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Investing in Women's Health Isn't a "Nice-to-Have"—It's Infrastructure. Here's Why.
What if we told you that investing in women's health isn't just the right thing to do—it's the smart thing to do? Marissa Fayer ( https://marissafayer.com/) has spent 22 years turning that argument into action. She's the CEO and founder of the global nonprofit HerHealthEQ (deploying women's health e...
The $70 Billion Blind Spot: Why Women’s Health is Underfunded and How We Fix It
Less than 1% of healthcare venture capital goes to women's health. This isn't just a funding gap—it's a health crisis that affects 51% of the population. In this powerful kickoff to the "Invest Like a Girl" series, hosts Rebecca Love ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalovenursing/) , Joy Rios ( ht...
Value-Based Care Unwoven: The Math, The Mission & The Sisterhood
Healthcare is complicated. But the math behind value-based care? It doesn't have to be. In this episode, Joy Rios sits down with Rachael Jones, CEO of the Sintax division of Lightbeam Health Solutions, for a conversation that weaves together data, dollars, and the deeply human side of healthcare tra...
No Aggregation Without Representation: Patients, AI, and the Fight for Data Rights
What happens when patients become the product—and no one asked for consent? In this episode of HIT Like a Girl Pod, Grace Vinton sits down with Andrea Downing, a security researcher and co-founder of The Light Collective ( https://lightcollective.org/) . Andrea's journey into patient advocacy began ...
This Is a Code Red: How a Quiet OMB Rule Could Gut NIH and Community Funding
This episode is a call to action—and we have until July 13th. Rebecca Love sits down with Elizabeth Ginexi, PhD—a former NIH scientific program official of 22 years who took early retirement after DOGE restructured the agency. She is now speaking out about a proposed OMB rule that she believes threa...
Reclaiming Women's Voices in Healthcare: HIT Like a Girl Pod Is Back
After a much-needed pause, HIT Like a Girl Pod is back—and this time, Joy isn't doing it alone. Joy Rios ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyrios/) reunites with Grace Vinton ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracevinton/) and Rebecca Love ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccalovenursing/) to relaunch the ...
The Digital Divide is a Care Divide: Inside the Fight for Latino Health Equity
In a digital-first healthcare world, who gets left behind? The answer is often the same communities that have always been marginalized. But what if the solution wasn't just to build better apps, but to empower the very people from these communities to become the navigators, the mentors, and the doct...
Dr. Aditi Joshi on AI, XR, and Unlearning American Healthcare to Build the Future of Medicine
In a world where healthcare is simultaneously global and deeply local, how do we build technology that truly serves humanity? From the conference floors of HLTH 2025 to the cobblestone streets of Paris, Dr. Aditi Joshi has been on the front lines of this question for over a decade. A pioneer who hel...
Beyond the Before & After: Hilary Phelps on the Messy, Courageous Work of Long-Term Recovery
What does it really take to rebuild a life after addiction? For Hilary Phelps, the journey wasn't a linear path to a happy ending — it was a daily practice of peeling back layers, navigating severe depression, and redefining self-care as a single mother. In a world quick to judge and glamorize, she ...
The Body's Secret Weapon: An ER Doctor on the Endocannabinoid System and Why Cannabis is Real Med...
What if we’ve been missing a fundamental piece of human biology? Dr. Leigh Vinocur, one of the first physicians with a master’s in Cannabis Science, pulls back the curtain on the endocannabinoid system — the "bliss molecule" network that regulates everything from pain to stress. She reveals why this...