#1 - Lucia Huang - Using Software to Improve Psychedelic Therapy

MIND THINGS

English - November 05, 2020 15:50 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Lucia Huang is co-founder and CEO of Osmind, a digital health startup working to maximize innovative treatments to mental health. Osmind provides an electronic health record software (EHR) for providers serving patients with treatment-resistant mental health conditions. Their software and analytical insights help providers optimize care and contribute to research of new diagnostics and therapies. They now serve over 22,000 patients in 135 mental health practices in the U.S. Osmind was founded in early 2020 and is backed by General Catalyst and Y Combinator.

Lucia previously led business at Verge Genomics, an AI-driven neuroscience biotech startup aiming to cure ALS and Parkinson's. She previously invested in innovative healthcare technology companies at Warburg Pincus. Lucia graduated Yale with a B.S. in Chemistry and earned an MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she was also awarded a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation. Lucia is passionate about mental health and has devoted her career to improving healthcare, from life sciences to new technology innovation.

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SHOW NOTES

1:57 - Background on Osmind

5:13 - Current landscape of ketamine / psychedelic clinics

7:08 - Lucia's personal journey with mental health

10:45 - What it's like to receive ketamine treatment, using mood trackers

14:24 - Osmind's partnership with Caretaker, a wireless patient monitor

15:51 - How research and clinical care go hand in hand

18:01 - How psychedelics can be tested in a controlled setting

19:04 - Future of psychedelics - tailored drugs vs commodities

24:03 - How Osmind is building a community for people who are treatment resistant

25:54 - How Lucia's parents have come around to her working in psychedelics