Hosted by Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 36 episodes
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The podcast where Healthcare meets Design. We feature conversations around healthcare innovation with patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals and designers. Your cohosts are Nita Lakhani (healthcare professional) and Sylvia Szkudlarek (designer). We are based in Toronto, Canada. Follow us on Instagram @ontheedgeofhd
Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek hosts On the Edge of Health and Design, a arts show with 36 episodes published.
Today we’re re-welcoming Demi Yoo, a marketing professional with a passion for health and wellness. Demi returns to update us on her health and wellness journey, and her latest passion project, The Spiritual Self Company
Culture and age both shape how we experience and talk about mental health, for better or for worse. Culture and age influence our beliefs about mental health, how comfortable we are in asking for help, and how others tre
To kick of 2026, we spoke with Kiki (Kajal) Kamdar, a health and wellness advocate who shared her past experience as a caregiver for a partner experiencing mental illness. Kiki turned to hiking as a way to combat stress,
This month, we highlight Aideen Carroll, Advanced Practice Nurse Educator and champion of mental health nursing! Of note, Aideen shared her love of the history of mental health/health care and provided examples of the de
In this summer recap episode, your cohost, Nita shares her personal reflections following her recent Heritage Journey to Kenya, Africa. Nita revisits the concept of Designing your Life and shares how her own Indian, Afri
This month, we spoke with Manjit Hansra, a pharmacist, breathwork facilitator and entrepreneur. Manjit shared his personal story of burnout working as a pharmacist and pharmacy owner. After attending wellness retreats in
This month, we chatted with Demi Yoo, a marketing professional who is also a self-described health and wellness junkie. Demi discovered meditation during a dark period in her life and found that this helped her mental he
In our May episode, your cohost Nita shares her recent experience with working night shifts in a healthcare setting. According to the Institute for Work and Health (non-profit organization based in Toronto, Canada), ther
This month, we spoke with Ju Eun Lee, a geriatric psychiatrist based in Toronto, Canada. Ju Eun is a passionate advocate against ageism. She highlighted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of ageism, which r
In celebration of pharmacist awareness month, your cohost Nita (pharmacist/designer/podcaster) is interviewed by Sajid, a colleague from their Toronto Go-Getters Toastmasters club. Sajid and Nita discuss Nita's communica
In our first video format episode, we welcome Dr. Cory Goldberg a Canadian plastic surgeon with experience in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. Cory highlighted several challenges facing the Canadian healthcare system
In our January 2025 kick off episode, we interview Tye Farrow, a Canadian architect and author of the book Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health. Tye has initiated a global “Cause Hea
For our final episode of 2024, we interviewed Anita Simon, a Canadian healthcare designer with diverse experiences ranging from academia, industry, non-profit and patient advocacy. Anita emphasized the need to shift our
In this month's episode, we welcome Faizal Kassam, a Canadian family physician, who completed medical school/training in Australia. Faizal is currently working as a family physician in Australia, making him the most remo
In season 3 of our podcast, we’re getting back into interviewing people working and playing On the Edge of healthcare and design! In this month's episode, we welcome Jean-Francois Couture from Applications MD. Applicatio
In this much anticipated follow-up episode with Viviana (arQ RunicoS), an interdisciplinary artist based in Montreal, your cohosts discover that her Forest in Colour has germinated and grown into an exhibition! To celebr
Your host, Nita, decided to try another solo episode based on her thoughts during her latest run along the Beaches area in Toronto. Nita shares her practice of acknowledging other runners and how that might translate int
In this month’s episode, your co-host, Nita, flies solo and shares personal updates on: SIC Health, our Mental Health Project, and the future of this podcast. This episode was inspired by Season 3 of the Netflix series,
In this month's episode, we continue with our Learning On the Edge series, this time experimenting with an audio/video format! We introduce a Design for Social Innovation Tool - the Impact Gaps Canvas. This tool allows u
In this podcast episode, your cohosts demystify how to define the real problem and why it's a crucial step in the Design for Health process. We briefly review the Double Diamond Method from our last episode and explain h
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On the Edge of Health and Design is hosted by Nita Lakhani and Sylvia Szkudlarek. The show is categorised under arts (design) and has published 36 episodes.
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