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EP 51: Designing Medical Technology for Everyone I Krista Donaldson

EP 51: Designing Medical Technology for Everyone I Krista Donaldson

FromDesign Lab with Bon Ku


EP 51: Designing Medical Technology for Everyone I Krista Donaldson

FromDesign Lab with Bon Ku

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As CEO of Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev), Krista Donaldson leads the design and scaling of disruptive medical devices to address global health inequities. To date, over 1M people – mostly children and young people - have been treated by one of Equalize Health’s products in 70+ countries. In 2020, the organization kicked off a bold new strategy to significantly increase the pipeline of innovative solutions that close healthcare gaps by 2030. Peter Singer of the Effective Altruism movement calls Equalize Health “one of the world’s best charities” because of its cost effectiveness and exemplary end-to-end processes. EH is based in New Delhi and San Francisco, with additional offices in Nairobi and Bangkok. Krista has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, TED speaker, and a GLG Social Impact Fellow. She was also named one of Fast Company’s “50 Designers Shaping the Future.” Prior to Equalize Health, she was an Economic Officer at the U.S. Department of State where she managed part of Iraq’s reconstruction portfolio. She also worked at KickStart International (Kenya), and the design firm IDEO (USA). Krista holds a master’s degree in Product Design and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Bon and Krista talk about what’s next in design for global health, designing for serviceability and putting the patient at the center of care.
Released:
Dec 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Does living in a well-designed city make you healthier? How can surfing increase your creativity? Have you ever wondered why hospitals are so ugly? Bon Ku is a physician and an avid fan of design, food, surfboarding and Medicine. In each episode of DESIGN LAB, Bon and his guests tell stories about how the worlds of design, art, science and health intersect. Listen and learn new insights, hacks and design principles that you can apply to your own life. ISSN 2833-2032