Dr. Shabnam Eghbali is a resident physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a champion for healthcare innovation and gender equity in entrepreneurship. As co-founder of Theia, a nonprofit that supports women in healthcare ventures, she has built a global community, produced a podcast series spotlighting women leaders in biotech, and created an open-access framework for launching healthcare startups.
In addition to her clinical training, Dr. Eghbali has gained venture experience through fellowships at 5AM Ventures and Scion Life Sciences, where she conducted diligence on early- and late-stage biopharma investments. Her work bridges medicine, entrepreneurship, and venture capital to drive more inclusive innovation in the life sciences.
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