This week, James is joined by James Mishreki, founder of Skin + Me, who shares the story behind building one of the UK’s fastest-growing personalised healthcare brands. He discussed the challenges of scaling a regulated DTC business, and how Skin + Me is tackling the dermatology access gap with clinical-grade care delivered directly to consumers.Connect with James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmishreki/ Learn more about Skin + Me: https://www.skinandme.com/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.comSubscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.comGet in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.comThis podcast was brought to you by SomX.

This week, James is joined by Lawrie Kidd, Consultant Anaesthetist at Gloucestershire Hospitals and Clinical Product Lead at DrDoctor, who shares a candid look at the pressures facing frontline clinicians and how healthtech can help.

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This week, James is joined by Hjalmar Nilsonne, CEO and Co-Founder of Neko Health. With Hjalmar yielding the power to shape the future of healthcare, James asks all the big questions. Can Neko pull off their ambition? What will it take? What lessons have they learned along the way? What challenges lie in their way?

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In this episode, we're joined by Tharni Vasavan, Horizon Scanning Senior Health Technology Lead at NICE, about how emerging health technologies are identified, evaluated, and prepared for the NHS. From her journey through women’s health research and startup life at Hertility to shaping national foresight on healthtech disruption, Tharni offers an inside glimpse of how innovation meets evidence.

If you're working with AI that you think will be applicable in healthcare within the next 10 years, you can partake in NICE's horizon scanning with this form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FNtA1T7OGE2t-3WmXoj3178lLN5iep1Aj4hJbvJXiDRUREs0Q1dVRFJTTTZHSU1HUllSSjYwVllRQS4u

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This week James is joined by Jacob West, Managing Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences at Microsoft UK, who shares insights on how Microsoft is leveraging AI to enhance healthcare in the UK.

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This week, James is joined on the podcast by Dr Madeleine Ballard, CEO of the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC). CHIC is a global movement making professional community health workers the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy.

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James is joined by Rafaël Michali, co-founder and co-CEO of SAVA. SAVA is redefining the way people interact with their health by developing the most advanced biosensing technology science has to offer, capable of accessing bodily information in a painless, real-time and affordable way.

Connect with Rafaël: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafa%C3%ABl-michali-656136101/

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This week, James is joined on the podcast by Sam Winward, co-founder and CEO of Pastel Health. Pastel Health is an end-to-end outpatient clinic that supports Chronic pain sufferers referred from the NHS. The service aims to transform the experience for both patients and clinicians.

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In the second episode of this two-part series, James is joined by Dr. Ross Harper, CEO and co-founder of Limbic. Limbic is developing clinical-grade AI tools for mental health care, designed to be deployed in clinical settings. Their goal is to enhance the capacity of trained professionals and help meet the overwhelming demand for mental health services.

Listen to Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wTwZ1SjfFsjy4IKkcOIzE

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Limbic and AI in Healthcare
04:01 The Role of AI in Treatment
09:28 ChatGPT vs. Clinical AI: The Debate
16:49 Human + AI: A Better Care Model
19:43 Scaling Mental Health Services with AI
26:09 Adapting Healthcare Models for AI
36:57 Ensuring Clinical Rigor in AI Solutions

In this week’s episode, James is joined by Oscar Ferguson, co-founder of Deaku. Oscar is a doctor-turned-founder and award-winning creator and content strategist on a mission to make every creator’s life better. Deaku are building a connected workspace where creators, marketers, and production teams plan, collaborate, and grow - all in one place.

Connect with Oscar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oscar-ferguson/

Learn more: https://www.deaku.app/home

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Health Tech and Creator Economy
05:59 The Value of Long-Form vs Short-Form Content
11:53 The Emotional Toll of Medical Practice
18:03 The Decision to Leave Medicine
21:12 Building a New Career in Health Tech
32:55 The Importance of Networking and Mentorship
35:12 Learning from Failure in the Real World
36:02 Creating Impactful Health Content
41:12 Building a Community for Content Creators
48:05 Innovating in the Creator Economy
56:26 The Future of AI in Content Creation
59:17 The Value of Human-Made Content
01:00:03 AI in Video Generation: Gimmick or Utility?
01:04:51 Misinformation and Responsibility in Health Content
01:06:40 The Purpose of Content Creation
01:17:11 The Dream of Content Creation
01:19:08 Creative Fulfillment in Content Creation
01:20:26 Building Community with Deaku
01:27:36 Connecting with the Creator Community

Hannah Madan joins us to share a rollercoaster journey of co-founding Prima Mente— an AI-driven neuroscience company building foundations models for the brain. This episode is packed with thought-provoking insights, including:

— The biological hypothesis behind Prima Mente that "No one believed was true"
— How Hannah made it by doing "just enough", not by being a top student
— A baptism by fire— landing her first role as Chief of Staff and flying out for a YC launch party on her 25th birthday
— Prima Mente's "Ecosystem plays" and atypical competitive strategies
— Hannah's unique focus on the people she works with— deep personal understanding and fostering reflective behaviour 
— A decentralised vision for the future of healthcare

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Learn more: https://www.primamente.com/

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Chapters:
00:00:00 Welcome to the Health Tech Podcast
00:01:23 Uncovering Novel Biology in the Neurodegenerative Space
00:02:03 Primemente's Integrated Approach: Clinical Studies, Wet Lab, and Machine Learning
00:03:22 Early Life 
00:04:38 Undergraduate Studies
00:08:58 PhD Research: The Link Between Diet, Diabetes, and Bowel Cancer
00:12:23 Chief of Staff at Cambridge Cancer Genomics (CCG) and YC
00:15:10 CCG's Mission: Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Treatment Monitoring
00:19:05 The Road to Prima Mente
00:22:19 Establishing Team Culture: Communication, Self-Reflection, and Growth
00:27:13 Scientific Hypothesis: Cell-Free DNA and Epigenetics in Neurodegenerative Conditions
00:30:03 Technical Approach: Using Transformer Architecture and Foundation Models
00:33:47 The Pleiades Model and Diagnostic Accuracy
00:34:56 The Sandbox Study: Pushing for Earlier Diagnosis
00:37:47 Future Strategy: Focusing on Novel Clinically Actionable Targets