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Podcasts & Presentations

Public voice bridging art, science, impact, innovation: within & beyond the academy

Host & Producer | Street Sense Media, Street Sense Says

8-episode series co-created with people experiencing housing insecurity in Washington D.C.

Featured Guest | Junctional Thinking

“The Making of a Junctional Thinker”

Featured Guest | National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF), Clearly KC

“An Invisible Disability” and “Patient Advocate, Rachel Dungan”

Featured Guest | Collective Power Podcast, Data Geek Series

Data Are Never Gospel Disrupting whiteness in Health Systems.

Host & Moderator | Fair Observer, FO° Talks

India’s Valuable Learnings from Braving a Viral Storm

Featured Guest | Authentic Foundations, Mastering Leadership & Communication

Featured Guest | Essence of Joy Alumni Singers (EOJAS), White Supremacy is Real. Let’s Get Real.

Episode 4. Acknowledging racism inherent in Western musical traditions & exploring choral connections as a new, healing way forward

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

EMCEE ROLES

DC Coalition for the Homeless. Stepping Out Gala to support those experiencing homelessness
Music to Life. Inspiring a New Generation Summit on environmental advocacy

KEYNOTE, PANELIST & MODERATOR ROLES

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Capitol Hill “Advocacy Day” (2026)
People to People (P2P). Leveraging AI to Optimize Human Resources (HR) in Health Care & Research Industries. International Health, Resources Management (IHRM) Conference – Dubai (2025)
AcademyHealth. Hot Topics: Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs) for Health Research and Policy, Health Policy Orientation (2024)
People to People (P2P). Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Delivery in Africa – the Sky’s the Limit, Global Ethiopian Diaspora Conference on Health Care and Medical Education (2024)
AcademyHealth. Combatting the Spread of Mis- and Disinformation: Reinforcing the Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Pipeline, Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation (2023)
AcademyHealth. HSR Innovation: Introducing the Tool to Reduce Racial Bias in Big Data Studies, Annual Research (2023)
AcademyHealth. Effective & Ethical Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Health Services Research (HSR): featuring Google, Microsoft AI for Health & Stanford University, Annual Research Meeting (2023)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Upending the Funding Paradigm for Community Engaged Research, IRL Communications & Policy Workshop (2022)
National Health Council. Introducing the Patient Experience Mapping Toolbox, Patient Experience Mapping Advisory Group (2022) – segment at [36:32]
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Closing Keynote on Envisioning Engagement: Patients as Partners in Vision Research, the Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) Conference (2021)
Centre for Advanced Studies in Policy Research (CASPR) – Pune, India. Social Policies in Support of Racial Justice (2020)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Science Communications Training Fellowship: Patients & Public in Research
Health Systems Global. Health Systems Research (HSR) Methods Session (2018)
AcademyHealth. Conference on the Science of Dissemination & Implementation in Health (2018)
International Quality of Life Symposium. Challenges of an Aging Population (2011)
National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF). Family & Patient Symposia: UC Irvine, UC Davis, University of North Carolina (multiple)