Joseph Gaspero is the CEO and Co-Founder of CHI. He is a healthcare executive, strategist, and researcher. He co-founded CHI in 2009 to be an independent, objective, and interdisciplinary research and education institute for healthcare. Joseph leads CHI’s research and education initiatives focusing on including patient-driven healthcare, patient engagement, clinical trials, drug pricing, and other pressing healthcare issues. He sets and executes CHI’s strategy, devises marketing tactics, leads fundraising efforts, and manages CHI’s Management team. Joseph is passionate and committed to making healthcare and our world a better place. His leadership stems from a wide array of experiences, including founding and operating several non-profit and for-profit organizations, serving in the U.S. Air Force in support of 2 foreign wars, and deriving expertise from time spent in industries such as healthcare, financial services, and marketing. Joseph’s skills include strategy, management, entrepreneurship, healthcare, clinical trials, diversity & inclusion, life sciences, research, marketing, and finance. He has lived in six countries, traveled to over 30 more, and speaks 3 languages, all which help him view business strategy through the prism of a global, interconnected 21st century. Joseph has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. When he’s not immersed in his work at CHI, he spends his time snowboarding backcountry, skydiving, mountain biking, volunteering, engaging in MMA, and rock climbing.
In our relentless pursuit of health equity, we often overlook a critical factor that silently shapes the landscape of disparities - sleep. As we embark on this enlightening journey through a series of blog posts, we invite you to consider sleep not just as a personal health matter, but as a profound public health issue intertwined with equity, human rights, and the very fabric of our society.
The Connecting the Dots - Fireside Chat Series will discuss brain health, nutrition, and the health disparities surrounding food insecurity and stroke risk, care, & outcomes. With an intentional focus on recruiting from communities of color and underserved/underresourced populations, the NOURISH Study will serve as a Chicago-based model for the Connecting the Dots series.
This 11-part virtual program series provides an in-depth exploration and review of diversity in clinical trials in the U.S. This educational series also provides best practices, new insights, and novel trends in building a more diverse and inclusive clinical trial ecosystem in the U.S.
