by DxD HealthTech | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog
David Smythe participated in DxD’s inaugural Pathways in Health Technology program in 2023. In the fall, he was invited by DxD partner AdvaMed to attend The MedTech Conference. Here, he shares how the experience impacted him. Attending The Medtech Conference...
by DxD HealthTech | Oct 5, 2023 | Blog
Leading medical device companies join DxD HealthTech to diversify the medtech ecosystem Diverse community college students across the Bay Area are invited to apply for the second annual Pathways in Health Technology program, where they will learn about the wide range...
by DxD HealthTech | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog
Emma Sawaya is a student at UC Davis, who participated in DxD’s Pathways in Health Technology program earlier this year. In September, she was among a group of DxD students who attended MedtechVISION 2023 as a guest of MedtechWOMEN. Here, she shares her biggest...
by DxD HealthTech | Sep 14, 2023 | Blog
Diversity by Doing HealthTech’s mission is to enhance diversity in the health technology ecosystem, because including diverse perspectives will improve medical outcomes for women and people of color. But all innovators and founders need funding. An impressive $27.5...
by DxD HealthTech | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog
Karen Daniela Perdomo completed the DxD Pathways in Health Technology program as part of the inaugural cohort in 2023, and leveraged that experience into a summer internship at an innovative Bay Area healthtech startup. Recently, she shared how DxD’s program and...
by DxD HealthTech | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog
The DxD Summer HealthTech Exploration Workshop was held June 27-28 at Fogarty Innovation and Stanford Biodesign. Forty-six interns from healthtech companies across the country participated in the immersive two-day experience, which featured keynote speakers, panels,...
by DxD HealthTech | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog
For the second summer, a diverse group of motivated college students gathered for an immersive two-day event that introduced them to career opportunities, connections, and mentoring in the field of medtech. The Diversity by Doing (DxD) Healthtech Exploration Workshop,...
by Christine Byrd | May 31, 2023 | Blog, Resources
In the wake of social justice protests and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations directed human and financial resources toward diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts throughout 2020 and 2021. Yet by 2022, those efforts...
by News Source | Apr 27, 2023 | News
This article was originally published by Fogarty Innovation. Diversity by Doing Healthtech (DxD) has wrapped up the highly successful inaugural year of its groundbreaking program, Pathways in Health Technology, which was well-received by the first cohort. The...
by DxD HealthTech | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog
Internationally acclaimed STEM advocate Calvin Mackie recently described the need for diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields as a matter of life and death. His proof points? Healthcare — specifially medical technology, where some of...
