Amplify: A Podcast Powered by Patient Voice Partners
Amplify brings you real stories and bold conversations — from patients and caregivers to clinicians, advocates, innovators, and system leaders. Together, we explore the human side of healthcare and the bold ideas that make it better.
Powered by Patient Voice Partners, this podcast elevates lived experience to shape better care, access, and policy.
Tune in to hear what healthcare looks like — when people are finally heard.
Episodes
15 episodes
Beyond the Clinic: How Communities Shape Health
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte
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Episode 15
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32:57
Living Beyond Diagnosis: Colorectal Cancer, Screening, and Patient Advocacy
In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Barry Liden are joined by Barry Stein, President and CEO of Colorectal Cancer Canada, for a powerful and deeply personal conversation...
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Episode 14
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31:53
Closing the Gap: Patient Voices and Pharma Transformation in the Middle East
How is patient engagement evolving in one of the world’s fastest-changing healthcare regions? In this episode, Ursula Mann and Christine Pisapia sit down with Mostafa Najib, a pharmaceutical leader with more than 20 years of exp...
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Episode 13
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27:19
Welcome to Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices Through Listening and Action
Welcome to the launch episode of Amplify, the podcast powered by Patient Voice Partners, where real stories spark bold conversations. In this episode, host Ursula Mann is joined by her co-hosts Brent Korte, Barry Liden, Anne Mar...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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20:48
Living With Huntington’s: Inheriting Risk, Finding Purpose
Episode Summary In this powerful episode of Amplify, hosts Ursula Mann and Christina Pisapia speak with Erin Paterson, a writer, caregiver, and advocate whose life was transformed by Huntington’s D...
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Episode 12
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31:40
Beyond the Dome: Humanizing Healthcare with Mark Stolow
In this conversation, Ursula and Anne Marie sit down with Mark Stolow, Founding Director of People Before Patients, to explore what it truly means to humanize healthcare. Drawing from early caregivin...
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Episode 11
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32:32
Stage Zero, Full Strength: Share’s Story of Early Detection, Self-Advocacy, and Choosing Light
A routine nudge from a family doctor changed everything. After being sent for a mammogram she had delayed, Share was diagnosed with stage 0, triple-negative breast cancer—caught extraordinarily early. In this candid conversation, ...
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Episode 10
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32:05
From Physician to Patient to Pioneer: Dr. Shazhan Amed on Surviving TEN and Building Haibu Health
Episode Summary What happens when a physician becomes the patient—and then an entrepreneur? Pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Shazhan Amed shares her harrowing, transformational journey through toxic epidermal necrolysi...
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Episode 9
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42:19
Postpartum Psychosis: Cara’s Story of Crisis, Care, and Recovery
Trigger warning This episode includes discussion of severe postnatal mental health challenges, including postpartum psychosis, hospitalization, and panic. If you or someone you know needs medical assistance, please cont...
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Episode 8
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40:43
Making Data Meaningful: From Health Literacy to Real-World Evidence
In this episode, Ursula and Christine are joined by Tara Cowling, Founder and President of Medlior Health Outcomes Research—a C...
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Episode 7
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31:39
Listening as a Leadership Superpower: A Conversation with Brigitte Nolet (Roche Canada)
How do you embed patient voices across a complex, research-driven organization—and across a country’s health system? Brigitte Nolet shares how her own journey with psoriatic arthritis shaped her leadership, why Roche Canada created a Chief P...
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Episode 6
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39:46
Fresh Voices, New Perspectives: Meet Izi
Welcome to Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, a podcast powered by Patient Voice Partners. In each episode, hosts Ursula Man...
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Episode 5
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13:11
A Life in Healthcare: Christine Pisapia on Caregiving, Advocacy, and Patient Voices
In this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and
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Episode 4
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16:09
From Engagement to Inclusivity: A Conversation with Anne Marie Hayes
From Engagement to Inclusivity: A Conversation with Anne Marie HayesIn this episode of Amplify: Elevating Patient Voices, hosts Ursula Mann and Brent Korte welcome their very own Patient Voice Partners teammat...
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Episode 3
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17:13