Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast

In Episode 18, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. David Barrett, Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT). The mission of ASGCT is to advance knowledge, awareness, and education leading to discovery and clinical application of gene and cell therapies to alleviate disease. In r...

In Episode 17, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Mostafa Analoui, Executive Director of Venture Development and Technology Incubation Program (TIP) at UConn. By coupling UConn's world-class research resources, facilities, and business support services to a network of experienced investors and entrepreneurs, UConn’s...

In Episode 16, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Christine Von Raesfeld, Founder and CEO of People with Empathy, a platform to connect key stakeholders in healthcare in order to improve the quality of life for patients and care partner. In recognition of World Health Day, this episode showcases Ms. Von Raesfeld's u...

In Episode 15, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Bill Rastetter & Mr. H. Puentes, Co-Founders, San Diego Squared. SD2 is a nonprofit focused in increasing diversity in STEM-driven companies through partnerships, programs, and financial support for high school students, college students, and their educators. In ...

In Episode 14, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Wendy Lund, Chief Communications Officer at Organon, a global healthcare company formed through a spinoff from Merck (known as MSD outside of the U.S. and Canada) with a mission to deliver impactful medicines and solutions for a healthier every day.  In recognition ...

In Episode 13, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Ron Cohen, President, CEO and Founder of Acorda Therapeutics, a role that he has held for over 26 years since he founded the company in 1995. Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. is a public biotechnology company developing therapies for disorders of the nervous system, includi...

In Episode 12, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Daphne Zohar, Founder and CEO of Boston-based PureTech Health, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company that she founded over 17 years in the  U.S's largest biotech cluster with the goal of developing BIG (Brain-Immune-Gut) Medicines. Here, Ms. Zohar discusses h...

In Episode 11, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Pat Setji, General Manager, Screening Business at Exact Sciences, a global leader in cancer diagnostics. In recognition of Colon Cancer Awareness Month in March, Ms. Setji discusses Exact Sciences’ purpose to change lives through earlier, smarter answers across the c...

In Episode 10, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm and Daré Board Director, interviewed Ms. Sabrina Johnson, President and CEO of Daré Bioscience, a leader in women's health innovation. In advance of International Women's Day 2022, Ms. Johnson shares her unique perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential leadershi...

In Episode 9, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Wande Osuntokun, a diversity and inclusion advocate. Here, Wande provides her unique perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential leadership. For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-%2B-articles/f/amplif...

In Episode 8, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Robert “Rob” Goodwin, Vice President Operations Center of Excellence, Global Product Development at Pfizer. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the mos...

The Sophia Consulting Firm (SCF) is now a YouTube partner and is celebrating with Episode 7, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast in which Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, SCF’s Founder and CEO, interviewed Dr. Funso Olufade, Founder of Devoted Skies. Here, Dr. Olufade shares his perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential leadership while also providing updates on Devoted Skies, a recognized ...

In Episode 6, Season 4—the 50th guest episode—of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Chief Health Equity Officer, Deputy Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health and Member of the IBM Industry Academy. IBM Watson Health aspires to improve lives and give hope by delivering innovation to address the world's mos...

In Episode 5, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Carmen Villar, Vice President of Social Business Innovation at Merck & Co where she oversees the Merck Foundation, the Merck Office of Corporate Responsibility, Merck for Mothers, and Merck Global Population Health. Known as MSD outside of the US and Canada, Merck...

In Episode 4, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Derrell Porter, Founder and CEO, Cellevolve Bio,  a development and commercialization company focused on cell therapies. In this Martin Luther King Day (MLK 2022) special, Dr. Porter, the first person to be featured twice on the podcast, discusses his perspective...

In the Season 4 Amplifying Scientific Innovation®:  JPM 2022 Health Equity Special, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Elizabeth Garner, Chief Medical Officer of ObsEva and the first Nigerian American to be featured on the podcast. ObsEva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the clinical development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for serious ...

In the Season 4 Amplifying Scientific Innovation®:  JPM 2022 Health Equity Special, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the @American Cancer Society (ACS). The mission of ACS is to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer. Here, Dr. Knudsen discusses her perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential lea...

In the Season 4 premiere of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, a leading provider of health information services. Here, Dr. Whyte discusses his perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential leadership. For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.co...

In Episode 21, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Brian Loew, Founder and CEO of Inspire. Here, Mr. Loew discusses his leadership journey, industry outlook and vision for Inspire, an organization that he created in 2005 with the goal of accelerating life-changing discoveries through engaged patients and caregivers in...