I like finding things that make life better, and then scaling them so more people have access. Software often is the mechanism, but not always.
What I’m building today
Powered by Software
I’m on the Board of Directors of VisionSpring . Every year, we help hundreds of thousands of people get access to quality eye care.
Proud supporter of WeHeartHackers.org , a collaborative movement between the medical device and security researcher communities, and an advisor to the Biohacking Village at DEF CON .
Working with a few other entrepreneurs on a side-project called #MovingForward , which highlights VCs committed to diverse, inclusive, and harassment-free workplaces. Press: WIRED , CNN , Recode , Pando , Bloomberg , and Institutional Investor .
What I’ve worked on
Founding team at Ummo , a personalized speech coach. Public speaking is hard, Ummo makes it easier . Showcased by the Apple App Store as The Top 3 “Apps We Love” in Spring 2016.
Co-founded CODE@HBS , the computer science and engineering organization at Harvard Business School. Our mission is to bring technologists together at Harvard. We seek to keep our technical skills sharp and create accountability to learn and build while getting our MBAs.
About
I come from a big Greek-Irish New England family. I’m currently the co-founder and CEO of Elektra Labs. Previously, I was a software engineer at Instacart and Akili Interactive , a leader in digital medicine. Before transitioning into engineering, I worked at KKR Capstone and McKinsey, where I focused on the healthcare, energy and financial industries. Duke Grad. Digital rights advocate . I have a not-so-secret obsession with all things Taylor Swift.
Blogging + Writing
I occasionally write at blog.andreacoravos.com and peer-reviewed manuscripts are on Google Scholar . Also in these publications:
Nature npj ‘Behind the Paper’: Using connected sensor technologies to measure health at home , 2020.
DiMe Blog: Digital Health, Digital Medicine, Digital Therapeutics (DTx): What’s the difference? , 2019.
Quartz: Treating algorithms like prescription drugs could reduce AI bias , 2019.
WIRED: Digital Medicine: The doctor prescribes video games and virtual reality rehab , 2018.
STAT News: Blockchains for biomedicine and health care are coming. Buyer: be informed , 2018.
STAT News: Blockchains and health care: promising and moving quickly, though no silver bullet , 2017.
Harvard Business School Digital Initiative: Software-Enabled Clinical Trials , 2017.
DEFCON Biohacking Village: The Rise of Software as Medicine: Swapping out Pills for Apps, Algorithms, and Signals , 2017.
NeuroTechX: You can (literally) turn on the lights using your mind— Matilda is not science fiction anymore , 2017.
NeuroTechX: Can stimulating your nervous system reverse Parkinson’s, reduce depressive episodes, and help you learn the piano? 2017.
NeuroTechX: The BRAIN Initiative: The race to understand the human brain , 2017.
Internet Security 101: A starter guide to avoid being an idiot online , 2016.The Harbus: Coding is the New Business Literacy , 2016 in the Huffington Post.
The Harbus: Who Said Harvard MBAs Don’t Code? 2017.
HBS MBA Voices: Interning As A Software Engineer While At Harvard Business School , 2016.
HBS MBA Voices: Meet the CODE Club , 2015.
21 Blue Jaguars (Est. 2007)The Duke Chronicle: Shotguns and shocks , 2008.
The Duke Chronicle: The water might have amoebas , 2008.
The Duke Chronicle: Duke’s Grand Tour , 2008.
Publications
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR): Connected Medical Technology and Cybersecurity Informed Consent: A New Paradigm , 2019.
Nature npj Digital Medicine: Verification, analytical validation, and clinical validation (V3): the foundation of determining fit-for-purpose for Biometric Monitoring Technologies (BioMeTs) , 2020.
Nature npj Digital Medicine: Modernizing and designing evaluation frameworks for connected sensor technologies in medicine , 2020.
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Decentralized Trials in the Age of Real‐World Evidence and Inclusivity in Clinical Investigations , 2019.
Karger Digital Biomarkers: Digital Medicine: A Primer on Measurement , 2019.
Nature npj Digital Medicine: A systematic review of feasibility studies promoting the use of mobile technologies in clinical research , 2019.
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR): The Case for a Hippocratic Oath for Connected Medical Devices: Viewpoint , 2019.
Nature npj Digital Medicine: Developing and adopting safe and effective digital biomarkers to improve patient outcomes , 2019.
Duke Journal of Economics: Measuring the Likelihood of Small Business Loan Default: Community Development Institutions and the Use of Credit-Scoring to Minimize Default Risk , 2010.
Duke Journal of Economics: Female Surname Choice: Historical, Cultural, and Branding Influences at Duke University , 2010.
Journal of South Asian Development: Book Review // Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day , 2010.
Books
Podcasts
Mentions
Stacey on IoT: Now is the time to build a connected medical device framework , 2020.
Forbes: Digital Medicine: Digital Health, Plus Evidence, Plus Humility , 2019.
TechCrunch: No one knows how effective digital therapies are, but a new tool from Elektra Labs aims to change that , 2019.
Business Insider: Elektra Labs launched an online catalog for evaluating digital health monitoring tools , 2019.
MobiHealthNews: Elektra Labs launches connected health tech catalogue alongside $2.9M in seed funding , 2019.
Politico: A Social Contract For Patient Data , 2019
Newsweek: Personalized Health Care and Artificial Intelligence Could Improve Your Life—at the Cost of Your Privacy , 2019.
Rock Health: Want to create meaningful change in the US healthcare system? Serve a “tour of duty” in the government , 2019
WIRED: Inside the group fighting to purge sexism from Europe’s VCs , 2019.
Edmund Hillary Fellowship: EHF Fellow: Andy Coravos of Elektra Labs , 2018.
Institutional Investor: Venture Capital Has a ‘MeToo’ Problem. Have Investors Been Ignoring It? , 2018.
VCGC: Andy Coravos - Founder @ Elektra Labs , 2017.
Harvard Business School: Three Graduating Students Named Recipients of Dean’s Award for Service to School and Society , 2017.
Instacart Tech Blog: Our First Engineering Intern , 2016.
New York Times: Getting Over Stage Fright With the Help of Your Smartphone , 2016.
LifeHacker: Ummo for iPhone Analyzes Your Speech to Help Improve Your Public Speaking , 2016.
Inc: 6 Apps That Will Turn You Into an Expert Public Speaker , 2016.
Business Insider: These 5 Harvard Business School students built an app to help you sound more confident when you speak , 2016.
USA Today: Two new iOS apps aim to replace an expensive in-person speech coach , 2016.
BostInno: Startup Lockdown is a Spring Break Student Accelerator , 2016.
VentureFizz HBS Students Give Up Spring Break to Lock in Startup Concepts , 2016.
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