S3 E3 Christin Godale, Executive Director of LifeSciKY

In this episode of She Leads Biotech, Sharron Cox sits down with Christin Godale, Executive Director of LifeSciKY and her journey is nothing short of extraordinary.

From New York fashion model to neuroscience PhD, Christin’s life changed after a seizure landed her in the hospital and sparked a fascination with the brain. That moment of disruption launched a career that’s taken her from the bench to venture capital to launching Kentucky’s first dedicated life sciences incubator.

Now, she’s leading a movement to bring biotech innovation to an unexpected place and building opportunity for the next generation of scientists and founders.

📌 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 – Meet Christin Godale
02:00 – From runway to research: how epilepsy changed everything
06:00 – Studying neuroscience at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
08:30 – Transitioning from academia to venture capital
11:00 – The gender gap in VC and women-led startups
14:00 – Why she left VC to build LifeSciKY
18:00 – What is a lab incubator, and why does it matter?
21:00 – Building from scratch: redesigns, HVAC, and startup grit
24:00 – Reviving Kentucky’s biotech ecosystem
27:00 – Mentorship, board structure, and advice for young founders
31:00 – “You’re never too young or too old to start something that matters.”

🎧 Tune in for an inspiring story of resilience, reinvention, and redefining what a scientist and a startup leader can look like.

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