| 9 Speakers Rachael Grimaldi Anaesthetist and CEO and Co-Founder of CardMedic Rachael Grimaldi is an NHS anaesthetist, Associate Medical Director of the Brighton Marathon, and CEO and Co-Founder of multi-award winning innovative digital health start-up, CardMedic. She is currently a practicing senior anaesthetic registrar in advanced paediatric anaesthetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, following which she will be a Consultant Anaesthetist. Rachael has a long-held interest in patient safety and human factors, winning several national and international awards for her quality improvement work over the last decade, including handover to intensive care units. At the Brighton Marathon, Rachael leads on the integration of a roadside ECMO (Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation – ‘heart and lung bypass’) team into the Advanced Cardiac Arrest Team. Rachael also leads the Brighton Marathon Research Group, working on collaborative and cutting-edge research with universities, world-renowned sports medicine scientists, NHS Trusts and the Ministry of Defence. www.cardmedic.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @cardmedic LinkedIn: /rachael-grimaldi-231a66a6 Malone Mukwende Medical Student, Author and Founder of BlackandBrownSkin Malone is an award-winning medical student and coauthor of Mind the Gap a clinical handbook of signs and symptoms in Black and Brown skin. The handbook has revolutionized the healthcare space reaching over 300,000 people in more than 110 countries. Mind the Gap and Malone have been featured in many press outlets such as TIME, ELLE magazines, in the House of Lords, Good Morning America and The Washington Post. Malone is also the founder of BlackandBrownSkin– a company focusing on empowering, educating, and providing a voice to Black and Brown communities in healthcare. One of the more recent products to come from the company is Hutano, is a social health platform for Black and Brown communities. This is a place where people can find a safe space to discuss their health away from traditional social media. Malone’s work has been a catalyst in redefining what ‘normal’ is in healthcare. This has led to systematic changes in hospitals and health services across the world. An example of this is NHS 111 in the UK reviewed their system which was assuming the caller would be of white skin. They reviewed the use of questions such as ‘Are your lips going blue’ to make the language more inclusive for Black and People of Colour. www.tryhutano.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: /malone_mk LinkedIn: /malone-mukwende-2b9a16168
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