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Design
#innovative-designAbout
The design vertical, launched in 2024-25, focuses on design thinking applied to healthcare: UX for clinical tools, service design for care delivery, and visual communication for medical education. The team partners with Medical Devices on hardware UX and contributes to MDplus's own brand and communication work.
Other communities
Most members are in more than one.
AI & Data Science
The largest and most active MD+ vertical — structured tutorials, Datathon, Journal Club, and Catalyst for clinicians who want to build with AI.
Venture Capital
Fellowship pipelines, investor introductions, and the resources to actually break into healthtech VC.
Biotech
Drug discovery, therapeutics investing, and physician pathways into biotech.
Consulting
Mentorship and resources for clinicians building careers in consulting, life sciences, and healthcare strategy.
Health Policy
Op-ed writing groups, expert speakers, and workshops to make health policy approachable.
Medical Devices
Device development, FDA pathways, and hardware for clinical environments.
Research (MD+ Labs)
A research collaboration platform: post a project, find collaborators, ship a paper.