Health tech and the intersection of medicine, public health, and entrepreneurship, with Dr. Jennifer Monti, MD, MPH
The Public Health SPOTlight Podcast: stories, inspiration, and guidance to build your dream public health career
English - September 27, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBSelf-Improvement Education Business Careers public health career health health career education higher ed self-improvement school job community Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Sujani sits down with Jennifer Monti, a physician and healthcare innovator. They talk about how Jennifer first became interested in public health and health tech, the benefits that public health professionals bring to startups, and how to use your expertise to break into other sectors.
You’ll Learn
How Jennifer discovered public health during her time in medical school What food deserts are and Jennifer’s work and research with food justice during her school yearsJennifer’s passion for cardiology and her innovations in this field including the Helos deviceWhat the most important things are for public health professionals looking to integrate technology or use other forms of services and products to solve health issuesWhere public health professionals can play a role in healthcare technology and bring benefit in other sectorsAdvice for public health professionals on how to break into health tech and other sectors of workJennifer’s experience working at Meta and what she has learned about creating products and services for the general population
Today’s Guest
Dr. Monti is a cardiologist with interests at the intersection of medicine, public health, and entrepreneurship. She has expertise across the product development pipeline and is deeply interested in low cost scalable projects that solve discrete clinical or public health problems with a razor sharp focus on product market fit. She received her undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard College and her medical and public health degrees from Case Western Reserve University.
Resources
Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn Purchase the book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Learn more about Forerunner and Circa Listen to the previous episode with Josh TrautweinJoin The Public Health Career Club: the #1 hangout spot and community dedicated to building and growing your dream public health career.