Global Health Transplant
Global Health Transplant
Podcast Description
The Global Health Transplant Podcast is your inside look at the diverse and impactful careers of non-clinical global health professionals from around the world.
Each episode features candid conversations with practitioners working behind the scenes—program managers, policy advisors, researchers, M&E specialists, advocates, and more—sharing how they got started, the work they do, and what it really takes to thrive in this space.
Whether you're considering a career in global health or looking to pivot within the field, you'll gain real-world insights, inspiration, and practical tips !
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Content Themes
The podcast centers around a wide range of topics within global health, featuring episodes that discuss the roles of statisticians, the experiences of global health academics, and foundational insights for aspiring global health professionals. For example, episodes explore the impact of statistics in humanitarian responses, the relationship between security and health, and the career trajectories of diverse global health practitioners.
The Global Health Transplant Podcast is your inside look at the diverse and impactful careers of non-clinical global health professionals from around the world.
Each episode features candid conversations with practitioners working behind the scenes—program managers, policy advisors, researchers, M&E specialists, advocates, and more—sharing how they got started, the work they do, and what it really takes to thrive in this space.
Whether you’re considering a career in global health or looking to pivot within the field, you’ll gain real-world insights, inspiration, and practical tips !
In this Season 1 finale, we sit down with Stephen Felix, a Saint Lucian-born tech innovator whose career journey spans high-stakes IT in the financial sector to groundbreaking work in healthtech. As the Founder & CEO of Medial Health, Stephen is on a mission to level the playing field in Caribbean healthcare — building an Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform that helps clinics go ”from paper to pixel in under 24 hours.”
In our conversation, we explore:
How his IT and finance background shaped his approach to health tech
The “a-ha” moment that inspired his foray into the health tech space
The technical, regulatory, and adoption challenges of digitizing medical records in the Caribbean and Latin America
Medial Health’s features: scheduling, patient management, strong encryption, and interoperability
The role of data in powering public health, epidemiology, and smarter resource allocation
The tension between passion and profitability when building a mission-driven healthtech company
Why health equity must be at the heart of digital transformation, and how technology can bridge long-standing gaps in access and quality
The vision: scaling across more countries, developing population health tools, and moving toward predictive analytics
🎧 Tune in to this final episode of Season 1 and get inspired by a Caribbean founder whose ambition is to code not just for efficiency, but for equity — rewriting the rules of healthcare, one digital record at a time.
Connect with Stephen & Medial Health:🌐 Website: medial.health📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 WhatsApp: +1 (758) 727-6318 | +1 (758) 484-0100
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