Patient Voice

Clive Bonny

Atrial Fibrillation, Prostate Cancer & the Sudden Death Syndrome Nobody Checks For

Clive Bonny — management consultant of 36 years, responsible business and IP advisor, and a patient living with atrial fibrillation and surviving prostate cancer — joins Adam Walker for an unusually open conversation between two patients. Clive was diagnosed with AF by accident when a pre-op pulse check read 30: two weeks in intensive care, heparin, a pacemaker, cardioversion and finally an ablation. He explains why AF is called 'sudden death syndrome', why nearly a million people in the UK have it and many don't know, and why you should check your pulse. Also: prostate cancer, PSA tests and da Vinci robotic surgery, microcurrent innovation through clinical trials and IP protection, ESG certification as a door into public sector work, suicide-prevention training after the loss of his brother, and the golden rule F-O-R — fun, openness, respect.

Ashish Rishi

Inclusion Debt, Equity Engine & the Patients Trials Leave Out

Ashish Rishi — founder and CEO of Unwritten Health — joins Adam Walker to explain "inclusion debt": how bias compounds at every stage of drug development, from unmet need defined without the real patient voice, to multi-billion-pound programmes built on focus groups of eight to ten patient experts, to recruitment budgets thrown at social ads that only reach the already-reachable. Also in this episode: the two-minute conversation that told an 18-year-old his father had terminal prostate cancer, the Equity Engine panel of 6,500 UK participants profiled across the social determinants of health, AI analysis that tears apart a tone-deaf recruitment flyer, UK health data fragmentation, and what a neurodivergent-friendly clinical research unit would actually look like.

Louise Callin

Dementia, Photos Sparking Conversation & Making Care More Human

Louise Callin — founder and CEO of ReelLife Conversations — joins Adam Walker to explain how a photograph can become a conversation rather than a memory test. After nearly 30 years leading technology and transformation in global corporations, Louise left to build a social care technology platform inspired by her mum's dementia journey: photos grouped by face and place, AI-generated conversation prompts, and linked images that keep a conversation flowing. Also in this episode: accessible design for dementia, why 'I remember when' beats 'do you remember', the disproportionate caregiving load carried by women, and taking a values-driven business through venture capital investment.

Jura Lasas

Rare Disease, Patient Advocacy & a One-Way Ticket to America

Today's guest is Jurate Lasiene, who is a clinical research leader and biotech consultant specializing in rare disease clinical operations for small biopharma and biotech companies with over 20 years bridging academia and industry. She's become the operational compass for biotech's, navigating early clinical trials.

Tom Farrand

AI Agents, Patient Recruitment Building Delfa from Cockroach Hotel

Today's guest is Tom Farrand, who has worked throughout his career at the intersection of AI and life sciences. First at IBM, helping university hospitals to use supercomputers to model 3D hot scans. Then joining leading startups.

Maya Zlatanova

Designing Trials for Real Patients (Not Unicorns)

Today's guest is Maya Zlatanova, a visionary leader in clinical research and host of the podcast trials with Myers Z, where she explores the future of trials with global experts and patient advocates as CEO and Co-founder of Find Me Cure and Trial Hub, Maya is on a mission to make clinical trials more accessible, transparent, and patient-centric.

Nuria Coll Bastus

Trial Matching in 5 Minutes & Why 80% of Trials Are Delayed

Today's guest is Nuria Coll Bastus, who is an industry disruptor whose roots in academic research and onco genomics have blossomed into a bold new vision for clinical trials. Born in Spain and now based in the uk. Noria brings a cross-cultural lens to one of farmer's most persistent challenges.

Keith Berelowitz

PRxEngage, 35k Users in Month 1 & Why Patients Need North Star

Today's guest is Keith Berelowitz, who is the founder and CEO of PRX engage a platform designed to revolutionize how we engage and retain patients in clinical trials with over 20 years of experience in pharma and biotech research.

Dr. Berry Pierre

Main Character Energy, 2k YouTube Vids & Trust in Healthcare

Today's guest is Dr. Berry Pierre, a board-certified internist, national speaker, and host of the Lunch and Learn podcast. With over 15 years of clinical experience, he's treated patients across hospitals, rehab centers, and nursing homes, tackling everything from infectious diseases to chronic conditions.