EP. 102 Julia Chang does not believe in gender limitations.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Julia Chang who lives in Taiwan and is a Senior Sales Director at Skyworks Solutions. Julia became interested in technology at a very early age, encouraged by her father and inspired by science fiction superheroes that could fight aliens and solve problems with science! With a background in engineering, she […]
EP. 101 There is no health without health equity
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Ivor Horn, health equity expert and Chief Health Equity Officer at Google. For Dr. Horn, her journey to being impactful in medicine began with her father’s care where she saw what it looked like to not be respected. Early on, having impact led her to academics with an intent to […]
EP. 100 MENTORING SERIES: Mom, our first mentor.
In this episode you will hear: That point in time when this mother/daughter changed their relationship to mentoring and the focus on professional advice v. just parental advice Why a healthy respect for boundaries for Jolene has been important to her in her support for Kate’s growing career. Kate’s reaction to unsolicited advice (not good) […]
EP. 99 Inclusive cultures start with making people feel like they belong
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Anita Lynch about changing company cultures and having that sense of belonging even when you are one of few, or only, in leadership. Anita’s love for data, technology, and leadership started early. She demonstrated executive presence “on the playground” and learned to code at age ten when her father brought home […]
EP. 98 MENTORING SERIES: Drs. Paneez Khoury and Parker Ruhl Structures need to change for women in medicine to have a fair shot
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Women Drs. Paneez Khoury and Parker Ruhl, physicians, researchers, public servants who work at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. They are also friends and peer mentors which they view as a professional must have given the dearth of women leaders. In this episode, we discussed the “leaky pipeline” issue […]
EP. 97 When you are “the only”: Carla Smith’s NEVER and ALWAYS principles
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Carla Smith, a health sector strategist and Founder of Carla Smith Health. Over Carla’s storied career working with countless organizations, health systems, providers, payers, technology companies, and non-profits, she has seen enormous change and opportunity that has come with the adoption of technology in healthcare. For Carla, healthcare matters. Profound change […]
EP. 96 Competence was a given. Confidence took a thoughtful plan.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, the CEO of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Dr. Harris describes her journey to leadership as one that started with simply saying “yes” to many extra assignments. She learned in time that she did want to be at the top of an […]
EP. 95 Forget the side hustle. This millennial only pursues side passions.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Smriti Kirubanandan, a Senior Healthcare Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services where she focuses on strategic planning. Smriti has many passions which for her is a perfect venn diagram that includes technology, healthcare and food equity. The area of food equity is receiving new attention with the Biden administration holding its first […]
EP. 94 Improving maternal mortality. Start with empowering greatness.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Shafia Monroe, a champion of change who has spent her entire professional life focused on creating awareness of the disparities with maternal and infant mortality and creating solutions to solve for them. While she is known today as the queen mother of doulas and midwives, her beginning came from a […]
EP. 93 Changing the status quo means required and measured change, says Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford “As a black woman, I don’t turn off my blackness…”
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. Speaking with Dr. Stanford is a lesson in humility. If you don’t have nine degrees to your name, do ~150 lectures per year, actively mentor >50 students, conduct research in both a genetic and epigenetic fashion while simultaneously caring for patients ages 2 – 90 years old […]
