Mike strongly advocated for using "big data" to more quickly accelerate medical research and to empower patients to have more control over sharing their personal medical information during a discussion at the 7th annual Partnering for Cures conference in New York. The panel, moderated by Financial Times' Gillian Tett (center), also included Stephen Friend, president, Sage Bionetworks; Dr. Brian Druker, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute; Linda Avey, co-Founder and CEO, We Are Curious, Inc.; and Ben Heywood, co-founder and President, PatientsLikeMe.