Health 2049: Ashlee Wisdom, Co-Founder and CEO of Health In Her HUE
Jason Helgerson co-hosts the Health 2049 podcast with Bisi Williams of the Massive Change Network.
We can all appreciate the satisfying feeling of being deeply cared for or connecting with another human who can relate to us through shared experience, condition, or situation. For patients of color–especially Black women–seeking help from healthcare professionals can involve issues relating to race and the impact of systemic racism on the physical and mental well-being of themselves and their families. So how can patients of color truly feel cared for if they feel unable to connect–or unseen–by their provider who may not share the same lived experience? Ashlee Wisdom is tackling this challenge head on through her health startup, Health in Her HUE, a digital platform that connects Black women and women of color to culturally aligned and competent health care providers, health content, and community.
Ashlee Wisdom is an experienced public health professional. She is the Co-Founder & CEO of Health In Her HUE, a digital platform that connects Black women and women of color to culturally aligned and competent healthcare providers, health content, and community. Health In Her HUE’s mission is to reduce racial health disparities by leveraging the power of technology, media and community to improve health outcomes for Black women.
As a public health professional, Ashlee is a champion for health equity, and is passionate about taking an equitable approach to healthcare innovation. Most recently, she worked for an advisory firm, Junto Health, where she was the Program Director for the Strategic Ventures Group, an exclusive consortium of nationally-ranked health systems investing in health technology. Earlier in her career, Ashlee managed the recruitment and regulatory activities of a large-scale clinical trial at Weill Cornell Medicine. Prior to that role, Ashlee worked for a Federally Qualified Health Center, identifying and securing federal, state, and private funding, and establishing strong relationships between the health center and local community organizations and foundations. Wisdom also served as the Assistant Director of Grants Management in the Office of Population Health at NYC Health + Hospitals.
Wisdom received her BS from Howard University, and her Master of Public Health with a focus in Healthcare Policy & Management from New York University.
