Boyah J. Farah
Boyah J. Farah’s writing has been featured in The Guardian, Harvard Transition, Scheer Intelligence at KCRW, Grub Daily and Truthdig. He is the winner of Salon‘s best essay of 2017. His essays have also appeared in Harvard’s Kennedy School Review, Pangyrus magazine, and The Huffington Post. A Judy Layzer Fellow, he took the Memoir Incubator at GrubStreet Creative Writing. He has appeared on NPR, KCRW, WGBH and at Boston College, Belmont Hill school, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Book Festival, the Boston Poetry Festival, Umass Boston, Facing History and Ourselves and many other institutions and organizations. Boyah has a master degree and he, in fact, is a publicist’s dream.
Boyah J. Farah’s writing has been featured in The Guardian, Harvard Transition, Scheer Intelligence at KCRW, Grub Daily and Truthdig. He is the winner of Salon‘s best essay of 2017. His essays have also appeared in Harvard’s Kennedy School Review, Pangyrus magazine, and The Huffington Post. A Judy Layzer Fellow, he took the Memoir Incubator at GrubStreet Creative Writing. He has appeared on NPR, KCRW, WGBH and at Boston College, Belmont Hill school, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Book Festival, the Boston Poetry Festival, Umass Boston, Facing History and Ourselves and many other institutions and organizations. Boyah has a master degree and he, in fact, is a publicist’s dream.
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi
AOA
CEO│Co-Founder
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi is the CEO and Co-Founder of AOA Dx, a YC backed biotech company focused on early-stage ovarian cancer detection. She has a proven record in women’s health and driving product launches in new markets, including launching nationwide HPV screening in East Africa and novel diagnostics in maternal fetal medicine. Oriana has received numerous awards in entrepreneurship for her work in women's health, including the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center MassNextGen Award and The Wave Summit's Emerging Women Founder in Bio Award. She has international experience, having both worked and lived in various geographies and has focused her career in increasing access to care for women globally.
AOA
CEO│Co-Founder
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi is the CEO and Co-Founder of AOA Dx, a YC backed biotech company focused on early-stage ovarian cancer detection. She has a proven record in women’s health and driving product launches in new markets, including launching nationwide HPV screening in East Africa and novel diagnostics in maternal fetal medicine. Oriana has received numerous awards in entrepreneurship for her work in women's health, including the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center MassNextGen Award and The Wave Summit's Emerging Women Founder in Bio Award. She has international experience, having both worked and lived in various geographies and has focused her career in increasing access to care for women globally.
Amogha Tadimety
Nanopath
Co-founder
Amogha Tadimety, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO at Nanopath, a LabCentral company developing point-of-care molecular diagnostics for women. She has experience ranging from academic research to life sciences consulting and venture capital. Amogha is deeply passionate about translation of novel technologies to underserved populations. Amogha received her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College, and her B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.
Nanopath
Co-founder
Amogha Tadimety, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO at Nanopath, a LabCentral company developing point-of-care molecular diagnostics for women. She has experience ranging from academic research to life sciences consulting and venture capital. Amogha is deeply passionate about translation of novel technologies to underserved populations. Amogha received her Ph.D. from Dartmouth College, and her B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.
Dr Katrin Eurich
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinical Fellow in Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Eurich is a current fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Eurich completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research focuses on improving the detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers, with particular interests in endometrial and ovarian cancer, and those women that have the BRCA mutation. Dr. Eurich has published and presented research at various meetings including the annual Society of Gynecologic Oncology meetings and the Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists meetings.
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Clinical Fellow in Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Eurich is a current fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Eurich completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research focuses on improving the detection and treatment of gynecologic cancers, with particular interests in endometrial and ovarian cancer, and those women that have the BRCA mutation. Dr. Eurich has published and presented research at various meetings including the annual Society of Gynecologic Oncology meetings and the Western Association of Gynecologic Oncologists meetings.
Katherine Rushfirth
Neighborhood Birth Centre Boston
Certified Midwife │Policy Director
Katherine (she/her) is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a long-held commitment to health equity and social justice. She is the Policy Director for the Neighborhood Birth Center, working to open Boston’s first birth center and increase access to midwifery care in the state. Prior to that, Katherine was the Associate Chief of Midwifery at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully leading programs to address the social determinants of health and expanding family planning, including abortion services, to community health centers. Katherine was among the first midwives to be appointed as teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School. Katherine is a past-president of the Massachusetts Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives and currently serves as the Legislative Co-Chair. Katherine completed her midwifery education at Yale University and her BA in Women’s Studies/Anthropology at Barnard College. In 2022, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Nurse Midwives for her contributions to the field of midwifery.
Neighborhood Birth Centre Boston
Certified Midwife │Policy Director
Katherine (she/her) is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a long-held commitment to health equity and social justice. She is the Policy Director for the Neighborhood Birth Center, working to open Boston’s first birth center and increase access to midwifery care in the state. Prior to that, Katherine was the Associate Chief of Midwifery at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully leading programs to address the social determinants of health and expanding family planning, including abortion services, to community health centers. Katherine was among the first midwives to be appointed as teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School. Katherine is a past-president of the Massachusetts Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives and currently serves as the Legislative Co-Chair. Katherine completed her midwifery education at Yale University and her BA in Women’s Studies/Anthropology at Barnard College. In 2022, she was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Nurse Midwives for her contributions to the field of midwifery.