In the season one finale episode, Rich Thayer and Mickey Urdea are interviewing Dr. Patty García, the former Minister of Health of Peru, about what diagnostics developers must consider about the who, what, where, when, and how of how tests will be used when creating new diagnostics products, and how accessibility of testing, and of self-testing, are democratizing how patients are able to receive their care worldwide.

Dr. Patty J. García is currently a Professor at, and the former Dean of, the School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH) in Lima-Peru. She is the former Minister of Health of Peru, Dean of the School of Public Health at UPCH, and former Chief of the Peruvian National Institute of Health (INS). She is recognized as a leader in Global Health, having been a member of the PAHO Foundation Technical Advisory Group (FTAG), board member of the Consortium of Universities in Global Health and President of the Latin American Association Against STDs (ALACITS). She is an affiliate Professor of the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington and of the School of Public Health at Tulane University. She is actively involved in research and training in global health, reproductive health, STI/HIV, HPV ,and medical informatics. She has recently been appointed member of the United States National Academy of Medicine, becoming the first Peruvian professional with such a distinction.

Learn more about WomenLift Health, for which Dr. García sits on the global advisory board, here: https://www.womenlifthealth.org/our-mission/

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