures, and collaborating with founders to define impact metrics for reporting.
In her spare time, Elizabeth loves to experiment with new vegetarian recipes, run in East Rock (training for half marathon!), and watch new films with friends.
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Mateen is a second-year MBA student at Yale School of Management. He's passionate about driving healthcare innovation and improving patient outcomes in low and middle-income countries.
Before SOM, Mateen worked in healthcare and government consulting at Deloitte, where he advised clients on developing tech solutions to increase healthcare accessibility and helped state governments implement Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems. Mateen earned his BS in Computer Engineering from Bucknell University, where he conducted research on using AI models to predict heart disease risk. This past summer, he interned as a Product Manager at Cisco Meraki, where he worked on the Smart Cameras and Sensors team.
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Siddharth is a second-year student in the MBA program at Yale. He is passionate about innovation in healthcare and life sciences, particularly at the convergence of AI and biology. At Yale, Siddharth has worked in several VC firms aiming to invest in cutting-edge innovations in the life sciences.
Prior to Yale, Siddharth worked in life science strategy consulting at Charles River Associates, where he helped pharma, biotech, and diagnostic companies with their commercial strategy engagements. Siddharth received his B.S. and M.S.E. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. In his free time, Siddharth is a competitive chess player and enjoys playing in tournaments across the country, and is also part of the Yale Chess Team.
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Dan is originally from the Washington, DC area and graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a major in economics and math and a minor in history. After college, he worked for a year in the securities and finance practice of an economic consulting firm in New York before moving to Boston and FTI Consulting's Health Solutions practice. There, his work focused on using data analytics to help payers and providers navigate business and compliance challenges.
At Yale, he’s interested in studying health care economics and policies that help curb rising health care costs. He serves as a Student Policy Fellow at the Tobin Center for Economic Policy, where he helps research and write reports outlining evidence concerning state and federal health care payment policies. Last year, he was a Summer Fellow in the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission's Research and Cost Trends team, and this summer he’s serving as an intern at the Office of Management and Budget's Veterans Affairs and Defense Health Branch. This coming academic year, he will be splitting time between YSOM and the School of Public Health as part of Yale's dual MPH/MBA program.
In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and hiking—he and his wife spent a few months working remotely in New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah during the pandemic. He is also a huge ice cream enthusiast and will never say no to an ice cream outing (ask for his opinions about ice cream shops in greater New Haven…if you dare)! Something he wishes he had known earlier in his time here: $1.50 coffee fill-ups at Atticus if you bring your own mug.
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As an MBA candidate at Yale School of Management, Chi-way Li aims to leverage his diverse background in biomedical engineering, strategic consulting, and corporate development to drive innovation at the intersection of life sciences and business strategy.
Prior to Yale, Chi-way gained valuable experience across various sectors of the healthcare industry. At Knowles, a global market leader in manufacturing, he formulated a comprehensive growth strategy for their MedTech division and contributed to M&A processes by building financial models and conducting due diligence. At EVERSANA Consulting, he specialized in market entry strategies and portfolio optimization for top pharmaceutical and MedTech companies across the APAC region. His experience also includes product management at Deepwise MedTech, a unicorn startup in AI imaging diagnostics, where he led the development of new AI products and co-invented four patents.
Chi-way holds a Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University.
In his free time, Chi-way practices 'Clear-Mind' meditation, enjoys running in East Rock, and challenges himself by bouldering at Ascent.
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Samantha is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Yale School of Management with a concentration in Health Policy. In addition to her MBA, she is also completing a Master of Public Health at Yale School of Public Health, focusing on US Social Justice. Samantha is deeply passionate about improving mental health care and is planning to start a mental health startup. She aims to combine her business acumen with her policy knowledge to drive impactful investments in the healthcare sector.
At Yale, Samantha is actively involved in various initiatives. Samantha's commitment to healthcare and social justice is evident through her participation in the Turner MIINT 2024 Competition, where her team placed first at Yale, and her roles in the Health & Wellness Committee and Title IX Committee within the Student Government. She is also part of the PE/VC club and the conference, and leads the Arts & Culture club and Startup & Entrepreneurship Club. This year, she is a research fellow for the Solomon Center at Yale Law School.
Samantha's professional experience spans several strategic and research roles, including her summer internship at BK-XL Accelerator, where she supports startups in their early stages, and her work as a strategist at Sylvain. She also sits on the committee for The Foundation for Art & Healing's Young Adult Advisory Council.
In the future, Samantha plans to pursue a JD with a focus on health policy and family/criminal law. She is dedicated to researching suicidality and developing effective interventions to address this critical issue. Samantha's ultimate goal is to leverage her diverse expertise to drive meaningful change in the mental health landscape and beyond.
