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Five Questions With: Jennifer Hoffman

Jennifer Hoffman | Executive director, New England Medical Innovation Center 1. What are your initial goals for NEMIC as you step into the executive...
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R.I.: Small state, big impact

It is easy to see why Glenn Robertelli is bullish on Rhode Island life sciences. In 2023, the sector employed more than 6,000 Rhode...

NEMIC partners with MEDevice Boston to host 2025 International Pitch Reception

PROVIDENCE – The New England Medical Innovation Center has partnered with MEDevice Boston to organize an international pitch reception. The event, dubbed MEDevice Boston +...

Registration open for 7th annual NEMIC MedTech Leadership Program

PROVIDENCE – Registration is now open for the New England Medical Innovation Center’s 7th Annual MedTech Leadership Program. The education program developed and run by...

Innovate Newport to highlight R.I.’s health-tech sector in Industry Spotlight Series

NEWPORT – Innovate Newport will host a HealthTech Industry Spotlight Event in celebration of Rhode Island's life sciences sector on May 29. Co-hosted by the...
Katelyn Holt, KOLT Innovations Inc. founder and CEO / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Katelyn Holt

Health Care Heroes 2025 HEALTH CARE INNOVATOR: Katelyn Holt KOLT Innovations Inc. founder and CEO What led you to choose health care as your profession? I have...
TOUGH TIME: Katharine Amaral, right, director of programs and community partnerships for the nonprofit Junior Achievement of Rhode Island Inc., speaks during Providence Business News’ 2025 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 13. With her on the panel, from left, are Ara Millette, director of talent acquisition at Brown University Health; Amy Grzybowski, New England Institute of Technology vice president of workforce development and community relations; and Nora Crowley, R.I. Department of Labor and Training deputy director. 
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PBN summit: Workforce challenges coming at federal, state levels

It’s a challenging time for people charged with developing the workforce of the future for Rhode Island. Not only are state agencies and nonprofits nationwide...

New England Medical Innovation Center launches advisory panel

PROVIDENCE – The New England Medical Innovation Center recently announced the launch of its first Expert Advisory Group made up of a multidisciplinary collection...
GIVING VOICE: 
Dr. Fatima Mirza works in an examination room at Rhode Island Hospital. Mirza and her husband, Dr. Rohaid Ali, worked on two significant projects recently involving artificial intelligence, one of which used OpenAI’s Voice Engine to create a clone of the voice of a young patient who lost her voice after surgery to remove a brain tumor. 
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A higher health care intelligence? In R.I., some believe it’s the...

Like many these days, Severence MacLaughlin foresees a big, bright future for artificial intelligence. Unlike many, the Rhode Island-based data scientist was willing to quit...
TEST PERIOD: Ian Estaphan Owen, owner of Jaia Robotics LLC in Bristol, holds a version of one of his company’s autonomous underwater vehicles during a demonstration in Narragansett Bay in 2022. Jaia has used $74,535 from the state’s Innovation Voucher Program to test the vehicles’ ability to sample water environmental DNA. 
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Voucher program gives innovative R.I. companies a boost

Gregory Calderiso was trying to reduce the anxiety he was feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when he discovered mindful breathing. Focusing on his...
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