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Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda.  This show is a window into the latest innovations in digital health and the changing dynamic between doctors and patients.

Topics on the show include

  • the emergence of precision medicine and breakthroughs in genomics
  • advances in biopharmaceuticals
  • age-related diseases and aging in place
  • using big data from wearables and sensors
  • transparency in the medical marketplace
  • challenges for connected health entrepreneurs

The audience includes researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

Nov 30, 2020

Daniel O'Connor, CEO, OncoSec Immunotherapies describes their intratumoral therapy where the drug is injected directly into tumors instead of a systemic treatment thereby avoiding toxicities while also seeing tumors shrink that are not being directly treated, the abscopal effect. OncoSec is using electroporation to...


Nov 30, 2020

Daniel O'Connor, CEO, OncoSec Immunotherapies describes their intratumoral therapy where the drug is injected directly into tumors instead of a systemic treatment thereby avoiding toxicities while also seeing tumors shrink that are not being directly treated, the abscopal effect. OncoSec is using electroporation to...


Nov 25, 2020

Dr. Bill Audeh, medical oncologist and Chief Medical Officer, Agendia left his 30 year career of medical practice treating breast cancer patients to join Agendia because of the exciting opportunities for precision medicine to treat breast cancer. With technology that allows for genomic testing of the cancer tumors, it...


Nov 25, 2020

Dr. Bill Audeh, medical oncologist and Chief Medical Officer, Agendia left his 30 year career of medical practice treating breast cancer patients to join Agendia because of the exciting opportunities for precision medicine to treat breast cancer. With technology that allows for genomic testing of the cancer tumors, it...


Nov 24, 2020

Catherine Rivier, Co-Founder Sentia Medical is an expert on stressors and the impact physical, emotional, and infectious or inflammatory stressors have on the brain and the body. Her research along with her late husband at the Salk Institute in San Diego led to the discovery of the main stress hormone CRF. Sentia is now...