Hosts Heather and Lauren sit down with Patrick McCarthy, CEO of Validcare, to discuss how technology is reshaping the future of clinical research. Patrick shares how Validcare is re-engineering the traditional CRO model,...more
To kick off the new year, Heather, Lauren, and Matthew offer a high-level overview of what’s shaping the healthcare and life sciences industries in 2026. From cybersecurity threats and physician employment risks to the...more
Recorded live at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting, Heather and Lauren sit down with Andrea Conner, Ecosystem Development Director for First Flight Venture Center, North Carolina’s original science-based technology incubator....more
Recorded live at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting, Marcel Frenkel, co-founder and CEO of Ten63 Therapeutics, joins hosts Heather Matthews and Lauren DeMoss for an exciting conversation about the future of drug discovery....more
Recorded live at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting, hosts Heather Matthews and Lauren DeMoss chat with Dr. Juliana Blum, CEO of BioAesthetics, a biomaterials company pioneering next-generation acellular grafts for tissue...more
Recorded live at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting, hosts Heather Matthews and Seth Hudson welcome episode guest Ron Phillips, Senior Vice President of Policy for the Animal Health Institute. Representing companies that...more
This episode, Heather and Seth record at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting with Tom Croce, Vice President of Global Patient Advocacy and Engagement at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Tom shares how his team integrates patient...more
This episode, hosts Heather and Matthew sit down with Nicole Murphy, Executive Vice President and Head of Pharmaceutical Operations and Technology at Biogen. Nicole shares why Biogen is growing in North Carolina with a $2...more
This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Seth record at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting with Sophia McLeod, Advocacy Advisor at ACRO, or the Association of Clinical Research Organizations. Sophia shares how ACRO is...more
This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Lauren record at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting with Dr. Justin Collier, Chief Technology Officer for Healthcare at Lenovo North America. A practicing physician turned tech...more
This week, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Mark Wainner, President of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), to explore how ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are transforming the health care landscape. With...more
This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Seth record at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting with Bobby Patrick, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at AdvaMed. Bobby shares how the world’s largest medical technology...more
This week on Taking The Pulse, Heather and Matthew are joined by one of the nation's leading voices in public health: Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association (APHA). With over two...more
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This week on the podcast, Heather and Matthew are joined by Gil Roth, President of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association (PBOA), which represents the regulatory, legislative, and general business interests of...more
Heather and Lauren are joined by Andy Willis, Executive Chief Planning and Development Officer of North Carolina Children’s, a new freestanding children’s hospital being developed through a historic partnership between UNC...more
The heat wave is here - is your skin ready? This week on the podcast, Heather and Matthew are joined by Dr. Charles Darragh and Dr. Marshall Shuler of Carolina Dermatology, one of the largest dermatology practices in upstate...more
Heather Hoopes-Matthews and Matthew Roberts welcome Chuck Melendi, a seasoned healthcare consultant and former executive with decades of experience in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. Chuck joins us to examine...more
In this episode, Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Leonardo Ferreira, Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina and cofounder of Torpedo Bio. Leo shares how his team at Torpedo Bio is working to develop...more
In this powerful episode, hosts Heather and Matthew are joined by Sydney Severance, a young woman and former competitive athlete whose life changed dramatically when she unexpectedly became wheelchair-bound. After a...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather and Lauren welcome Eric Perrault, the CEO of Kiyatec, which focuses on functional precision oncology. Eric discusses their exciting process, which aims to predict how...more
Recorded at SCBio’s 2025 annual conference, hosts Heather and Matthew welcome keynote speaker John Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the world’s leading advocacy group for the life...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, hosts Heather and Lauren are joined by Lindsey Calcutt, an award-winning entrepreneur and the CEO and Co-Founder of Incora Health. Lindsey shares how the gap in women’s health...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather Hoopes Matthews and Matthew Roberts welcome Vinnie Durand of Savills, one of the world’s leading property advisors. They discuss the exponential growth of the life sciences...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather and Lauren welcome Dr. Ray DuBois, a physician and researcher who has dedicated his life to cancer research and patient-centered care. Dr. DuBois, Director of MUSC’s...more
This week, our hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Edward Simmer, the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. After leading DHEC through the latter half of the COVID pandemic and its transition...more