Margaret Cartiera

Margaret is innovation director for Yale’s Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology and YNHH’s Center for Healthcare Innovation. Prior to joining the Yale community, she spent several years building early-stage ventures in the biotech, digital, and medtech sectors and worked as an investor leading Connecticut’s $200M Bioscience Innovation Fund. Margaret is passionate about making impactful ideas a reality. She offers innovators practical advice across start-up operations, team building, funding, strategic partnerships, and milestone execution.