I'm pleased to have our first member in the "She-STEMs" chapter. Dr. Neta Kela-Madar is a professional in healthcare innovation development and personalized medicine. I met Dr. Kela-Madar at an event in early 2017, and I wrote a blog about her inspiring message: "Advice From a Scientist turned Entrepreneur".
Here is her Index-card interview - also very inspiring!:
How/why did you get into a STEM field? I always had within me the passion to change the world through health care and medicine.
STEM fields often change – or disrupt – the way we do things. Can you say how your field or what you do has an influence on advancing the industry? The healthcare revolution is here the transition from "sick-care" to "Healthcare" and from inefficient drugs (~20% efficiency) to efficient drugs. Our company PXM (Precision X Med)’s mission is to accelerate the healthcare transition and promote intelligent, accurate and personalized medicine into practice.
Have you encountered challenges being in a traditionally male dominated industry/field, and how did you overcome it, or go about it? My grandmother got married in Yemen when she was 12 and my mother was not allowed to study before marriage. But it did not stop her from becoming a biology teacher and to earn her first degree when she was 40. Inspired by the challenges of the women in my life and their actions to create their future, I could only follow by their example.
Words of advice or encouragement? I believe in actions and creating our own opportunities. "Don't dream of winning, train for it!" — Mo Farah, Olympic long-distance runner
Anything else you would like to add? "No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential." Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, founder of LeanIn.Org
