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Gen UX Consulting
Podcast Description
Welcome to Gen UX Consulting’s podcast, the show where data gets personal, research gets practical, and design meets the real world.
This podcast spotlights interviews with experts, founders, researchers, and designers who are shaping the future of human-centered innovation. Whether you’re in medtech, digital health, consumer products, or anything in between, you’ll find candid stories, actionable insights, and grounded strategies that reveal how thoughtful design and evidence-based research drive product success.
About Gen UX
At Gen UX Consulting, research and design converge seamlessly to create user experiences that are not only intuitive — but intentional. We specialize in guiding startups and regulated industries through every phase of the product journey, from discovery to validation.
With a focus on evidence-based design, human-centered research, and regulatory alignment, we help teams transform insights into impact. Whether you’re building from the ground up or refining what already exists, Gen UX equips you with the clarity, precision, and agility needed to deliver products that truly work — for the people who use them.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on data-driven design, human-centered research, and regulatory challenges within sectors like medtech and digital health. Episodes like 'Intrinsic Data - Prior Authorization Within Medicare Advantage' explore critical topics such as patient advocacy, legislative impacts, and the transformation of industry insights into actionable strategies.
Welcome to the Gen UX Podcast, where we explore how research and data come alive in practice. Our current series, Intrinsic Data, dives into the unexpected ways information shows up across industries and influences decision-making. Each conversation brings practical takeaways and fresh perspectives for innovators, creators, and problem-solvers. This is just the start as future episodes will expand into new stories of design, human factors, and beyond.
From Cells to Success: Molecular Insights in Fertility
An Intrinsic Data conversation with Dr. Dawit Tesfaye
In this episode, Staci Miller, Founder of Gen UX Consulting, sits down with Dr. Dawit Tesfaye, Associate Professor at Colorado State University’s Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Lab, to explore how understanding embryo development at the molecular level can transform both human and animal fertility outcomes.
Dr. Tesfaye’s work bridges disciplines by linking agriculture, biomedical research, and reproductive medicine. Together, they dive into how a cow embryo can help explain the earliest stages of human life, and why studying the first seven days of development is key to improving IVF success rates and livestock breeding efficiency alike.
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What You’ll Learn
• The journey from oocyte to blastocyst—and why day 7 matters
• The 8–16 cell transition where embryos switch from maternal to self-driven development
• How bovine embryos mirror human fertility better than mice
• Lab innovations
• The role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in embryo–maternal communication
• Using single-cell sequencing to decode fertility at molecular depth
• How research funding, collaboration, and student training keep discovery moving forward
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Why It Matters
Fertility is one of biology’s most complex puzzles. By understanding the molecular dialogue that drives early development, researchers like Dr. Tesfaye are paving the way for smarter IVF, better livestock genetics, and more sustainable reproductive technologies.
This episode shows how data, biology, and design thinking intersect to drive innovation from the lab bench to the bedside.
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About Our Guest
Dr. Dawit Tesfaye is an Associate Professor in Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University, based in the Animal Reproduction & Biotechnology Lab (ARBL). Originally from Ethiopia, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Bonn (Germany), conducted postdoctoral research at UC Davis, and now leads cutting-edge studies in embryo molecular biology and reproductive biotechnology.
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About the Series
The Intrinsic Data Series spotlights how data drives innovation across industries . Each episode explores how insights can transform the way we build, create, and care.
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Work with Gen UX Consulting:
Website: genuxconsulting.com
Meet with us: genuxconsulting.com/meeting
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: @GenUXConsulting
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Listen now on: Spotify · Apple Podcasts · YouTube
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#IntrinsicData #GenUXConsulting #FertilityResearch #Embryology #IVF #ReproductiveBiology #AnimalScience #BiomedicalResearch #ColoradoStateUniversity
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