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Tristan Hunt

Tristan Hunt

Physician‑operator and investor focused on health technology and commercialization

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New York, New York
Joined October 2025

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Summary

Physician turned health‑tech operator and investor: Tristan combines clinical training (MD) with strategy and operating experience to build and scale health technology ventures — spanning senior operating roles (Roivant Health COO), strategy and pandemic response leadership at BCG, and now investing and operating with Bedford Bridge / Averin. averincapital+2
Commercialization and university engagement: He advises academic inventors and early‑stage teams as an Executive in Residence at Columbia Technology Ventures and as an XIR with Digitalis Commons (supporting ARPA‑H), reflecting a focus on translating research into products and partnerships between academia and industry. columbia+1
Public‑private and pandemic response leadership: At BCG he co‑led the Central Covid Response Team and helped create the Global Covid Corps and analytic tools to aid vaccination efforts — demonstrating experience coordinating cross‑sector responses and deploying analytics in public health operations. digitaliscommons+1
Education and early leadership: He completed a B.S. at Notre Dame and an M.D. at Columbia P&S (P&S Class of 2015), and contributed to Columbia’s gross anatomy dissector project as a medical student — evidence of long‑standing engagement with medical education and hands‑on academic projects. columbia+1
Policy and thought leadership: He serves as a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and appears as a speaker on panels addressing health‑technology and public‑private approaches to societal challenges. uschamberfoundation+1

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