Humanising Healthcare podcast - "Mapping Menopause - a Femtech solution"

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In this episode Dr Manasi Nandi is joined by third year medical students Stacey Beyene and Siham Omar. They discuss the positive influence digital technology can have on medicine, the impact of the delay in diagnosis for those with menopause symptoms and the research they are involved in at King’s. 

Please note, King's College London and the speakers do not endorse any of the apps discussed in this podcast. 

Stacey Beyene is a third-year Medical Student at King’s College London, with a keen interest in General Practice, obstetrics and gynaecology. Stacey’s current special interests involve finding solutions to healthcare disparities and decrease physician bias through Artificial Intelligence and new technologies.

During her time at King’s Stacey has supported widening access to education, mentoring aspiring medical students in sixth form through the Armitage Foundation and supporting current medical students from underprivileged backgrounds as a Widening Participation Student Ambassador.

Siham Omar is a third-year medical student at King’s College London and holds a keen interest in various medical specialties including Primary Care, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Paediatrics, and Dermatology. She is particularly fascinated by the potential of technology to enhance healthcare delivery across these fields and is currently collaborating with RuMedical, an organisation dedicated to the development of medical devices and wearable technology.

Throughout her time in medical school, Siham has been drawn towards the intersection of medicine and technology, especially in the realms of MedTech and Digital Health. Through her experiences such as becoming a Content writer for National MedTech Foundation and learning programming languages like Java, she has developed a specific curiosity towards leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare.

Manasi Nandi

Reader in Integrative Pharmacology

Manasi is a scientist and educator based within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the extraction of new information from vital signs data, aiding research and clinical decision making, and identifying earlier alerts of disease. She has expertise in medicine discovery and development and the translation of laboratory findings into clinical practice. She is a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, most recently supporting efforts to embed inclusive principles into the national curriculum. Inclusivity and accessibility are at the core of her teaching and research practice. She is the Development, Diversity and Inclusion lead for the School and Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, supporting EDI activities at Faculty and College level. She launched the Humanising Healthcare seminar series in 2023.

Books

• Topol, E (2019) Deep Medicine: How AI can humanise healthcare. Recorded Books
• The North American Menopause Society (2012) The Menopause Guidebook. Published by The North American Menopause Society

Articles

• The Lancet. Attitudes towards menopause: time for change. Lancet. 2022 Jun 18;399(10343):2243. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01099-6. PMID: 35717972.

• Dintakurti N, Kalyanasundaram S, Jha P, Talaulikar V. An online survey and interview of GPs in the UK for assessing their satisfaction regarding the medical training curriculum and NICE guidelines for the management of menopause. Post Reproductive Health. 2022;28(3):137-141. doi:10.1177/20533691221106011

News and other media

• Lisa Health, Menopause goes high tech: Understanding your menopause journey by leveraging AI and wearable sensing technology

For information and advice about menopause, visit the NHS website.