<p>This week, James is joined by Dr. Elsa Zekeng, founder of SökerData who shares the story behind building a company tackling one of healthcare’s most persistent blind spots: biased and underrepresented clinical trial data. She discusses her journey from infectious disease research and frontline outbreak response during Ebola, to advising on COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and ultimately founding SökerData to aggregate more inclusive health datasets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Connect with Elsa: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elsa-zekeng-sokerdata/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elsa-zekeng-sokerdata/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Learn more about SökerData: <a href="https://www.soker-data.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.soker-data.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apply to be a guest: <a href="https://www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thehealthtechpodcast.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: <a href="https://www.healthtechpigeon.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.healthtechpigeon.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Get in touch with James: <a href="https://www.jamessomauroo.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jamessomauroo.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you by SomX.</em></p>

The Healthtech Podcast

Dr. James Somauroo

#437: The clinical trial system is broken and here’s why with Dr Elsa Zekeng from SökerData

MAR 11, 202666 MIN
The Healthtech Podcast

#437: The clinical trial system is broken and here’s why with Dr Elsa Zekeng from SökerData

MAR 11, 202666 MIN

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<p>This week, James is joined by Dr. Elsa Zekeng, founder of SökerData who shares the story behind building a company tackling one of healthcare’s most persistent blind spots: biased and underrepresented clinical trial data. She discusses her journey from infectious disease research and frontline outbreak response during Ebola, to advising on COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and ultimately founding SökerData to aggregate more inclusive health datasets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Connect with Elsa: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elsa-zekeng-sokerdata/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elsa-zekeng-sokerdata/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Learn more about SökerData: <a href="https://www.soker-data.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.soker-data.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apply to be a guest: <a href="https://www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.thehealthtechpodcast.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: <a href="https://www.healthtechpigeon.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.healthtechpigeon.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Get in touch with James: <a href="https://www.jamessomauroo.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jamessomauroo.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you by SomX.</em></p>