Working at the intersection of tech, health and everyday life. Co-founder @building_h. I’m @stephenjdowns on Threads.
Princeton, NJ
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Please vote for our #SOCAPOpen session! Well be discussing how the ‘H” of health fits into ESG and socially responsible investing. Shouldn’t companies whose products promote health be prioritized over companies whose don’t? Vote here: bit.ly/41ZR97W
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I’m really excited for the Building Connected Communities on October 12-14. Registration for the virtual event is still available: eventbrite.com/e/building-co… #BuildConnection #ConnectedCommunities #BCC2023
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Looking forward to the Global Scientific Conference on Human Flourishing, put on by @TempletonWorld. Starts tomorrow -- humanflourishing.org.
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The Jetsons anticipated (or inspired) iPhones, Roombas, Siri, Zoom, Peloton and more. In some cases the inspiration was quite literal.
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getting ready to take the stage at #SBM2022 (2:00, Johnson) to talk about the #BuildingHIndex and the origins of @building_h …
The 2022 Building H Index is out today! Ranking 37 of America’s best known companies on how their products affect human health, every day. Great story in @FastCompany by @Adele_Peters. But: What is this and why did we do this? Good question… 1/7 fastcompany.com/90738739/som…
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Hey @Runkeeper — I love you, I really do, but let’s maybe rethink the ironic motivational messaging, ok?
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New workout buddy: this little guy landed on my shirt just as I started my run and hung on for the duration. #BroodX
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Here you go. (It’s all about the audio). Honestly it’s a good (and short-lived) distraction. They’re such a marvel.
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So excited to be joined by @elatable for a conversation on how we can build health into everyday life at @UCIbrenICS on Monday. It will be an interdisciplinary conversation, so hoping to see a good mix from comp sci, engineering, public health, social sciences...
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I was honored to give a keynote at @hxdconf last month, on how we can use tech to design everyday life to be healthier. The video’s now up: youtu.be/kDDQVIZtnK8
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Great quote posted at the @iftf office in @vanessamason‘s talk on power and the future of health at #HXD2019
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Great crowd for the creative tensions exercise on designing for health, led by @IDEOorg’s Ben Chase #inserthealth #SXSW2019
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Great to share the stage w/ Daphne Larose if @NianticLabs, Jake Swanton of @Lyft and Jocelyn Wyatt of @IDEOorg to discuss how we can build health as a core value in tech #inserthealth #SXSW2019
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.@tgoetz explaining how to analyze the root causes of a health problem, using technique of asking “why” 5 times #inserthealth #SXSW2019
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“it takes a tremendous amount of rigging” to ensure that half our people have seen no economic benefit in decades. @AnandWrites in conversation with @DrRichBesser at @RWJF
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Imagine trying to work this with poor eyesight, mild cognitive impairment, or arthritic fingers (the buttons need to be pushed very firmly). Of course those conditions probably rare in hospitals.
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.@RWJF honored the great work of @TonySanneh and the @Sannehfdn today at the #RWJFSportsAward event. And I got to reminisce about the @dcunited glory days of ‘96 and ‘97. Thanks Tony for your play back then and your work today.
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Bringing a designer’s perspective to the growing movement of purpose-driven businesses (@NewCo), with some great holistic health thinking from @AmyCueva youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-X6lFh… via @youtube
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My first time on the @cornell_tech campus. Looking forward to getting challenged by the students here as we discuss building health into the OS #healthinOS
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One of the real pleasures of #SXSW18 was getting to meet a great group of @RWJF Culture of Health Leaders @CultureofHlthLd: Sonia Sarkar @sarsonia, Jean Fitzgerald-Mutchie @jmutchie, Jeremy Moore @poorpeeps and Kent Key @DrKentDKey at the Michigan House
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Darel Ross, Amanda High, Jeremy Moore and Deborah Furr-Holden @cdmholden kick off panel on strategies for neighborhood health in Michigan #SXSW18
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huge thanks to @KBDeSalvo @nchim @rypan and @tgoetz for putting on a terrific panel not once but twice! #defaulthealth #SXSW18
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.@nchim notes we’re in a tech backlash and companies need to think about their responsibilities. At @sidewalklabs, they think about how to improve people’s lives.
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.@tgoetz kicks off the #default=health panel w/ @KBDeSalvo from @DellMedSchool, @nchim from @sidewalklabs & @rypan from @kpcb #SXSW2018
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Good stuff from @kimbbellard — “Everything In Healthcare Is Design” tincture.io/everything-in-he…
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Poll shows sweeping effects of discrimination across American life. I’m all in to #PromoteHealthEquity. thndr.me/q4scS2
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. @joyclee nails it in this excellent piece “Creating a Culture of Health” - building something into the OS starts with truly valuing it tincture.io/creating-a-cultu…
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Loved The Nature Fix by @flowill, a tour through many benefits of being out in nature. Reinforces my slow hunch that one key to health is acting like humans.
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great thinking in this piece “Patients are a Design Problem” by @kimbbellard tincture.io/patients-are-a-d…
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I like this thinking. Stop blaming the users and take “non-adherence” as feedback on the design. #TEDMED
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Really liked this systems view on health - “Designing the future of health” by @jenny_comiskey medium.com/@jenny_comiskey/d…
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How can tech make the Default=Health? Pls vote for (and share) our #SXSW18 panel panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/71…
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How can tech make the Default=Health? Pls vote for (and share) our #SXSW18 panel panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/71…
How can tech make the Default=Health? Pls vote (and share) our #SXSW18 panel panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/71…
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Please vote now for our #SXSW panel on how we can design tech to help deliver better health bit.ly/SXSWDefaultHealth #panelpicker
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Data generates support. Support is medicine. Great lesson from @stevenkeating #SpotlightHealth
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