Ivan Hsiao Talks Building Trans Health HQ and Winning StartOut Demo Day was originally published on StartOut.
This episode features (any pronouns), the Founder and CEO of Trans Health HQ, a digital health platform that improves the health of the transgender and gender-expansive community through education, care navigation, and systemic reform of healthcare institutions. Ivan also teaches the at Harvard University, where they are an .
Trans Health HQ has captured attention and accolades at places like , and StartOut’s Demo Day, where they took home the first place and crowd favorite prizes.
Leading from a place of courage and strategy, Ivan is building a sustainable and community-led solution to address trans health equity in the face of 900+ anti-trans bills. Ivan shares how their background in life sciences and healthcare management consulting, DEI corporate strategy, and venture-backed entrepreneurship equipped them to lead Trans Health HQ, and reflects on the lengths they have gone to create community, find champions and seize every opportunity to build a brighter future for historically marginalized groups.
Curious about how Ivan is creating win-win situations for key healthcare stakeholders, so that people of all genders can access dignified, affirming healthcare?
