Women’s health science
Is the claim clinically defensible? A period app that says it can predict ovulation needs more than a hopeful guess behind it.
About
I’m a doctor who builds the trust and the connections women’s health needs.
Women’s health products ask a lot of people. They ask women to trust them with their bodies, investors to trust them with their money, and clinicians to trust them with their patients. That trust has to be earned, and it is easy to lose.
I’m a medical doctor and an ecosystem builder. The doctor makes sure the medicine is right. The builder connects the founders, clinicians, researchers and investors who turn it into something real. I do both, and each makes the other better.
Why I do this
I started in clinical practice. Again and again, women arrived late with serious illness, after years of being dismissed or misinformed. I came to believe that credible information, earlier, would change outcomes. I also saw that the companies building women’s health products could reach far more women than I could, one patient at a time. So I left the clinic for women’s health education.
Then I saw the other side. Ambitious founders were making claims the science could not hold, and validation studies did not prove what they promised. When that happens, users lose trust, investors hesitate, regulators step in, and the impact everyone wanted shrinks.
My goal is to bridge the gap between innovation and integrity.
How I work
Most advisors cover one area. I work across three, because a product fails if any one is missing.
Regulatory consequences
Words like “diagnose,” “treat” and “prevent” create obligations. I explain what triggers closer scrutiny and what evidence each path needs.
Founder reality
Time, money and investor pressure are real. If you are eight weeks from a Series A pitch, you need targeted fixes, not a two-year clinical trial.
Beyond one product at a time
I also work on the system around founders. I founded Better Woman Health to connect the founders, clinicians, researchers and investors shaping women’s health in Africa. I mentor founders at Daya Africa. And I speak with young doctors, so more of them learn the why behind the science.
My own experience with PCOS is part of why this matters to me. I know what it is like to search for reliable information, find your way through healthcare, and still struggle to get answers.
Let’s talk
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