Behind the Mic: A Personal Update and What's Next for Podcast

Behind the Mic: A Personal Update and What's Next for Podcast

Author: AWS Startups June 25, 2025 Duration: 2:38
Alex Merwin shares important news about his journey and reveals exciting updates about the podcast's future.

Behind every advance in modern medicine, there's often a story of someone who saw a problem differently and built a solution. AWS Health Innovation Podcast, from AWS Startups, goes inside those stories. Each conversation moves beyond the surface-level hype to explore the real work of building companies that aim to improve how we diagnose, treat, and experience care. You'll hear founders explain the pivotal technical challenges they faced and the moments their vision truly came together, alongside investors who discuss what it takes to sustain momentum in such a complex and critical field. This isn't about abstract trends; it's a direct line to the people navigating the intersection of cutting-edge technology and human health, from genomic sequencing and hospital logistics to mental health access and remote patient monitoring. The discussions are grounded in practical experience, offering a genuine sense of what drives progress across the global healthcare and life science landscape. Tune in for a podcast that provides more than inspiration-it delivers context and clarity from the individuals rewriting the rules.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
#45, Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez, Solv Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:44
On this episode, we're joined by Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez, CEO and Co-Founder of Solv, a startup that's transforming the healthcare industry by making access to high-quality, convenient care simple, friendly and tra…
#37, New Year’s Special – HLTH Conference (re-release) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:44
Episode Re-Release. Alex Merwin hosts a group of health innovation leaders from startups, investors, media and startup enabling organizations for a special HLTH compilation episode. We asked each innovator two questions:…
#39, Seth Sternberg, Honor (re-release) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:50
On this re-release, Seth Sternberg discusses the need to care for care professionals and how they’re developed, how to acquire & integrate a company into a high-growth startup and lessons learned managing a two-sided mar…
#33, Michelle Wagner, Mindstrong (re-release) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:05
On this re-release, Michelle Wagner, CEO of Mindstrong, discusses why integrating data collected between treatment sessions can be a game changer for behavioral health, why selling digital health products via large emplo…
#18 Dr. George Church & Barghavi Govindarajan, Digid8 (re-release) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:24
This is re-release of Dr. George Church and Barghavi Govindarajan discussing how technology, innovation, and education can come together in a single product, to what extent users need to understand a complex technology t…
#34, Ken Mayer , Safe Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:01
Ken Mayer from Safe Health discusses how cloud computing helps startups develop faster and in a more agile way, the importance of aligning your business model to solutions that are reimbursable, and how to improve provid…
#27, Dr. Jean Drouin, Clarify Health Solutions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:52
Dr. Jean Drouin, CEO and co-founder of Clarify Health Solutions, discusses how a fee-for-service model combined with actionable data can lead the healthcare system toward value-based care, why building a system to unders…
Season Two Wrap Up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:48
We want to hear your feedback about the Podcast! Let us know what you think here: https://airtable.com/shrF0QmQUU8xGvlIO --------- This week we're doing something different, as we wrap Season 2 and get ready to launch Se…
#44, Jonathan Bush, Zus Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:09
Jonathan Bush, CEO and co-founder of Zus Health, shares his thoughts on why he sees duplication as core to what frustrates so many with the US health system, how his experience leading athenahealth has shaped his team’s…
#43, Alessio Signorini, Evidation Health [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:52
Alessio Signorini, CTO and co-founder of Evidation Health, shares how the founders’ experience in data-driven advertising led them to Evidation Health, how the rise of wearable technology has dramatically increased avail…