In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Nadine Spring, PhD, about the importance of DEI in clinical care, driving positive social change forward and more.

• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14
• About Spring 0:20
• The interview 1:00
• Tell me about the journey that got you to where you are today? 1:18
• Can you tell me more about Adtalem Global Education and your role there? 5:11
• Why does diversity and equitable representation in clinical trials and care matter? 6:23
• What is SpringWell360, and what do you hope to achieve with the work you are doing through this organization? 8:28
• Do you think that current funding challenges will impact these initiatives over the next few years? 11:37
• Do you feel like you will have to re-imagine or modify how you describe the work you are doing to help people understand its impact? 12:11
• How do you suggest clinicians and institution leaders get involved in raising awareness and increasing diversity in clinical trials? 12:48
• What do you say to people who are doing this work and are getting frustrated or burnt out? How do you keep them motivated? 16:37
• What keeps you motivated to continue this work? 17:56
• When you talk to people about clinical trials, how do you address patients’ mistrust or fear of the unknown? 19:04
• If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 23:58
• How to contact Spring 25:15
• Thanks for listening 25:59

Nadine Spring, PhD, has spent her career fighting for more inclusive and diverse representation in clinical research. She is a recognized leader in advancing health equity, particularly through her work at SpringWell360, which advocates for the inclusion of underserved populations in clinical trials.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Spring can be reached at www.springwell360.com or via email nadine@springwell360.com.

Disclosures: Jain and Spring report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this special crossover episode with Physicianary, guest Navin Goyal, MD, and Physicianary host, Hansa Bhargava, MD, discuss side gigs in the health care space, encourage physicians to explore their fields of interest and talk about his book, Physician Underdog.

• Intro 0:28
• Navin Goyal, MD 0:35
• You have done a lot to help Medicaid patients with your venture capital group, OFFOR Health. Can you tell us about that? 1:25
• What was the driver of your venture capital group? Was it access to care? 3:21
• Tell us about your interest in health equity and access to care? What happened next. 6:28
• Tell us about your book, Physician Underdog. Did the book come before, during or after your journey with your venture capital group? 7:55
• What is your advice to physicians and health care workers who feel burnt out and unfulfilled in their career path? 11:54
• Bhargava and Goyal discuss change and adapting to changes in career paths. 14:57
• Bhargava and Goyal discuss the difference between careers in health care and other professions that are likely to pursue new avenues. 16:42
• There are plenty of physicians out there looking for side gigs. What is your advice to physicians and health care workers who want to explore other avenues and side gigs? 19:29
• How do you do it all? 22:10
• Thanks 24:42

Navin Goyal, MD, is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, physician and author—driven by his passion for human-centered leadership. He is the co-founder and managing partner at LOUD Capital, specializing in early-stage investments in healthcare and technology startups. Goyal is also co-founder of OFFOR Health, a venture-backed startup that provides mobile anesthesia services for pediatric patients on Medicaid, and Beyond Physician, an online learning management platform and job marketplace to enable physicians to learn new skills, get contract work and grow their thought leadership. His journey and insights are captured in his book, Physician Underdog.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Follow Goyal on Instagram @navin.g.md, X @Navin_MD, Facebook and LinkedIn and visit his website: navingoyalmd.com.

Disclosures: Bhargava and Goyal report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Kimberly Richardson about driving changes in patient advocacy efforts, the importance of including DEI in cancer research and clinical trials and more.

• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14
• About Richardson 0:20
• The interview 1:15
• How did you get to where you are today as such a leader and advocate? 1:56
• Did you feel welcomed into this space when you started doing your advocacy work, or did you feel like it was an uphill battle? 5:12
• Jain and Richardson on how physicians and patient advocates can come up with solutions that coincide with the transformation of what advocacy work has become. 8:23
• What are the different ways people can be patient advocates? 10:59
• Jain and Richardson on research advocacy and the power of the ripple effect when it comes to how this work impacts patients. 15:45
• Jain and Richardson on how physician and patients can collaborate to overcome institutional challenges with timing of visits and quality of care. 19:11
• Richardson and Jain on educating patients in underrepresented communities on research and policy changes that will lead to more diversity in clinical trials. 24:21
• If you could look back one year from now, what do you hope your research grant accomplishes? 30:00
• If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 32:00
• How to contact Richardson 32:33
• Thanks for listening 33:27

Kimberly Richardson is a survivor of ovarian cancer and early stage, triple positive breast cancer. Kimberly has founded the Black Cancer Collaborative, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization that creates partnerships between Black cancer patients and the medical and scientific communities on issues of health equity, patient inclusion and clinical trials participation.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Richardson can be found on Bluesky under Black Cancer Collaborative and on LinkedIn.

Disclosures: Jain and Richardson report no relevant financial disclosures.