Our Team: Health Strategy Innovation Cell

Innovation Cell Fellows-at-Large

Imagine if the healthcare system were run by 6.8 billion people.

Fulisha Mobeen, Innovation and Marketing Manager

Fulisha Mobeen is the Innovation and Marketing Manager at the Health Strategy Innovation Cell. Fulisha champions the well-being of people in her community, especially children. She is a program administrator and business planner for an award-winning not-for-profit after-school program in Mississauga, Ont. where she tutors and mentors at-risk youth. She also has an interest in the spirit of people across the globe, participating on a build for Habitat for Humanity in Kenya, where she worked with a team to build homes for underprivileged families. Travelling to experience other cultures and new ways of life is one of her passions, as she has visited many countries across North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Africa. Fulisha is a recent graduate from Ryerson University, earning a Bachelor of Commerce with a focus on Enterprise Development and Management, and International Business. Fulisha believes in the importance of taking risk in the pursuit of innovation.

Alton Ing, Director of Simplicity

Alton Ing is Director of Simplicity at the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, based at Massey College, University of Toronto. Alton has over 20 years of experience working within the areas of design, management, operations and strategy. During his career, he has assisted retail, manufacturing, automotive, and electronics companies to develop technology-based, process-driven collaborative solutions. Alton was a founding director of vLinx Inc, serving as VP of Information Techology and Director of IT Operations, leading the company through its start-up phase. He has acted as SAP Consultant to ICBC implementing provincial wide enterprise solutions. As an application consultant for DuPont Canada, Alton launched their first collaborative web-based applications suite world-wide. Alton acted as Product Engineer for Safety Products at Ford Motor Company, mentoring TQCM, Six-Sigma and ISO9000 initiatives. As Senior Project Power Engineer for Tectrol Inc, he has led design and manufacturing teams, developing biomedical and telecom products. Alton holds a BaSc in Electrical Engineering and a MaSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Carlos Rizo, Chief Imagineer

Carlos Rizo is Chief Imagineer of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, based at Massey College, University of Toronto. He is a patient by accident, a physician by training and a life-long learner currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at the Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, examining success' and 'failure of Health Information Systems. Carlos is a former fellow on eHealth and Innovation at the University Health Network's Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, and on Consumer Health Informatics at the Patient Education Network, Princess Margaret Hospital. Carlos has written on medical peer-reviewed journals, blogs on disruptive innovations and patient advocacy and micro-blogs about healthcare innovation, randomness, and life on Twitter and Facebook.

Neil Seeman, Director and Primary Investigator

Neil Seeman is CEO of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell. He has authored over 800 essays, editorials, and journal articles. Neil is the co-author of four books, including Better Medicine: Reforming Canadian Health Care, Psyche in the Lab, and Psychosis: Discovery of the Antipsychotic Receptor. A founding editorial board member of the National Post, his latest book is XXL:Obesity and the Limits of Shame (University of Toronto Press)] . His writing and research focus on patient-led change, policies to nudge commercial innovation in healthcare, healthcare governance, mental health policy and information transparency. His research publications have appeared in a wide variety of journals, including Healthcare Papers, Synapse, the Journal of Affective Disorders, the Journal of Addiction and Mental Health, Policy Options, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the Journal of Participatory Medicine, Healthcare Management Review, Healthcare Quarterly, and Electronic Healthcare. He is a regular contributor to national and international media and is a weekly essayist for His research publications appear in a variety of journals, including Policy Options, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Papers, Queen's Quarterly, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Healthcare Management Review, Healthcare Quarterly, and Electronic Healthcare. He is a regular contributor to national and international media and is a weekly essayist for Longwoods Publishing. His research and ideas have been cited in media around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, MSN, Business Week, CNBC, Maclean's, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Washington Post, the CBC, the Toronto Star, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. He has been a Research Associate for the Hospital Report Research Collaborative at the University of Toronto Medical Faculty, a Donner Canadian Foundation-funded researcher, a lawyer for non-profits, an advisor to global Web-based health technology companies, and a Research lead in 'health 2.0' at IBM, where he consulted to governments, health regions and hospitals around the world. He also teaches health services management and health law at Ryerson University . In a Cell collaboration with The Change Foundation, Neil was Research Lead for the "Using Online Dialogue to Drive Health-care Improvement Project". He is also part of a new collaborative research team studying patient engagement practices in Canada and around the world, funded by The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, the Health Council of Canada and the Max Bell Foundation.

If you want to find out more, Google him or type in his name into the MIT Media Lab's Personas project. A Senior Resident in health system innovation at Massey Collegein the University of Toronto, Neil holds degrees from Queen's University (BA), the University of Toronto (JD) and Harvard University (MPH). He has been listed in the Canadian Who's Who (Univ. of Toronto Press) since 2002 for his contributions to public policy. He has co-founded several companies, including Clera Inc., and the RIWI Corporation. He has been a pre-IPO investor in game-changing Web companies, including J2 Communications (NASDAQ: JCOM). Neil is a member of the Patients' Association of Canada and a new board member of the Canadian Obesity Network. He advises healthcare companies, Foundations and non-profits around the world. TVO's "Allan Gregg in Conversation" has identified Neil as among "the world's foremost thinkers on social, cultural, political and economic issues." Neil has a passionate interest in perceptions of failure, the myths of entrepreneurship and leadership, and is an application judge for The Next 36, Canada's entrepreneurial leadership initiative.