Research Magazine 2024

Leadership Through Service - A Journey Impacting Workforce and Economic Development in the Digital Health Ecosystem in Georgia Sweta Sneha

OVERVIEW

Dr. Sweta Sneha has been serving on the TAG-Digital Health advisory board for over a decade. This was a position offered by invitation only to the leaders and subject matter experts in health tech representing academia, industry, payors, providers, start-ups, and venture capitalists. Over the past decade, Dr. Sneha has provided strategic leadership to the TAG Digital Health ecosystem in Georgia to innovate, engage, and grow the health-technology ecosystem in Georgia participating in the development and launch of national and global professional events launching Atlanta as the Health IT Capitol of the nation thereby impacting workforce, economic development, and funding to sustain the growth. She has also led KSU’s representation at TAG affording access to all our faculty and students to the various networking, and career/professional development events hosted by TAG. Dr. Sneha served on the strategic committee to launch the first Health IT Leadership Summit, the first Clinical Research in Georgia, has been a speaker at the TAG Tech Summit, established internship opportunities for students with TAG, and has also led competitive grant applications with TAG and KSU to support educational and workforce development initiatives. In 2023 Dr. Sneha was awarded the prestigious TAG Technology Leader of the Year Award in recognition of her extensive service and support to support the health-tech ecosystem in Georgia with growth, innovation, and engagement. The Tech Leader award is selected annually by a panel of industry leaders and is given to an individual who has provided strategic leadership in enhancing the footprint of innovation and workforce development to support and sustain the tech corridor in Georgia.

24 | Community Engagement

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