Aaron Hopkins is a healthcare innovation and business development leader with nearly a decade of experience across healthcare verticals, including biopharma, health systems, retail pharmacy, and digital health investing. He currently serves as Senior Manager on Sanofi’s Digital Strategic Partnerships & Transactions team, where he leads AI-enabled partnerships, digital licensing, co-development, and equity investment deals that advance healthcare transformation. Previously, Aaron held leadership roles at Novo Nordisk’s Digital Innovation Hub, where he launched and scaled consumer engagement partnerships and platforms supporting chronic disease management. Earlier in his career, he drove market development, product strategy, and enterprise partnership initiatives across Walgreens and Mount Sinai Health System, working at the intersection of care delivery, consumer health, and operational transformation. In parallel, Aaron is an active angel investor and strategic advisor to early-stage healthcare companies, with a focus on digital health, health equity, and care delivery innovation. He previously served as an Instructor in the UPenn MHCI program, where he taught Addressing Challenges. Aaron holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Michigan and brings a practitioner’s perspective to his teaching and advisory work, bridging operations, strategy, transactions, and real-world execution in healthcare innovation.