Empowered Patient Podcast

Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda. This show offers a glimpse into the latest innovations in applying generative AI, novel therapeutics and vaccines, and the evolving dynamics in the medical and healthcare landscape. One focus is on how providers, pharmaceutical companies, and payers are empowering patients. In addition, conversations often focus on how technology is empowering providers, care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and payers to improve patient outcomes and reduce friction across the healthcare landscape. Popular Topics Include: Virtual and digital health Use of AI, ML, and robots for clinical and administrative purposes Value-based healthcare Precision and stratified medicine Next-generation immuno, cell, and gene therapies Vaccines for infectious diseases and oncology Biomarkers and diagnostics Rare diseases MedTech and medical devices Clinical trials Population health Chronic conditions l Clinician and staff burnout Smart hospitals The audience includes life science leaders, researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, digital health entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, healthcare solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

Ovarian Cancer Patients Get Support For Physical and Emotional Health with Marina Baroff Steps Through OC

Apr 28, 2019

Marina Baroff, Senior Director, Service Innovation at Steps Through OC shines a light on the need to provide physical as well as emotional support to women living with ovarian cancer and their caregivers. Marina talks about this new program of The Clearity Foundation with seed funding provided by the Susan Poorman...

Organ Self-Repair from Injury and Disease with Dr. Jay Venkatesan Angion

Apr 22, 2019

Dr. Jay Venkatesan, CEO, Angion, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, discusses the company's work in organ self-repair and their initial focus in the nephrology space. The company's lead candidate ANG-3777 is a small molecule that mimics a protein to stimulate this self-repair and regeneration following injury....

Advantages of Liquid Biopsy Test for Lung Cancer with William Annett OncoCyte

Apr 15, 2019

William Annett, CEO, OncoCyte discusses the exciting work the company is doing in the liquid biopsy space. They have developed DetermaVu™ a liquid biopsy test for lung cancer, which studies show has the potential to detect the absence of cancer by analyzing a simple blood sample. This technique allows individuals...

Drug Moves From Antiviral to Treating Inflammatory Diseases with Dr. Hartmut Ehrlich Abivax

Apr 8, 2019

Dr. Hartmut Ehrlich, CEO of Abivax discusses the exciting new progress that this French biotechnology company has observed in clinical trials of their most advanced clinical drug candidate, ABX464. Originally designed to treat HIV by reducing the viral reservoir, Abivax determined the molecule could also be...

Fighting for Disability Rights with Anna Landre Patient Advocate

Apr 1, 2019

Anna Landre is a Georgetown University sophomore who has a rare disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and is a wheelchair user. In addition to being a full time student, Anna serves as Commissioner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission where she advocates for people with disabilities and to improve accessibility on...