Sonali Sundari Shivhare
Sonali is the first girl child in all her extended family and relatives to strive for higher education and a formal career path. Born in India, her family, and relatives even though well-to-do, due to post colonization stigma had considered educating girls a liability, over the years things have changed and all girls are now encouraged to pursue education and can have a career. She is grateful to her mother who fought many odds to ensure she be admitted to one of the best schools in town, a privilege her mother had been deprived of as a girl. Being admitted to a good sRead More...
Sonali Sundari Shivhare
Sonali is the first girl child in all her extended family and relatives to strive for higher education and a formal career path. Born in India, her family, and relatives even though well-to-do, due to post colonization stigma had considered educating girls a liability, over the years things have changed and all girls are now encouraged to pursue education and can have a career. She is grateful to her mother who fought many odds to ensure she be admitted to one of the best schools in town, a privilege her mother had been deprived of as a girl. Being admitted to a good school was therefore a huge win. Books have been her best friends and learning companion, and she aspires to return the favor by writing meaningful books herself. She co-founded Health Meets Tech (HMT) media house in 2023, a platform that aims to increase access to the understanding, development, and use of innovative health technologies through books, articles, podcasts, films, social media, and conferences that bring multiple, informed perspectives together. She is an executive with an academic and professional background in Clinical Research, Health Technology Innovation and Operations. Throughout her career (17+) and currently she provides valuable assistance to investigators, scientists, health, and technology startups, as an independent consultant or holding various fractional leadership positions. Her prior experience as the Director of the Women’s Health Clinical Research Unit at the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2012-2020) has equipped her with diversified experience in the planning, initiation, execution, and successful completion of various and varied Clinical Research projects. She holds a Masters in Regulatory Science from USC, MBA-Biotechnology from MITCON, Bachelors in Microbiology from Pune University and Project Management Certificate from UCLA. In 2020 she was accepted for the Doctor of Regulatory Science program at the University of Southern California (the only such program in the world), she has been spending some of her weekly schedule towards it with the aim of expanding her knowledge and expertise in the field. She is founder and CEO of The Peace Warrior, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit HQed in Los Angeles, that works in humanitarian and youth leadership development across the US and globally. At the end of the day, she believes all that matters is how we live, inspire, and help leave a better world. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Dr. Anurag Mairal
Dr. Anurag Mairal is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine and the Director, Global Outreach Programs at Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University. He is also a Faculty Fellow and part of the Core Leadership with a focus on Technology Innovation and Impact at the Center for Innovation in Global Health. In these roles, he leads initiatives focused on applying the Biodesign process to resource-constrained settings globally. Further, he facilitates opportunities for students, faculty and fellows at Stanford to work on global healthcare needs. He is founding co-Director for MED 232, Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings and was part of the founding faculty team for BIOE 371, Global Biodesign: Medical Technology in an International Context, graduate-level courses offered to engineering, business, and medical students at Stanford University. Earlier, he served as Associate Director for the Stanford-India Biodesign and Singapore-Stanford Biodesign programs. He serves as the Founding Chair of BME IDEA APAC, a community of medtech innovation programs in Asia Pacific, partnering closely with the industry and academia in the region. He is also an Honorary Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa. Concurrently, he is a co-founder and Executive Vice President of Orbees Medical, a SF Bay Area-based strategy consulting firm serving global healthcare industry, with a focus on medtech, pharmaceutical, and digital health industry. Dr. Mairal has an extensive background in medical technology development and commercialization, collaborating with partners in the U.S., India, China, and other emerging markets to advance product development, manufacturing, and distribution. Recently, he took a sabbatical for two years to take a senior leadership role at PATH, a major global health nonprofit based in Seattle. In this role, he oversaw research and development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies in PATH’s medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health divisions. Previously, he held several positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Business Development Director and Product Director for structural heart, cardiology, and peripheral vascular products at Cordis. Before joining J&J, he was a Group Leader and a Process Development Manager at Membrane Technology and Research (MTR). At MTR, he was responsible for business development, strategic alliances, and product development in the bioseparations area. An active mentor to entrepreneurs and industry professionals, he serves as the chair of PATH’s Bay Area Leadership Council, Chairman of the board at EPPIC Global Network and IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation and Volunteer President at Sewa International - Bay Area. Dr. Mairal earned a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds an MS in chemical engineering from the Indian Institution of Technology in Mumbai and a BS in chemical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur. Dr. Mairal was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Twente, Netherlands and at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. At Berkeley Haas, he was a founding co-Chairman of the South Asia Business Conference and Chair of the Biotech Panel for the Asia Business Conference. His work has been published in more than 30 publications, and he has seven issued patents. Dr. Mairal lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, who happens to be a colleague at Stanford Medicine, and his youngest, while his older two pursue post-collegiate careers
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