Sage was founded in 2009 out of a sense of outrage and disbelief about the selfish, non-diverse, outdated practices that are sanctioned in biomedical research in the early 21st century – especially in academia. Coining now well-used phrases such as the “Medical Industrial Complex”, Sage shone a light on these strange practices and then developed solutions for a new way of doing science. We developed novel incentives with governance structures coupled to technology platforms fueled by a willingness to foster collective intelligence between colleagues and rivals.
Our Founders: Stephen Friend and Eric Schadt
Here are some video highlights from our formative years:
- Computing Solutions for Big Data: Eric Schadt 2010
- True Crowd Sourcing of Medicine- Activating All of Us: TEDx – Stephen Friend 2011
- Seamless Astronomy: How astronomers share, explore & discover: Alyssa Goodman 2011
- Building Science by Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Mike Kellen 2012
- Choose your monopolies: John Wilbanks 2012
- Corruption of Denial: Stephen Friend 2012
- Beyond Guilds of Experts: Stephen Friend 2014
- Open Systems that engage participants and accelerate health research: Lara Mangravite 2017
- Open Science and the Role of Common Evidence – Sage’s 10 year anniversary: Lara Mangravite 2019