What Would Lisa Suennen Say?
Warning: Rant Ahead. I’ll start by making my biases clear. I believe science is a real thing. I know that scientists make mistakes sometimes, and that we don’t always know what we don’t know; yes, science does evolve, so sometimes what we thought at first changes later when more data is available. But I also […]
Proof Some people gonna call you up Tell you something that you already know Proof Sane people go crazy on you Say “No man that was not The deal we made I got to go, I got to go” Faith Faith is an island in the setting sun But proof, yes Proof is the bottom […]
The best thing about being out in the world post-COVID is that I get to see my friends and colleagues. And one of the best things about that is that people love to be on the lookout for prompts that I can use in blog posts. I am so grateful to those who send me […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the guy that is currently viewed as the “capo di tutti capi” of scientists these days, turned 81 on December 24th. Happy Birthday Doctor Fauci. I can only imagine how astonished Fauci is to observe the growing general disdain for and/or repudiation of science this past two years. My recollection is that […]
This article ran last week in STAT News – delighted to pass it along to my fellow space buffs and thank you to STAT for telling the story of TRISH. By Asha Collins, Lisa Suennen and Armen R. Kherlopian SpaceX Inspiration4, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, recently orbited the Earth for three days with an […]
So here we all are, stuck in our homes (or we should be – shame on you if you’re out gallivanting) because of what we apparently caught from a bat. Most of us are sort of irrationally terrified of bats, and here it turns out that might be a well-founded concern, though not for the […]
Diana Brainard’s passion for understanding our stories and experiences initially led her to study comparative literature in college; but sometime during her junior year abroad in Lyon, she realized she could pursue her passion through medicine, a journey that’s taken her from academic infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital through her current role as Senior […]
With a knack for engineering and a passion for patients, Dr. Andrew Trister’s career has taken this Jersey boy from radiation oncology to Apple to his current role at the Gates Foundation, where he’s spearheading their efforts to leverage technology to improve the health of people around the world. Andrew – like E Street drummer […]
Her illustrious career has taken her from clinician to biotech executive to university chancellor to CEO of the world’s largest foundation, yet throughout this exceptional journey, Susan Desmond-Hellmann has remained empathetic, inquisitive, and emphatically true to herself. Growing up in Reno, Nevada as one of seven children, Sue was inspired by her father, a pharmacist, […]
A new research study, outlined in a Business Insider article, is out that draws a straight-line correlation (implying/suggesting causation) between cat ownership and entrepreneurship. The science goes like this: if you have cats, you come into contact with their poop, which has a particular parasite in it (Toxoplasma Gondii) that can get into and affect […]
Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.