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NeuroLex Diagnostics

 

NeuroLex Diagnostics

This week I sat down with founder of NeuroLex Diagnostics, Jim Schwoebel.  A biomedical technology expert, particularly in neurosciences, Jim has been instrumental in fostering growth and innovation, co-founding incubators, NeuroLaunch, CyberLaunch, and more recently, his more focused work on machine learning.

Jim shared how he was inspired by numerous studies showing language analysis can provide healthcare providers with data that can be used to identify individuals suffering with depression, sleep deprivation, bipolar disorder, and others, through evaluation of samples of spoken word.

Blue Flowers

prostate cancer

Shavon Richardson

Blue Flowers

Blue Flowers Org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization empowering women and the men in their lives
against prostate cancer with operations in Georgia, Maryland and Virginia.
Learn more by visiting www.blueflowers.org

Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Blue Flowers Org, Shavonn is committed to living in a
world in which no man is a victim of prostate cancer. Blue Flowers Org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization empowering women and the men in their lives against prostate cancer.
Her organization was founded in 2014 in memory of her grandfather, Gilbert Eugene Crawford, Sr. by
Shavonn and her mother CEO of Blue Flowers Org, Valerie Crawford-Schiele.

Serving as Gilbert’s primary caregivers, Shavonn and her mother supported Gilbert during his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis for 12 years until he lost his battle against prostate cancer in 2014. Blue Flowers Org has been
providing prostate cancer education to other women and their families who have faced similar experiences ever since.
Shavonn’s most recent work experience includes working as the Enterprise Business Community Engagement Project Manager at Bank of America executing the bank’s corporate social responsibility initiatives by supporting Atlanta area nonprofits by providing sponsorship and grant support.

She has over 12 years experience in the banking industry working in a fiduciary capacity, preparing financials
and creating and executing corporate strategy at various financial institutions including Bank of
America, Citibank and JPMorgan Chase.  She is member of the Association for Fundraising Professionals and American Grant Writers Association.

Shavonn earned a BBA from Howard University in Washington, DC. She also earned a MBA from The Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.  She enjoys practicing yoga and listening to vinyl records in her spare time. She resides in Milton, GA with her husband and son.

Special Guest:

Shavon Richardson, Co-Founder, Blue Flowers Organization

 

Meeting the Nurse Staffing Shortage

 

Meeting the Nurse Staffing Shortage

This week I caught up with Carol Robison, of Gifted Healthcare.  Carol has been attracting nurses who are at the top of their specialties in experience, clinical knowledge, and credentials, and placing them with healthcare settings in need of additional nursing professionals for over 20 years.  We connected to talk about meeting the nurse staffing shortage in the US, its geographies, and high-need specialties, and more.

More info soon!

 

Georgia Tech HomeLab

 

Georgia Tech HomeLab

I caught up with Georgia Tech’s Dr. Brad Fain at the 2016 Health Connect South event.  We talked about the innovative approach they are taking to evaluate how effectively older persons, particularly those with disabilities, are able to utilize a variety of technology solutions.  It is not uncommon to learn that in the real world use-case, the intended user of a technology is not able to understand and/or manipulate the device to be able to achieve its aim.

The HomeLab includes 600 homes across the Atlanta area which gives a cross section of populations.  Its proof-of-concept evaluation data can help developers know their design works as intended or if not, allow them to conduct redesign to address issues uncovered through the test environment.