HEALTH
The Aronin Family Foundation funds transformative healthcare projects which seek to increase well-being and bring hope to those who need relief from rare and catastrophic medical conditions.
INITIATIVES
Healthcare Entrepreneurs
Technology-savvy entrepreneurs are catalysts for improvements in healthcare quality, speed and cost-efficiency.
The Aronin Family Foundation supports programs which attract and enable entrepreneurs to solve healthcare problems. We are particularly interested in collaborative incubator programs which encourage entrepreneurs to apply technology and data integration to: prevent illness, improve sick-care decision making, and reduce system cost.
ADVANCING MEDICAL SCIENCE
The Aronin Family Foundation supports health charities which select and fund translational research and late-stage clinical trials of groundbreaking therapies.
Our focus is the development of techniques and technologies which could be broadly applicable across multiple diseases. Our current scientific interest areas include gene editing, combination therapies for spectrum disorders, and the application of artificial intelligence to diagnosis.
RARE DISEASES
There are over 6,000 diseases without an FDA-approved treatment. Many of these debilitating medical conditions are rare. As a result, recruitment for clinical trials can be difficult; statistically-valid evidence to guide therapies is typically scarce; and very few expert centers are available for diagnosis, disease management, and research.
The Aronin Family Foundation offers hope to patients dealing with rare medical conditions by supporting patient organizations. These patient groups advocate for research attention, host support forums, and educate the public.
Grantee Highlight
MATTER
As founder and co-chairman of MATTER, Jeff Aronin has led one of Chicago’s most remarkable venture innovation successes, with over 200 healthcare companies founded and grown over the past five years.
MATTER’s mission is to do something that matters by accelerating the development of technologies that solve the right healthcare problems in the right ways.
MATTER is mobilizing a community of healthcare innovators who aspire to heroic change — by bringing together health systems, industry executives, entrepreneurs and investors to learn, connect and collaborate.
As a leading corporate-innovation accelerator, MATTER helps startups at all stages of growth to solve fundamental healthcare problems and innovate faster.
The Aronin Family Foundation supports MATTER’s programming, including:
- a curriculum purpose-built for healthcare innovators
- mentors-in-residence who’ve built healthcare businesses and have deep expertise in healthcare, technology, and entrepreneurship
- inspirational keynotes, fireside chats, and panels
- access to innovators from across the healthcare ecosystem including pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and health IT companies; venture capitalists; health systems and hospitals; payers; scientists; and physicians
Grantee Highlight
MATTER
As founder and co-chairman of MATTER, Jeff Aronin has led one of Chicago’s most remarkable venture innovation successes, with over 200 healthcare companies founded and grown over the past five years.
As founder and co-chairman of MATTER, Jeff Aronin has led one of Chicago’s most remarkable venture innovation successes, with over 200 healthcare companies founded and grown over the past five years.
MATTER’s mission is to do something that matters by accelerating the development of technologies that solve the right healthcare problems in the right ways.
MATTER is mobilizing a community of healthcare innovators who aspire to heroic change — by bringing together health systems, industry executives, entrepreneurs and investors to learn, connect and collaborate.
As a corporate innovation accelerator, MATTER helps startups at all stages of growth to solve fundamental healthcare problems and innovate faster.
The Aronin Family Foundation supports MATTER’s programming, including:
- a curriculum purpose-built for healthcare innovators
- mentors-in-residence who’ve built healthcare businesses and have deep expertise in healthcare, technology, and entrepreneurship
- inspirational keynotes, fireside chats, and panels
- access to innovators from across the healthcare ecosystem including pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and health IT companies; venture capitalists; health systems and hospitals; payers; scientists; and physicians