Volunteer with DxD
We believe the future of health innovation is stronger when more voices, perspectives, and first-hand experiences are part of building it.
As we grow our community of volunteers, mentors, speakers, and collaborators, we’d love for you to be part of it. Whether you want to take the mic or collaborate behind the scenes, there’s a place for you in the DxD family.
Speak at a DxD Program
Share your story, career journey, expertise, or insights with students and emerging innovators through panels, fireside chats, workshops, or career conversations.
Provide Mentorship
Our signature Speed Mentoring program — both virtual and in-person — allows senior professionals and executives to offer brief, informal mentorship sessions to students and early-career participants as they explore careers, develop ideas, and build confidence navigating the healthtech ecosystem.
Host a Tour
Open your doors to the next generation of untapped talent.
We are looking for Bay Area employers who are willing to open their doors and offer site visits to DxD students to offer firsthand exposure to the people, environments, and ideas shaping the future of healthcare innovation.
DxD students have visited surgical robots at Intuitive and toured Gilead‘s headquarters.
Help Behind the Scenes
As a (very) small team, we have plenty of opportunities behind-the-scenes! You can help connect us to industry partnerships or engage with the community, fulfill social media & storytelling needs or do on-campus outreach.
“The work that Diversity by Doing (DxD) HealthTech is doing in collaboration with Fogarty Innovation’s support is worldclass. The opportunity that these students have is inspiring! Not to mention the inspiration I gain being in this room of excited great minds and future leaders of our medtech world! Optimistic!”
— Nicolle Cannon
“It was a pleasure to volunteer as an instructor and work with Rene Canady. The creativity, empathy, and drive these students brought to the table left me deeply inspired. This next generation is sharp, passionate, and full of promise. Can’t wait to see where they go from here!”
— Kavita Bouknight
“In healthcare, inclusive design processes and clinical trial inclusion, have lasting implications to health equity and access. Our medtech industry has a unique opportunity to be leaders in building teams that better reflect the patients we ultimately serve.”
— Juan-Pablo Mas, Partner, Action Potential VC and Co-founder, Somos VC
Ready to Volunteer?
Whether it’s one of the opportunities above or something else you have in mind, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us today!