For AANHPI Heritage Month, our Chief of Strategic Partnerships, Uma Rana, joined Sheila Thorne on Episode 20 of The Kaleidoscope podcast.
Uma shares her immigration story and her family’s journey through a healthcare system that couldn’t speak their language or honor their faith. The conversation explores how cultural identity shapes illness, stigma, family decision-making, and end-of-life care, and how data that lumps communities together carries blind spots into research, trials, and care models.
She also talks about her work leading Gryt Health’s PACE Council, which keeps patient, survivor, and caregiver voices at the center as AI reshapes drug development and patient engagement.