Stanford Medicine's Consumer Health Summit Highlights Next Wave of Healthcare Innovation

The inaugural event brought together leaders in consumer health tech, wearables, diagnostics, and more to discuss the future of the $400 billion industry.

Mar. 10, 2026 at 6:33pm

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Stanford University's first Consumer Health Summit drew over 400 attendees, featuring executives from top consumer health companies like Oura, WHOOP, and Noom, as well as leading investors, to discuss the most pressing issues facing the $400 billion consumer health industry. Key themes included translating data into behavior change, earning regulatory trust, building community at scale, and making prevention a sound business case.

Why it matters

The summit highlighted how consumer health is at an inflection point, with capital, technology, policy, and culture converging. As more than 50% of Americans now use wearables and at-home diagnostics, the industry is shifting beyond just data collection towards building the infrastructure for sustained behavior change and better health outcomes.

The details

The summit convened executives from leading consumer health companies alongside top investors to address issues like translating fragmented health data into meaningful insights, building community-driven behavior change, and scaling preventative healthcare solutions beyond just hospitals and clinics. Speakers outlined how the industry's next frontier is creating a connected "Health OS" that drives real, lasting behavior change, going beyond just data collection.

  • The inaugural Consumer Health Summit took place on March 10, 2026 at Stanford University.

The players

Zach Teiger

The founder of the Consumer Health Summit, who aims to establish Stanford as a hub for consumer health innovation.

Dr. Ricky Bloomfield

The Chief Medical Officer at Oura, who spoke about the importance of behavior change beyond just data.

Pranitha Patil

The Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Function Health, a top self-pay diagnostic company focused on expanding women's health offerings.

Andrea Corleto

The founder and CEO of Lyv Health, a virtual clinic that combines data, AI, and human support to provide personalized, proactive healthcare.

Carolina Reis Oliveira

The Co-Founder and CEO of OneSkin, a biotech company pioneering clinically-validated consumer skincare and longevity products.

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What they’re saying

“With the inaugural Consumer Health Summit, Stanford University is establishing itself as a hub for consumer health innovation. It's a meeting of some of the greatest minds in the space, and we'll get to hear how they are redefining and creating the future of health.”

— Zach Teiger, Conference Founder

“Data is everywhere, but meaning is missing.”

— Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer, Oura

“Behavior change is real. The information arms you with the ability to make a choice. We don't want you to be in a clinic; we want you to be at home enjoying your lives.”

— Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer, Oura

“Even though we incorporate AI, I actually think the human layer becomes really valuable, because first, you gather the data, then you need to interpret it, actually do something about it, and try to stick to it.”

— Andrea Corleto, Founder and CEO, Lyv Health

“At OneSkin, we go through a series of steps before a product every comes out. First we validate the ingredient and then we combine a mix of other ingredients that are are proven to improve your skin in other areas like hydration, antioxidants, decreasing inflammation and skin barrier. Then we run clinical studies. Only if we have positive clinical studies do we then create a product for the consumer.”

— Carolina Reis Oliveira, Co-Founder and CEO, OneSkin

What’s next

The Consumer Health Summit plans to return for a second year, with the big question remaining on how these innovative technologies, leaders and researchers can intersect with legislature, community organizations and the everyday consumer to bring preventative healthcare to the masses.

The takeaway

The Consumer Health Summit highlighted how the $400 billion consumer health industry is at a pivotal moment, with data, diagnostics, and technology converging to enable new models of preventative, personalized healthcare. However, the industry still faces challenges in translating data into sustained behavior change and expanding access to these innovations beyond just the wealthy and tech-savvy.