2026 priorities: scaling institutes and AI

In this episode, Vineet Gupta, PhD, FASN, Vice President of the Office of Innovation and Commercialization and CEO of Medical Branch Innovations at The University of Texas Medical Branch, discusses embedding innovation as a fourth pillar alongside clinical care, research, and education. He shares how strategic focus areas such as brain health, kidney health, healthy aging, and AI driven solutions are advancing commercialization, public private partnerships, and systemwide transformation.