Howie is joined by guest host Megan Ranney, dean of the the Yale School of Public Health, for a live episode recorded at the Yale Innovation Summit, featuring conversations with five innovators at the intersection of healthcare, public health, and entrepreneurship.

Jaya Dadwal, a recent graduate of the School of Public Health and founder of forEVA Health, focused on raising healthcare standards for the female body

Monique Rainford, a Yale School of Medicine ob-gyn and founder of Enrich Health, focused on addressing disparities in maternal health

Kimberley Steele, a bariatric surgeon and program director at the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Yusuf Ransome, a faculty member at the School of Public Health and founder of Soul Health, a faith tech solution focused on addressing the mental wellbeing of the "missing middle"

Janani Ramaswamy, head of IP and licensing services at Yale Ventures

Show notes:

The Yale Innovation Summit

Yale Innovation Summit 2026

Yale Ventures

Jaya Dadwal

forEVA

FDA: Essure Permanent Birth Control

"Problems Reported with Essure"

Jennifer McFadden

"Women's Health Strategy for England" A UK government report including the finding that 84% of women report that their voices have not been listened to in the healthcare system.

Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS)

Monique Rainford

Megan Ranney and Monique Rainford: "Opinion: Over-the-counter birth control pill could make a huge difference"

Enrich Health

Monique Rainford: Pregnant While Black: Advancing Justice for Maternal Health in America

Sejal Hathi: "Nine Months of Medical Attention. Then Almost Nothing"

Kimberley Steele

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Lymphatic System: Function, Conditions & Disorders

ARPA-H: Lymphatic Imaging, Genomics, and Phenotyping Technologies (LIGHT)

ARPA-H: Groundbreaking Lymphatic Interventions and Drug Explorations (GLIDE)

"GLIDE set to prevent and cure human disease by targeting the lymphatic system"

Yusuf Ransome

Yusuf Ransome on LinkedIn: "The hardest part of building a solution is when your own family depends on it"

SOCAH Lab

Pew Research: "Spirituality Among Americans"

Janani Ramaswamy

"Arvinas Announces FDA Approval of VEPPANU (vepdegestrant) for the Treatment of ESR1m, ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer"

Arvinas

Yale Ventures: Accelerators, Programs, and Innovation Centers

HealthTech Works

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