METAPHASE podcast Olena Husak

In a good TV show each 8th episode happens something new or unexpected. This time we follow exactly the same golden rule. Here and now I interview Aleksandr Bakharev who is outside of biotech/digital health field.


Alex has defended his PhD in Telecommunications with flying colors and several patents (which deserves a great respect) and builds incredible products with Autodesk these days. In this conversation we cover a variety of different topics - from Alex's career path to whom and why gets Oscars for visual effects (see the hint in text above). We also converse on pros and cons of doing PhD and what can be improved in construction and medical care fields.

Marie Onakomaiya is Chief Scientific Officer at Datacubed Health - company which improves remote engagement of patients in clinical studies employing the most recent advancements in behavioral science. 

Marie has an inspiring story of consecutive career steps and choices, which always led her to the place she wanted to be. In this conversation we also talked about the interaction of chronic alcohol consumption and anabolic steroids. We touched upon how one can treat PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) using virtual reality technologies. And what is the best way to build your own professional network. I hope you enjoy this conversation as I did!

In this episode my guest is Joseph Mocanu who is an active venture capitalist, investing globally in seed stage healthcare technology startups relevant to emerging markets. 

In this conversation you will hear about Joseph's career path from PhD degree in life sciences to a founder of Verge Capital Management investment fund and many more other interesting things about investing in healthcare field.

In this episode I talk to Karlijn Doorn PhD, who is a Director Operations at myTomorrows, which is a digital platform that links patients facing unmet medical needs to the treatments in the development.

In this conversation we talk about Karlijn's career path that spans her PhD years, teaching at University of Amsterdam and her journey at myTomorrows. We also discuss what is an early access and how myTomorrows excels at the inter-phase of patients, healthcare professionals and pharma simultaneously.

In this episode I talk to co-founders of Brazen Bio - Shawn Carbonell, MD, PhD and Brent Witgen, PhD. 

Brazen Bio is an incubator for early stage biotech startups in Los Angeles with fully-funded 12-week fellowship for rising bioentrepreneurs. Here we discuss why it is difficult to start a biotech company and how Brazen Bio helps to overcome this hurdle. If you have a great idea and some proof of concept feel free to apply at https://www.brazen.bio/, the application period is open! 

In this episode I talk to Dr. Torsten Schröder - co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at Perfood, company, which creates digital therapeutic solutions for a personalized nutrition. 

In this conversation we discuss what is digital therapeutics and how one can use the data to improve the health by changing the diet. We will also talk about how knowing the blood glucose levels can help with weight control and the migraines.