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### About

Susan Schulz is a content, communications and marketing consultant with more than 15 years’ experience in advising clients on overall strategy, thought leadership, content creation, digital marketing and corporate communications.

### Experience 

For more than a decade, Schulz had the privilege of working closely with scientists in academia, government, and healthcare, delving into the heart of their passions and motivations. She brings a unique blend of journalistic expertise and empathetic insight to help them unravel the narratives within their work, making it not only comprehensible but captivating. Shining a deserved spotlight on the stories of scientists and their work is what Schulz loves to do.
Prior to launching her consulting firm, TheScientistWhisperer.com, Schulz served as VP of Marketing for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, as the Marketing Director for The New York Academy of Sciences, and as an “Advocate for Curiosity” for the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. She also spent a successful 20 years in magazines, holding exciting editorial and leadership roles at respected brands including Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping.

### Education

Schulz is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland and hold a certificate in Digital Marketing Strategies from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

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The BioVenture eLab, part of Weill Cornell Medicine Enterprise Innovation, equips innovators with business expertise, funding pathways, and investor connections to accelerate the translation of ideas to the marketplace.

Turning Research into Healthcare Startups: Weill Cornell Medicine’s BioVenture eLab

The Gates Foundation’s $2.5 billion pledge is historic, but founders say it’s only a starting point. Here’s how they want the money to be spent, and why more bold action is still needed.

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Women’s Health Founders React to Gates Foundation $2.5 Billion Pledge

Scaling a startup is more than just growth. Founders from G9 Ventures, Evvy, Inflect Health, and Kindbody offer six tips to preserve trust, brand, and purpose as your company gets larger.

Scaling Smart: How to Grow Women’s Health Startups 

Founders behind Teal Health, Proov, Sunny, and Bloomlife reveal lessons from their FDA experiences, from unexpected reclassifications to trial redesigns to funding gaps.

How MedTech Startups Navigate the FDA: Lessons from Women’s Health Innovators

When VCs say no, founders are tapping alternative sources, from academic accelerators and angel investors to strategic industry partnerships and mission-aligned family offices, to bring solutions to market.


Beyond VC: 6 Ways to Fund Your Healthcare Startup

Founders behind Elektra Health, Frame Fertility, Gabbi, and OOVA share how trial, error and trust shaped their GTM journeys.

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4 Women’s Health Entrepreneurs Reveal Go-to-Market Strategies

Entrepreneurs Jenny Carillo, Roya Pakzad, and Mike Satow advise on how to healthcare companies can prepare for acquisitions, from bankers and buyers to IP and partnerships. 

How to Exit Smart:  7 Mistakes Healthcare Founders Should Avoid 

Jennifer Celio Li of Samsung, Mika Miyake of Garmin Health, and Nichole Young-Lin of Google share how women’s health startups can collaborate with Big Tech.

How to Win Over Big Tech: Partnership Playbook for FemTech Founders

How can improving care options lead to unlocking profitability? Women’s health entrepreneurs from Daré Biosciences, Organon, and Willow offered insights at the 2025 SiS New York Conference.

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6 Ways to Make Women’s Health Profitable

XSeed Award winner Chandrabali Ghose, PhD, a pioneer of novel antibiotic research, now innovates Cystic Fibrosis solutions and offers funding insights for startups.

How Chandrabali Ghose Drives Therapeutic Innovation

Angel investor and pharma industry executive-turned-consultant Shwen Gwee has worked with startups for more than 15 years, garnering insights for biopharma entrepreneurs.

5 Startup Funding Tips from Angel Investor Shwen Gwee

As artificial intelligence changes health, environmental tech and robotics, experts predict longer lives, cleaner air and humanoids

AI-Powered Companies Dominate 2025 Digital Health Funding

Cure’s Landmark Report Reveals 87% of Healthcare Leaders Remain Optimistic About Future, Despite Challenges