Live at the Yale Innovation Summit 2025

In a special episode recorded at Connecticut's largest entrepreneurship event, Howie and guest host Megan Ranney, the dean of the Yale School of Public Health, welcome four Yale innovators: entrepreneur and YSPH lecturer Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala; Basmah Safdar, incoming director of Women's Health Research at Yale; Kayla Wooley, a YSPH graduate and the founder of two nursing home staffing companies; and Yale College student Laurie Jimenez, founder of FulcrumCare, a value-based dental provider for Medicaid and Medicare patients. 

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The Yale Innovation Summit

Yale Innovation Summit 2025

Yale Ventures

Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala

"Public health innovator Kaakpema Yelpaala appointed senior fellow and lecturer at YSPH"

InnovateHealth Yale

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Girl Effect

Basmah Safdar

"Basmah Safdar, MD, FACEP, Appointed Director, Women's Health Research at Yale (WHRY)"

Women's Health Research at Yale

"Heart attack symptoms often misinterpreted in younger women"

"Sex Differences in COVID-19 Immune Responses Affect Patient Outcomes"

"The Truth About 'Man Flu'"

"Drug Agency Recommends Lower Doses of Sleep Aids for Women"

Kayla Wooley

StaffOnTap

"Nursing home staff shortages prompted YSPH alumna to form two companies"

"Nursing Home Staffing Shortages and Other Problems Persist, U.S. Report Says"

"State Of The Sector: Nursing Home Labor Staffing Shortages Persist Despite Unprecedented Efforts To Attract More Staff"

Hinge Health

Laurie Jimenez

FulcrumCare

"Many Medicare Beneficiaries with Dental Insurance Face Financial Barriers to Care"

"Variation in Use of Dental Services by Children and Adults Enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP"

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