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t m c » p u l s e | a p r i l 2 0 1 9 2 TMC | PULSE Vol. 6 No. 3 April 2019 President and Chief Executive Officer William F. McKeon Communications Director Ryan Holeywell Pulse Editor Maggie Galehouse mgalehouse@tmc.edu Assistant Editor Cindy George cgeorge@tmc.edu Staff Writers Alexandra Becker Britni R. McAshan Shanley Pierce Photojournalist Cody Duty NEWSROOM 713-791-8812 news@tmc.edu ADVERTISING Felicia Zbranek-Zeitman 713-791-8829 newsads@tmc.edu DISTRIBUTION Wallace Middleton distribution@tmc.edu READ US ONLINE tmc.edu/news FOLLOW US @TXMedCenter @texasmedcenter @thetexasmedicalcenter TMC Pulse is an award-winning monthly publication of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Permission from the editor is required to reprint any material. President's Perspective WILLIAM F. McKEON President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Medical Center Mark Mulligan/© Houston Chronicle. Used with permission. I t's not every day we host royalty here at the Texas Medical Center, so my recent meeting with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark was already something spe- cial. But it wasn't just her title that was impressive. HRH Crown Princess Mary is a leader in health care and innovation in Denmark and, like leaders across the Texas Medical Center, she, too, is committed to advancing discovery in the life sciences. That's why I'm so eager to work with her and the government of Denmark to establish the next Texas Medical Center BioBridge. BioBridges are import- ant partnerships the Texas Medical Center establishes with international collaborators. These partnerships align the startup ecosys- tems of other nations with that of the TMC and accelerate the pace of clinical research by encouraging collaboration between academic researchers here and abroad. In 2016, we established our first BioBridge with Australia; we followed that with a United Kingdom BioBridge in 2018. The TMC Innovation Institute is developing a reputation around the globe as one of the most vibrant life science business acceler- ators, thanks to its strategic location within the world's largest medical city. Foreign partners compete to gain access to the TMC Innovation Institute because it rep- resents the very best setting for companies looking to establish a business base in the United States. More clinical research is conducted in the Texas Medical Center than any other place on Earth. Incredibly, the pace of that research will accelerate as we roll out an artificial intelligence platform that's poised to transform the arduous process of matching patients to clinical trials. What once took months will soon take mere seconds. At our meeting, experts from Denmark and the TMC shared updates on important collaborative projects already underway between Denmark and TMC institutions. HRH Crown Princess Mary was fully knowledgeable about the emerging technology needed to advance health care in both our nations, so I was pleased to receive her invitation to visit Copenhagen later this year to formalize our partnership. Our meeting was further proof that we can always learn from our friends and colleagues around the world in our collective pursuit to advance care. Leading Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark on a tour of the Texas Medical Center.