In this episode Heather interviews Carolyn Wang, Head of Communications at Verily Life Sciences.
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My world got turned upside down in March - How a mention in a presidential press conference shifted Carolyn's work into high-gear supporting their COVID-19 initiatives like Project Baseline providing testing sites and Healthy at Work helping businesses and schools return to work safely.
Empowering our scientists with some communication skills would be very valuable right now. - How a BS in Biology led to and supports Carolyn's work in communications and the importance of both.
Collecting, organizing, and activating healthcare information. - Verily's work to build tools that collect better data, organize it so knowledge can be extracted from it, and develop interventions and tools to support care and research with a focus on preventative and value based care.
Going in with a flexible mindset and the desire to learn as much as possible. - Carolyn's advice to young people looking to go into communications and finding one's career path.
Striving for something that's bigger than us, and this bigger beauty, and something we can achieve in our own power. - Reading The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand in high school left its mark on Carolyn and permeated her life.
Connect with Carolyn
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-wang-7600a94/
Twitter - @cbwang
Carolyn Wang
Head of Communications - Verily Life Sciences
Before leading communications and marketing at Verily, Carolyn was President of Brewlife, a W2O Group agency. There she focused on strategic branding and communications consulting for emerging brands, predominantly in life sciences and healthcare. Prior to Brewlife, Carolyn helped to build the digital health group within WCG, another W2O Group agency, where she led the healthcare practice. Carolyn received her B.S. in biology from Elon University.
Mavens Do It Better original theme music composed by Jesse Case with voice over by Julia Francis.