Paving the Path

Dr. Jennifer Schneider is co-founder and CEO of Homeward, a company focused on rearchitecting the delivery of health and care in partnership with communities everywhere, starting in rural America. Having grown up in a small town and being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at a young age, she experienced firsthand the challenges of accessing convenient care that millions of families across rural America deal with everyday. 

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As Sofia Guerra was growing up in Guatemala, her mother was a dentist serving her local community and putting smiles on faces. Now as an Investor with Bessemer Venture Partners, Sofia partners with entrepreneurs who are trying to solve big problems in the world of healthcare. Join Sofia and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss how to overcome financial headwinds and find the right opportunities to build and scale health tech busi...

Talking about the climate crisis is like taking our planet to the doctor for a checkup. Ignoring the symptoms puts our health and well-being at risk and leads to even heftier healthcare bills that we cannot afford to ignore. 

Join Nazish Riaz, Partner at Engagys, and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss the healthcare impacts of the climate crisis and its disproportionate impact on marginalized communities around the globe. 

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Amanda Goltz's path through different industry sectors has brought her to her current role as US Healthcare Lead for Worldwide Public Sector Healthcare Venture Capital and Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Each day, she's driven by the fact that there is seemingly no end to the problems that need to be solved in healthcare. Learn why Amanda says that this is still a tremendous time for digital health even amidst a drawback in ...

Amy Heymans is one of the pioneers of human-centered design, from her early days founding digital design consultancy Mad*Pow, to joining UnitedHealthcare as their Chief Design Officer. In healthcare, human psychology and behavior drive a lot of outcomes. Join Amy and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss what’s possible using human-centered design and related disciplines to design programs that help people change their behavior an...

Andrea Ippolito envisions a world where every parent feels good about feeding their family. Change doesn’t happen overnight and that’s OK, but it’s important to respect the bureaucracy and design with the system. Learn how Andrea’s background in biomechanical engineering helped her understand the complexities of healthcare, and how her experience as Director of the VA Innovators Network at the Department of Veterans Affairs continu...

Emily Gallo didn't always know that she'd be in a key leadership role at one of the largest and most well-respected healthcare organizations in the world. Early in her career, she faced a fork in the road: either move to Colorado to coach high school soccer and teach physics, or move to Boston and try her hand at consulting. She chose the latter, and it has led to a highly satisfying career in healthcare. 

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As Chief Strategy and Digital Officer at Providence, Sara Vaezy leads one of the most well-respected organizations that continues to push the envelope of what’s possible with healthcare digital innovation. Consistently innovating at such a high level requires a keen sense of where healthcare is going and how to develop solutions that will benefit your organization and the consumers, patients, and providers that you serve.

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Naseem Sayani is Co-founder and Managing Director of Emmeline Ventures, a female-founded early stage fund investing in ambitious female founders who are building businesses that are helping women to manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. Join host Shiva Mirhosseini as she chats with Naseem about making strategic investments to change the game and create an ecosystem around female founders. 

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Julie Skaff sees a lot of similarities between her time as a legislative correspondent for the U.S. Senate and her current role as chief operating officer for Viz.ai, an intelligent care coordination platform. In these roles and throughout her career, Julie has followed her desire to address big societal challenges head-on. Join Julie and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss what care coordination can look like with AI and other ...

From her days at athenahealth to her current role as co-founder and chief product officer at Zus Health, Ada Glover has been at the forefront of digital health product management. As patients have more specialized digital choices for their care, it’s important for providers to have access to data, derive meaning from it, and act on it. Join Ada and host Shiva Mirhosseini as they discuss product management’s role in connecting the h...