The Clinical Tea

Kristina

The Clinical Tea is a space for founders, investors, builders, and practitioners in health, tech, and wellness to spill the actual tea. Hosted by Kristina, a physician by training and now clinical researcher working in a health tech startup, The Clinical Tea exists for you, the smart consumer. Whether you're a health-conscious millennial trying to make smarter choices, a Gen Z consumer tired of being sold to, a founder building in the health tech space, or a fellow clinical research professional ready to see your world in a more digestible format...this show was made for you.

Episodes

  1. Oct 13

    Clara Sun, MD: A Resident's Guide to Startups, VC & Physician Innovation

    How do you become a physician innovator without dropping out of medicine? Clara Sun is an anesthesiology resident in New York City who built a career in health tech on the side of full-time medical training - no gap from medicine, no permission needed. She has worked at Doximity as a product manager, consulted for digital health VCs as a Rock Health fellow (where she co-wrote their Q1 2025 digital health funding report), and helped grow Roon, a platform where physicians share medical knowledge. She's also the creator behind @clarasunmd, where she shows med students and residents how to break into health tech, startups, and venture capital. In this episode, we cover: The "aspiring physician innovator" path: how Clara found health tech as a med student through the MD Plus community - and why every medical school needs oneHer residency pivot: switching from internal medicine to anesthesia mid-training, the sunk cost fallacy that keeps physicians stuck, and how she made the callWhat Rock Health fellowships actually involve (spoiler: presenting to C-suite pharma clients as a med student)Why doctors are wrongly pigeonholed as "the CMO" - and the operations, growth, and strategy roles clinicians can actually fillThe exact playbook for getting into health tech: cold outreach that works, VC portfolio company job boards, and the newsletters to read (Rock Health, Healthcare Huddle)Imposter syndrome as a female physician leading engineers twice her agePortfolio careers and fractional roles: why anesthesia is the perfect flexible base for physician foundersCreator life in medicine: building a personal brand when your program director might be watching Whether you're a medical student wondering if industry is "allowed," a resident burnt out on the ward, or a practicing physician curious about non-clinical income - this is your roadmap. Find Clara on the following platforms: InstagramLinkedInSubstack

  2. Sep 29

    She Refused VC Money and Debunks Every Wellness Trend: Cold Plunges, Fasting, Longevity Bros | Susanne Mitschke, Founder of Citruslabs

    What if the wellness habits trending on your feed are working against you? Susanne Mitschke, CEO and co-founder of Citruslabs - the clinical research organization behind 600+ studies for 300+ wellness brands - spent a decade running clinical trials on the exact products you're buying. In this episode, she reveals what the data actually shows. We cover: Why cold plunging raises cortisol in women (and does the opposite of what influencers claim) The truth about intermittent fasting for female physiology - from her own 4-year experiment "Borrowed research": how supplement brands use ingredient studies to imply their product was tested The surprising stat: why consumers trust 70% claims more than 100% claims P-hacking, subgroup mining, and the "pray and spray" approach to clinical data Why she refuses VC money - and the $100M valuation trap most founders overlook The future of women's health research: period blood as a diagnostic tool Sleep, nutrition, exercise: why you can't out-supplement a bad lifestyle If you've ever wondered whether "clinically tested" on a label means anything, this episode is your decoder ring. Website: https://www.citruslabs.comEmail: hello@citruslabs.com (for anyone who wants to reach out to us)Susanne's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannemitschke/

  3. Aug 31

    GLP-1s Are AGING You. Plus, The #1 Predictor of Longevity Isn't What You Think! Longevity Medicine Expert Dr. Meredith Sweeney

    Dr. Meredith Sweeney, longevity medicine expert and board-certified bariatric surgeon, joins Kristina on The Clinical Tea to spill all the deets about how to best optimize your health (w/o leaning on Dr. TikTok), the #1 predictor of health, quitting her job to open up her own longevity medicine practice, and wellness trends that are actually not worth it. Dr. Sweeney also opens up about what GLP-1s are ACTUALLY doing to your body (it's not what you think) and the next big wellness trend to hit the market! She also gets honest about how uncomfortable entrepreneurship is, why (true) longevity is hard to sell, and what wellness trend needs to go. More on Dr. Meredith Sweeney:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-meredith-sweeney/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmeredithsweeney/ Sano Longevity: https://sanolongevity.com/

  4. Aug 9

    "Hormones Should Not Be Balanced": The $11.6M Wearable Rewriting Women's Health with Jenny Duan of Clair Health

    What does it actually take to raise $11.6M at 21, sell out 33,000 pre-sales before launch, and build a hormone wearable that challenges everything the wellness industry has been telling women about their bodies? In this episode of The Clinical Tea, Kristina sits down with Jenny Duan, founder of Clair Health, the world's first wearable hormone tracker, for the conversation nobody else is having about women's health, femtech, and what it really means to build in stealth before the world is ready for you. Jenny and Kristina get into: Why "hormones should not be balanced" — and what that means for every supplement, tracker, and wellness product marketed to womenBuilding and selling out 33,000 pre-sales before a single public announcementHiring your first two employees without knowing if you can make payroll — and doing it anywayPitching a women's health brand to investors who have never had to think about women's biologyWhy women's health has been dismissed as "niche" — and why that is one of the most expensive mistakes in healthcare historyThe transition from wellness device to FDA-cleared medical device, and what clinical validation actually requiresRaising an $11.6M seed round led by Khosla Ventures at 21 years old This is the episode for every woman who has worn a fitness tracker and wondered why it never quite fit. For every founder who has been told their market is too small. And for every person who has been sold "hormone balance" by a brand that couldn't define what that means. New episodes of The Clinical Tea drop weekly. Subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts so you never miss the tea. ☕🔬

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About

The Clinical Tea is a space for founders, investors, builders, and practitioners in health, tech, and wellness to spill the actual tea. Hosted by Kristina, a physician by training and now clinical researcher working in a health tech startup, The Clinical Tea exists for you, the smart consumer. Whether you're a health-conscious millennial trying to make smarter choices, a Gen Z consumer tired of being sold to, a founder building in the health tech space, or a fellow clinical research professional ready to see your world in a more digestible format...this show was made for you.

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  • Creator
    Kristina
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kristina
  • Show Website
    The Clinical Tea