John Brownstein, PhD, is the Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is a global leader in HCIT and, in particular, the emerging fields of informatics and big data analytics. He runs a 50-person multi-disciplinary team focused on digital innovations that span clinicians and consumers. His group is supported by a multi-million dollar budget including grants from NIH, USAID, DoD, IARPA, CDC, Google, Skoll and Gates Foundation. His work has pioneered ‘digital epidemiology’- utilizing diverse digital data sources to understand population health. His work is published in over 150 peer-reviewed papers, all focused on new methods and applications in digital health. This work was recognized by the White House with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
John Brownstein, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer
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He also leads the development of several novel patient facing public health systems, including HealthMap, Vaccine Finder and MedWatcher. The systems are considered premier global public health tools in use by millions of patients each year and endorsed by numerous public health agencies including CDC, WHO, DHS, DOD, HHS, and EU, and has been recognized by the National Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. In addition to research achievements, this translational impact comes from playing an advisory role to numerous agencies on real-time public health surveillance including HHS, DHS, CDC, IOM, WHO and the White House.
Dr. Brownstein is a successful entrepreneur having developed new technologies, started multiple companies and outlicensed technologies. John has extensive experience establishing industry/academic partnerships, including work with Google, Twitter and Uber. As a long time (11 years) BCH employee, he is familiar with BCH and the many talented doctors, nurses and scientists here who serve as the core of our innovation engine.
Jennifer Magaziner, MBA, MPH
VP, Digital Health
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Jen Magaziner, MBA, MPH, is the Vice President for Digital Health at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she works with leaders across the enterprise to drive digital strategy and transformation. She co-leads the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) with John Brownstein, Chief Innovation Officer, and oversees a growing portfolio of patient and care team-facing digital health offerings. Prior to her time in IDHA, Jen served as the Director of National Strategy for the enterprise.
Previously Jen worked across the healthcare sector as a consultant within PwC’s Healthcare Advisory where she focused on payer/provider M&A and the design and deployment of supporting novel care and payment models. Jen has also spent time at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Public Health Solutions.
Jen began her career in global health at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), where she partnered with in-country teams on programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This work sparked a passion for challenging traditional care models and enabling more equitable access to health services.