What does it mean to create community-wide partnerships to enhance the health of entire communities? Leaders in Cleveland are evolving forward just one such partnership, the Cleveland Innovation District. The Cleveland Innovation District involves partnership between and among JobsOhio, the Ohio Department of Development, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, The MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland State University, encompassing work that is creating a center of excellence that acts as a catalyst for ongoing investment in Northeast Ohio, including attracting and creating new businesses and talent needed to ensure the state is a leader in the healthcare and IT sectors. Included in that work are increases in investment in biomedical research with commercial promise; the creation of new research, education, IT, and supply chain jobs; targeted increases in enrollment in STEM education; and the development of technologies to enhance support for cancer research. 

Join panelists Michael Goldberg, Executive Director, Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Design and Innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; James Merlino, M.D., Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Cleveland Clinic; Joanne Belovich, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Cleveland State University; Brook Watts, MD, Senior Vice President – Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Community and Public Health at The MetroHealth System; and David Sylvan, President,  University Hospitals Ventures, for this important discussion.