Cortina McCurry's guest appearances

Cortina McCurry

Talking HealthTech Digital Health and Healthcare Technology Podcast

Pitch to Scale: Female Focused Angel Investing

Book(ish) with George Dimarelos

Renae Bunster

Michael Walsh

Stephen King

Laura Wells

Neil Gaiman

John Perkins

Peter Jones

Chris Norton

Ben Schwartz

Jack O'Brien

Sandro Demaio

Nick McDonnell

Thomas Mitchell

Steve Williams

Josh Withers

OwlTail

This week on Book(ish) I sit down with Dr Cortina McCurry to discuss Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Cortina has a PHD in neuroscience from MIT and worked for the Boston Consulting Group while starting a new company, Caia, focussed on providing women with the ability to talk to healthcare professionals easily and effectively. Our conversation ranges over how the lower 48 states see Alaska, learning responses to change how your brain works and the difficulty finding good advice for women in healthcare. Enjoy!Books discussed:Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat The Blank Slate by Steven PinkerYou can follow Cortina and Caia on Instagram.Follow Book(ish) and give me your thoughts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.Sign up to our newsletter here. Join our facebook group here.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?Sanspants+ | Podkeep | USB Tapes | MerchWant to get in contact with us?Email | Twitter | Website | Facebook | Reddit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Book(ish) I sit down with Dr Cortina McCurry to discuss Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Cortina has a PHD in neuroscience from MIT and worked for the Boston Consulting Group while starting a new company, Caia, focussed on providing women with the ability to talk to healthcare professionals easily and effectively. Our conversation ranges over how the lower 48 states see Alaska, learning responses to change how your brain works and the difficulty finding good advice for women in healthcare. Enjoy!Books discussed:Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSalt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat The Blank Slate by Steven PinkerYou can follow Cortina and Caia on <a href="https://create.acast.com/@askcaia" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.Follow Book(ish) and give me your thoughts on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bookishcomedy/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/bookishcomedy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bookishcomedy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.Sign up to our newsletter <a href="http://eepurl.com/cM3in9" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Join our facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/535280830149669/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.You can now physically send us stuff to PO BOX 7127, Reservoir East, Victoria, 3073.Want to help support the show?<a href="https://sanspantsplus.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sanspants+</a> | <a href="https://sanspantsradio.podkeep.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Podkeep</a> | <a href="https://audiobooksontape.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">USB Tapes</a> | <a href="https://streamlabs.com/sanspantsradio/merch" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Merch</a>Want to get in contact with us?<a href="mailto:sanspantsradio@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Email</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/sanspantsradio" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.sanspantsradio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/535280830149669/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://reddit.com/r/sanspantsradio" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Reddit</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Americanah: culture shock, rewiring your brain and connecting women to healthcare with Dr Cortina McCurry

Dr Cortina McCurry is the CEO and Co-Founder of Caia, a video and text consultation platform which securely connects women and families with vetted women’s health practitioners, treatments, and products to make it easy to navigate each stage of life.  Cortina has a PhD in neuroscience from MIT, and more than 15years experience across healthcare, technology, and operations. Cortina was a Partner at Boston Consulting Group, and traded it all in for the best job of all - founder of a healthtech start up in Australia.  Check out this episode to learn all about Caia and how they are addressing an unmet need in women's health, the role businesses can play in supporting the health and wellness of their employees during the transition to parenthood, why investing in women and families is good for business, and moving the needle on gender equality and how it is more than just flexible work and parental leave.   Pete and Cortina also discuss the real challenges of being a Co-Founder and new parent, and strategies on how to win in both parts of life.  

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cortina/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Cortina McCurry</a> is the CEO and Co-Founder of <a href="https://caia.care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caia</a>, a video and text consultation platform which securely connects women and families with vetted women’s health practitioners, treatments, and products to make it easy to navigate each stage of life.  Cortina has a PhD in neuroscience from MIT, and more than 15years experience across healthcare, technology, and operations. Cortina was a Partner at Boston Consulting Group, and traded it all in for the best job of all - founder of a healthtech start up in Australia.  Check out this episode to learn all about Caia and how they are addressing an unmet need in women's health, the role businesses can play in supporting the health and wellness of their employees during the transition to parenthood, why investing in women and families is good for business, and moving the needle on gender equality and how it is more than just flexible work and parental leave.   Pete and Cortina also discuss the real challenges of being a Co-Founder and new parent, and strategies on how to win in both parts of life.

42 - Dr Cortina McCurry, Caia

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Cortina McCurry, co-founder and CEO of of CaiaCortina McCurry found there was no simple easy way for her to access great practitioners whilst on the go. So she founded Caia. It's is a new way to think about women’s and family health. Caia uses technology to create easy, seamless access to holistic healthcare and support for women and their families.Women’s health was recently reported on Bloomberg as one of the Venture Capital investment trends for 2020, companies that focus on women as healthcare decision-makers are ripe for success.Curious about Caia: https://caia.care/Interested in learning more about Scale: https://scaleinvestors.com.au/

In this episode of Pitch to Scale, Samar McHeileh speaks with Cortina McCurry, co-founder and CEO of of Caia Cortina McCurry found there was no simple easy way for her to access great practitioners whilst on the go. So she founded Caia. It's is a new way to think about women’s and family health. Caia uses technology to create easy, seamless access to holistic healthcare and support for women and their families. Women’s health was recently reported on Bloomberg as one of the Venture Capital investment trends for 2020, companies that focus on women as healthcare decision-makers are ripe for success. Curious about Caia: <a href="https://caia.care/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://caia.care/</a> Interested in learning more about Scale: <a href="https://scaleinvestors.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scaleinvestors.com.au/</a>

Cortina McCurry - Caia