StartUp Health community member Katharine Barnard-Kelly, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Spotlight-AQ, joins StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to share how her team is transforming diabetes care by giving providers a window into their patients’ real lives.

In this inspiring conversation, Dr. Barnard-Kelly explains how Spotlight-AQ’s AI-driven clinical tool helps providers deliver holistic, biopsychosocial care that improves outcomes for patients, reduces burnout for clinicians, and saves costs for health systems.

In this episode:

How Spotlight-AQ uses AI to match each patient’s real-world experience with optimal routine care
The simple, three-minute questionnaire that helps providers focus on what matters most
Why holistic care is critical for managing chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity
Lessons from Dr. Barnard-Kelly’s journey from health psychology to health tech entrepreneurship
How Spotlight-AQ achieved FDA qualification for a person-reported outcome measure in diabetes
What’s next after earning second place in the 2025 Breakthrough T1D Israel Innovation Challenge
Why being part of the StartUp Health community has been so valuable for connection and collaboration

Tune in to hear how Dr. Katharine Barnard-Kelly is building a bridge between science and clinical practice – and making biopsychosocial care the new standard for precision medicine.

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