Oral health plays a pivotal role in shaping your overall well-being – a critical connection often underestimated in healthcare. In this episode, Mariya Filipova, Chief Innovation Officer at CareQuest Innovation Partners, and Maria Ryan, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Colgate Palmolive, discuss the vital link between oral health and overall well-being. They emphasize the connection between oral health and systemic health, highlighting the risks of infection and inflammation. Colgate's innovative approach to dental care and early disease detection is explored. Meanwhile, Mariya addresses the disparity in investments between oral and healthcare startups, with CareQuest Innovation Partners striving to bridge this gap by promoting investment and innovation in oral-systemic health. Stay tuned for an inspiring discussion on the connection between oral health and systemic health, and how entrepreneurs and startups can contribute to this transformative movement.
About Mariya Filipova:
Mariya Filipova, MBA Chief Innovation Officer, CareQuest Innovation Partners. Mariya is a member of the CareQuest Institute leadership team and serves as chief innovation officer of CareQuest Innovation Partners, the for-profit affiliate of CareQuest Institute. In her role, she oversees innovation, incubation, and investment activities aimed at developing solutions that advance oral health access, equity and integration for underserved populations.
Formerly, Vice President of Innovation at Anthem Inc, Mariya led efforts in scaling emerging technologies and new business models to accelerate Anthem’s transformation to a digital-first enterprise. Mariya’s vision and leadership in these areas resulted in the development of several breakthrough solutions and programs including the $5 million XPRIZE Rapid COVID-19 Testing competition, in partnership with seven Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans, to identify and validate fast, frequent, cheap, and easy-to-use testing solutions for SARS-CoV-2 and Anthem’s Digital Data Sandbox —the largest, certified de-identified commercial data set
About Maria Ryan:
Maria Emanuel Ryan, DDS, Ph.D. is Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at the Colgate-Palmolive Company where she provides oversight and leadership to dental and dermal clinical organizations, knowledge management, and scientific communications teams. Dr. Ryan previously served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology at Stony Brook University where she was actively involved in teaching, clinical practice, and research. She is the Past President of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) and has served on many academic and foundation boards. Dr. Ryan has received numerous awards including NIH National Research Service Awards and a Physician Scientist Award. She received an achievement award from the American Dental Association and was the first recipient of the Victress Health Award to recognize her educational and research efforts in the area of women’s health. Dr. Ryan is a nationally and internationally known speaker and author who has appeared on multiple media outlets to discuss the importance of oral health to overall health and wellbeing as well as the role of the dental professional in the provision of optimal overall health care.
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