S2,Ep7: Digital Health in Private Industry (ft. Dr. Cynthia Castro Sweet)

Dr. Cynthia Castro Sweet, the Senior Director of Clinical Research at Modern Health, discusses digital health innovations and products in the private sector. She dives deeper into what it means to be a research and staff scientist in private industry and how to make the transition from academia to industry. ----- Dr. Cynthia Castro Sweet is a Clinical Psychologist and leads the Research team at Modern Health. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Behavioral Medicine from the UCSD/SDSUJoint Doctoral Program. She has worked as an applied behavioral medicine researcher in academia at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, and in the private industry at Omada Health and Modern Health. She designs and executes studies of various designs and sizes to generate evidence of the clinical and economic value of technology-enabled healthcare programs. Her central role is to create and execute a strategic roadmap of high quality clinical research that showcases Modern Health as the best-in-class leader in digital mental health solutions. ----- The Center for Digital Health aims to develop innovative digital health projects and applications to provide real-world solutions to the community. Through empirical research, experiential education, and clinical research partnerships, CDH delivers practical digital health solutions to improve our world. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @BrownDigiHealth Check out our other episodes: https://digitalhealth.med.brown.edu/education/cdh-podcast-digihealth-talks Access the Transcript: https://digitalhealth.med.brown.edu/sites/g/files/dprerj656/files/CastroSweet%20Transcription.docx__0.pdf