Joseph Shonkwiler, MD, MBA

Joseph Shonkwiler, MD, MBA

Greater Boston
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Dr. Joe Shonkwiler joined the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as…

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  • Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Graphic

    Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

    Greater Boston

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    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    New York, NY

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    New York, NY

Education

  • MIT Sloan School of Management Graphic

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

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    Activities and Societies: Healthcare Club, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club, Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, Technology Club

    Dean's Fellowship Recipient: awarded scholarship in recognition of academic record, personal achievement, and professional promise.

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    Activities and Societies: Woodrow Wilson School Graduate Consulting Group

    - Member of Princeton's interdisciplinary Global Health Team
    - Consultant with the Woodrow Wilson School's Graduate Consulting Group
    - Obtained certificate in health policy

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    Activities and Societies: Saint Luke Society, Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

    - Founded the Saint Luke Society, the Catholic student association on campus
    - Active member of the Allen Whipple Surgical Society
    - Conducted research into surgical outcomes following treatment of pancreatic cancer

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    Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-medical honor society), Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society), Notre Dame Boxing Team, Varsity Fencing Team

    - Varsity letter winner in fencing as a sabre fencer
    - Boxed in the 2002 and 2003 Bengal Bouts as member of Notre Dame Boxing Team

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    Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Honor Society (http://cumlaudesociety.org)

    Student body president; Captain of varsity football & wrestling teams; Varsity letter winner in football, wrestling, and track & field; Academy Life student newspaper contributor

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business Graphic

    Healthcare Expert, Venture Mentor, & Competition Judge

    University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business

    - Present 6 years 7 months

    I served as healthcare expert, mentor, and judge for the McCloskey New Venture Competition. The McCloskey New Venture Competition focuses on ventures from the University of Notre Dame and the broader South Bend community that have not yet been launched or are at their earliest stages of launch.

  • Columbia University in the City of New York Graphic

    Judge, Columbia Venture Competition

    Columbia University in the City of New York

    - 3 months

    StartupColumbia is a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship and includes the $250,000 Columbia Venture Competition and conference featuring innovators and entrepreneurs examining future solutions to the world's most vexing problems. I was chosen as an alumni judge for the Columbia Venture Competition.

Publications

Projects

  • earlybird-neuroQWERTY

    The motor signs of Parkinson’s disease and some other conditions are subtle and difficult to diagnose objectively, especially early in the disease process when interventions may be particularly effective. Our team realized that the solution for detecting this early decline may be literally at our fingertips… in the daily interactions that each of us has with computers, mobile phones, and tablets. Our team’s advanced computational algorithms can distinguish changes due to motor impairment from…

    The motor signs of Parkinson’s disease and some other conditions are subtle and difficult to diagnose objectively, especially early in the disease process when interventions may be particularly effective. Our team realized that the solution for detecting this early decline may be literally at our fingertips… in the daily interactions that each of us has with computers, mobile phones, and tablets. Our team’s advanced computational algorithms can distinguish changes due to motor impairment from these keyboard tactile interactions. With this, electronic devices could provide informative quantitative measurements, sound the early alert needed for intervention and possibly provide an improved outcome for treatment, or treatment adjustment.

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Honors & Awards

  • 6 MDs Who Quit Clinical Practice and Never Looked Back

    Medscape

    Featured a physician who left clinical practice and successfully transitioned to another career.

    http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/career-relaunch

  • MBA World Summit Participant

    QX-Quarterly Crossing

    Selected as one of the "100 most inspiring MBA students" globally out of an applicant pool over 3000 to attend the annual summit in Barcelona, Spain.

  • Dean's Fellowship Recipient

    MIT Sloan School of Management

    Scholarship awarded to 5% of incoming class in recognition of academic record, personal achievement, and professional promise

  • Featured College of Arts & Letters Alumnus

    University of Notre Dame, College of Arts & Letters

    While serving as an advisor to Senator Portman, I was selected as a featured alumnus of the University of Notre Dame's College of Arts & Letters and interviewed for online publication on the College of Arts & Letters website.

  • Selected as one of 2013's Emerging Healthcare Leaders

    POLITICO

    I was selected by POLITICO as one of Washington's emerging health policy leaders, and took part in an interactive event that was live cast on POLITICO's website in October 2013.

  • Alfred M. Markowitz Endowment for Scholars Award

    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    Awarded by faculty of the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons for dedication to patient care, teaching, and scholarship.

  • Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society

    Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

    I was selected for membership in the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society. The Gold Humanism Honor Society honors medical students, residents, role-model physician teachers and other exemplars recognized for demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service.

  • Alpha Epsilon Delta

    University of Notre Dame

    U.S. health preprofessional honor society

  • Sigma Tau Delta

    University of Notre Dame

    International collegiate honor society for students of English

  • College of Arts & Letters Dean's List

    University of Notre Dame

Test Scores

  • USMLE Steps 1, 2 (CK & CS), and 3

    Score: Passed

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