From Clinical Trials to a Women’s Metabolic Health Startup with Tihomira Leteyski

In this episode of The Human Protocol, Theodora Savlovschi-Wicks is joined by Tihomira Leteyski, founder and CEO of MetaboHub.Tihomira shares how a decade in clinical research shaped her decision to build something of her own. After starting her CRA career young and spending years in the industry, she launched MetaboHub during maternity leave after recognising a major gap in metabolic health support for women postpartum, in menopause, and for people struggling with weight, prediabetes, and related conditions.The conversation explores why clinical research professionals often underestimate their own skill set, why GLP-1s and peptides have become such a noisy and misunderstood topic online, and how hard it can be for the public to distinguish between legitimate medical information and content designed to exploit confusion.This is a thoughtful conversation about women’s metabolic health, entrepreneurship, and the tension between loving the career you built and knowing it is time to build something else.Key takeaways🔸 Why Tihomira started MetaboHub during maternity leave rather than after it🔸 Why CRA skills translate surprisingly well into building a healthcare startup🔸 Why “healthfluencer” content around GLP-1s and peptides can be so dangerous🔸 Why people need better access to legitimate, understandable medical information🔸 Why entrepreneurship often means choosing a different kind of difficulty, not avoiding it🔸 Why the future of healthcare needs to be more accessible, preventive, and hybridChapters:00:00 Introduction and Tihomira’s Background04:06 Burnout, Career Transition and Starting MetaboHub07:07 Building MetaboHub and Women’s Metabolic Health12:57 GLP-1s, Influencers and Health Misinformation15:41 Finding Legitimate Health Information18:34 Telemedicine Regulation and Access to Care21:31 Big Pharma, Trust and Public Perception23:59 The Future of Healthcare and Advice for Entrepreneurs Host: Theodora Savlovschi-WicksFounder and Managing Director, Vivexa PartnersLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theoswicks/ Guest: Tihomira LeteyskiFounder & CEO at MetaboHubLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tihomiraleteyski/ The Human Protocol is a podcast from Vivexa, exploring clinical conversations at the intersection of people and trials.