Navigenics has a strong showing on Health Spottr’s Future Health 100 list. Health Spottr is a new media publishing company devoted to covering the latest in health care innovation and the top players in health care. Among its new list of 100 influential health care providers, investors, innovators and executives are Navigenics leaders Dr. Jonathan “Jack” Lord and Dr. David Agus.
Dr. Jack Lord, CEO of Navigenics, is featured at number 19 for his commitment to quality improvement in health care. Dr. Lord discusses the importance of Navigenics’ genetic testing services in the future of health care. “These are all progressions on the same basic track of getting people to a place of sovereignty over their healthcare—putting them on the same level as their doctors in the decision-making. Navigenics represents the next step. We provide people with a science-based view of their future risks, then give them resources to understand how they might impact those risks.”
Dr. David Agus, Navigenics’ co-founder, is highlighted for his leadership and innovation in the field of personal genomics. Targeted medicine is his specialty in his work as an oncologist at the USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine and the USC Westside Prostate Cancer Center. Agus is on the “hunt for biomarkers,” Health Spottr points out, and receives an overall stunning review for his support and use of technology in health care innovation to “cut costs and improve efficacy” in medicine. Health Spottr includes some noteworthy links to Dr. Agus’ blog entry on Faster Cures as well as his discussion of personal genomics and Navigenics on Charlie Rose.
Dr. Eric Topol, a lead investigator from the Scripps Translational Science Institute, also makes the cut for his genomics impact trial. Dr. Topol is using a $20 million grant from the NIH to enroll 10,000 participants in the Navigenics genetic testing services and track their behavior modification based on their results.
Additionally, two of Navigenics’ board members, David Brailer and Brook Byers, are also on the list. Brailer is the “first national leader to show the importance of health information technology to healthcare reform” while Byers is noted as the “godfather” of personalized medicine.
Mens Health Nov 16, 2009
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