Duke Business Behind Health Conference 2026: The New Health Order

Our team founded DBBH last year after noticing a gap at Duke; there were many clubs focused on business and many clubs focused on pre-health, but none focused on the intersection of the two and the breadth of careers you can pursue within the healthcare economy. To address this, we launched the 2025 Business Behind Health Conference, where we had speakers such as Dr. Lisa Carnell, the Director of NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division, alongside leaders in holistic health, healthcare innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Our 2026 conference theme: The New Health Order, goes beyond presenting established paths to students. In addition to exploring careers in biotech, consulting, and venture capital, we encourage students to ask, “How is the business of healthcare being revolutionized right now?” and “Where can we innovate?”

The New Health Order prepares students for an age where the fundamentals of health economics—who pays, who profits, who gets access—are being entirely transformed by new technologies, global challenges, and social movements. Students who understand this will be the leaders who shape what comes next.

Featured Speakers
Ricky Bloomfield — CMO of ŌURA Ring, Clinical & Health Informatics Lead at Apple for 8+ years
Mark McClellan — Former FDA Commissioner and CMS Administrator, now Director of Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Gregg Renfrew — Founder of Beautycounter, scaled to a ~$1B valuation and acquired by Carlyle, now relaunched as Counter
Jim Sinclair — Managing Director at Goldman Sachs covering healthcare services and technology
Neha Krishnamohan — CFO of Artiva Biotherapeutics, formerly Goldman Sachs healthcare banking

300-400 students and 50+ alumni
We already have all 50 alumni confirmed, with notable alumni from Google, Apple, KPMG, Pfizer, Novartis, IQVIA, CVS, Lilly, Medtronic, Intuitive, and Labcorp

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