This NCI SBIR Innovation Lab Podcast episode features the roundtable segment of the NCI SBIR-hosted event Empowering Innovation in Women’s Health with NCI Director W. Kimryn Rathmell as the moderator.

In the hour-long episode, six female business leaders—including five CEOs and one CTO, all of whom have been funded and supported by NCI SBIR/STTR, American Cancer Society (ACS), or both—share key lessons learned and stories about the impact their technologies are having on women's health:

Dawn Mattoon, Ph.D., CEO, Mercy BioAnalytics Eve McDavid, CEO & Co-founder, Mission Driven Tech Anu Parvatiyar, Co-founder & CEO, Ananya Health Maria Luisa Pineda, Ph.D., Co-founder & CEO, Envisagenics Shadi Saberi, Ph.D., Founder & CTO, iSono Health Kristin Sherman, M.B.A., CEO, Kovina Therapeutics

This segment ends with an audience Q&A session that focuses on advice for emerging entrepreneurs.

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