Real: Health Innovation—Bringing Focus to the Future

Mar 29, 2022

In March 2022 Real Chemistry celebrated its 12th year at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In addition to the excitement that came from returning to in-person programming, health care played a more important role than ever before at the conference. As leaders in global health innovation, we were honored to bring together innovators, industry leaders, and media to bring focus to the future of health care. 

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Real Chemistry Events Team

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Watch our SXSW Health & MedTech official panels, featuring partners and clients, including Real Chemistry CEO, Shankar Narayanan, and Chief Global Inclusion & Health Equity Officer, Mary Stutts.

Going Beyond Clinical Trials to Advance Health Equity

  • Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, President, Clinical Studies Platforms, Verily

  • Christopher Cross, PhD, Managing Director & Founder, Cross River Strategies

  • Charlotte Owens, MD, VP, Head of the Center for Health Equity and Patient Affairs, Takeda

  • Mary Stutts, Global Inclusion & Health Equity Officer, Real Chemistry (moderator)

Digital Acceleration + the Tech-Enabled Patient

  • Maimah Karmo, Founder & CEO, Tigerlily Foundation

  • Shankar Narayanan, Chief Executive Officer, Real Chemistry

  • Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, SVP, Chief Medical Officer, Salesforce

  • Steve Madden, GM, Haymarket Business Media Group, Haymarket Media US (moderator)


We continued the tradition of The Real Chemistry Health Care Media Lounge, this year listed as an official event on the SXSW website, convening health care’s leading innovators to discuss the issues driving our industry forward. 

Watch all sessions HERE.


Real Chemistry also partnered with The Female Quotient, a female-led company that works to advance equality in the workplace by tackling key issues. Real Chemistry held two engaging panels in their Equality Lounge featuring Real Chemistry Global President, Jennifer Gottlieb and Chief Global Inclusion & Health Equity Officer, Mary Stutts, in conversations about breaking down barriers for women and health equity, respectively.

Talking Taboo—Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable to Break Down Barriers for Women

  • Jennifer Gottlieb, Global President, Real Chemistry

  • Wendy Lund, Chief Communications Officer, Organon

  • Amber Coleman-Mortley, Director of Program Development/Partnerships, The Female Quotient (moderator)

Health Equity—From a Moment to a Movement

  • Cherié Butts, PhD, Medical Director, Therapeutics Development Unit, Biogen

  • Mary Stutts, Global Inclusion & Health Equity Officer, Real Chemistry

  • Shelley Zalis, GM, Chief Executive Officer, The Female Quotient (moderator)

Follow all the conversation by reviewing #RealChemSXSW and if you or your company are interested in learning more about how Real Chemistry is driving global health innovation, please contact us.


Going Beyond Clinical Trials to Advance Health Equity

Digital Acceleration + the Tech Enabled Patient

Talking Taboo—Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable to Break Down Barriers for Women

Health Equity—From a Moment to a Movement