Discusses the ethical challenges that telehealth providers must consider, including informed consent, standards and quality of care, professionalism in virtual care, verification and trust, and equity and access.

Our guest today is Kathy Wibberly, who is the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, which is one of 14 federally funded telehealth resource centers working to expand access to quality care through telehealth solutions for communities facing the greatest barriers to optimal health outcomes. Kathy also serves as the Director of Research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Telehealth.

Additional resources:

• National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers: https://telehealthresourcecenter.org/
• Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center: https://matrc.org/
• American Telemedicine Association: https://www.americantelemed.org/
• Alliance for Connected Care: https://connectwithcare.org/
• TelehealthVillage @UVA: https://about.citiprogram.org/series/teleheatlhvillage-uva/
• CITI Program’s course catalog: https://about.citiprogram.org/course-catalog

Discusses the regulation of cell therapy products and the importance of training on this topic.

Our guests today are Kathy Loper and Jared Schuster.

Kathy serves as the Director of Regulatory Affairs for NMDP, a nonprofit providing life-saving cellular therapies to patients. Kathy has extensive experience in biological product manufacturing and works closely with regulatory agencies, professionals, and other organizations to move the industry forward.

Jared also has extensive experience in biotech, specializing in cell therapy CMC, regulatory strategy, and analytical development. He has held scientific, quality, and regulatory roles throughout his career, and is clinically certified as a Histotechnologist and Advanced BioTherapies Professional. At NMDP, he oversees regulatory CMC and strategy functions for cell and gene therapy programs, focusing on procurement of cellular starting materials.

Additional resources:

• NMDP: https://www.nmdp.org/
• Regulation of Cell Therapy course: https://about.citiprogram.org/course/regulation-of-cell-therapy-products/
• CITI Program’s course catalog: https://about.citiprogram.org/course-catalog

Discusses how the development and deployment of ethical technology products is a competitive advantage for companies.

Our guests today are Jennie Baird and Robert Levitan from the Ethical Tech Project.

Jennie is the Co-Chair of the Ethical Tech Project and a digital media trailblazer. Throughout her 30+ year career, she's driven growth and innovation for some of media’s most successful digital brands and legacy-to-digital crossovers. Today, she dedicates her work to supporting and advising tech-for-good businesses and organizations. At ETP, she spearheads the nonprofit’s strategy to educate, convene, and equip technology and AI builders in making design, engineering, and go-to-market decisions that foster trust and enable human flourishing. She ardently believes that good technology should make the world better and that doing good is good for business.

Robert is the Co-Chair of the Ethical Tech Project. He is an entrepreneur and internet pioneer who has started six companies across a variety of industries and raised more than $150 in venture capital funding. Robert co-founded iVillage, an early online community that went public in 1999. He also co-founded Flooz.com, one of the first online digital currency platforms in 1999. Robert was also the co-founder of Pando Networks, which was sold to Microsoft in 2013. Robert is a collaborative business leader passionate about helping mission-driven organizations grow through strong customer relationships and productive strategic partnerships.


Additional resources:

• The Ethical Tech Project: https://www.ethicaltechproject.org/
• CITI Program’s Tech Ethics training solution: https://about.citiprogram.org/solutions/tech-ethics/