Abstract & Bio
Abstract:
This panel will provide valuable perspectives and practical knowledge for anyone involved in the healthcare and cybersecurity sectors. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of the collaborative efforts needed to protect healthcare technologies and the vital role cybersecurity plays in safeguarding patient health and safety.
Panel Highlights:
Innovative Collaborations: Explore how interdisciplinary collaborations between government agencies, regulatory bodies, and private companies are essential for advancing cybersecurity in healthcare.
Regulatory Landscape: Gain insights into the current and future regulatory landscape, and how it impacts the development and deployment of secure medical devices.
Real-World Applications: Hear firsthand accounts of the challenges and successes in implementing cybersecurity measures within healthcare environments.
Ethical Considerations: Discuss the ethical implications of cybersecurity in healthcare, ensuring that patient safety and data integrity remain at the forefront of technological advancements.
Bio:
Currently, the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit whose mission is to foster ethical questioning, culture, and systems in startups and startup ecosystems. We provide programs catered to workers, investors, and founders.
Erika is an advisor to several family offices, venture capital firms, and governmental investment programs focused on healthcare, biosciences, and biotechnology companies. She invests a portion of her time building cross-border networks between the US and the Asia Pacific region to facilitate the growth of companies operating in emerging markets.
Her first job out of college was working for Theranos, where she subsequently was one of the critical whistleblowers reporting the fraud case to regulators preventing the company from providing false lab results to patients. The Theranos scandal has been extensively covered in the media. She's working towards obtaining her ACFE-certified fraud examiner's license to educate others on fraud prevention strategies and develop programs to protect business stakeholders from high-risk ventures. She is also an advisor to several whistleblower advocacy organizations to support individuals who may be retaliated against while reporting misconduct.
She is passionate about innovation ecosystem building, development, economic mobility, affordable healthcare, and public-interest technology projects. She is an avid mixed martial artist in her free time and hopes to support efforts that leverage martial arts to empower trauma survivors.