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We are so excited to welcome Brandy Coote as our new Co-Director. Brandy isn't new to OHT. She's been part of our community as a Fellow, helping build connections, champion inclusive innovation and co-found OHT Oxford. Now she'll be helping lead the next chapter of our global, volunteer-powered community of communities. Brandy has spent over two decades working across health research, innovation, data, governance and delivery. Her career has taken her through the NHS, academi

by Charly Massey, Kate Prescott & Mary Yip | 5mins Often, when we talk about One HealthTech, people cannot quite believe a community like this exists. Then the 💡 lightbulb moment lands. They feel the pull to commit, but they are not sure they have the 🕒 capacity to run hubs and networks. In early 2025, three long-standing community members found ourselves in exactly that spot. Our energy for OHT was still there. We wanted to nurture and celebrate the community, while growin

One HealthTech One HealthTech is a global, volunteer-led community-of-communities working to make health innovation more inclusive, more grounded, and more human. We back voices too often unheard, push for tools that work fairly for everyone, and champion better ways of working through ethics, co-design and collaboration. We’re looking for a new Community Co-Director to join Angela Maragna and help shape OHT’s next chapter. This is a shared leadership role with a particular f

Gosh, we really can’t believe it’s been this long, but OHT has turned ten and it’s been causing a lot of reflection. This wee blog is a chance to share a little of where we’ve come from, what we’ve built, where we want to get to next, and a couple of exciting new roles in the team that we think will help get us there. But first: back to basics. Whilst lots within the OHT community has changed and evolved over the last decade, our core raison d’être has stayed consistent. We h

JOB POST IS NOW CLOSED About One HealthTech One HealthTech is a global, volunteer-led community that champions diversity, inclusivity, and innovation in healthtech. We support curious minds and future leaders, helping people from all backgrounds to build confidence, share knowledge, and connect across health, tech, and everything in between. A Day in the Life at One HealthTech No two days are ever quite the same at One HealthTech, and we love it that way! You might kick thing

Recently, we were invited to the HETT Leaders Summit in Leeds to lead a roundtable we called “Digital first: inclusion by design or exclusion by default?”. Hosted by Fiona Maher and Angela Maragna . These are the sessions we love, not because anyone’s trying to catch anyone out, but because people show up with real stories, real constraints, and a genuine desire to do better. What made this conversation feel different was how honest it was. There was a shared acknowledgemen

by Saira Arif Earlier this month in London, One HealthTech brought together a room full of curious, passionate people at Hale House in the heart of the Harley Street Health District, ready to question some of healthcare’s biggest assumptions which all centred around one deceptively simple question: “Where does health start… and where does it stop?” What followed was a rich, layered discussion that challenged traditional models of healthcare, questioned the very foundations of

We’ve got exciting news. The One HealthTech Leeds Hub has been awarded funding from the Inclusive Growth Development Fund , so we're cooking up a bold, joyful, and unapologetically inclusive health innovation programme for West Yorkshire. Read all the way to the bottom for how to get involved! The OHT Leeds Hub’s grant, Inclusive Innovation for Better Health , is all about centering women, disabled innovators, and people from ethnically minoritised backgrounds in health innov

Maxine Mackintosh I spend a fair bit of time around data and data-y people - helping build datasets, testing architectures, and working with others on how to design algorithms. I’ve had the chance to work across lots of different areas - from dementia and human genomics to infectious diseases and NHS records - and if something has columns and contradictions and touches health, I’ve probably tinkered with it at some point. Through those conversations, I keep coming back to a s

📍 Role: London Hub Lead (Volunteer) ⏰ Time commitment: A few hours a week 🌐 Location: London 💜 Volunteer position About One HealthTech One HealthTech (OHT) is a global, volunteer-led community that exists to make health, care, and life sciences more equitable, inclusive, and accessible for everyone. We create welcoming spaces for people from all backgrounds, especially those historically excluded, to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of health and tech. The OHT Lo

Let’s be real: a lot of women’s health technologies are still built with just one type of user in mind. Think cisgender, English speaking, digitally savvy, living in a high income country. That might work for some, but it leaves far too many people out. Older women. Disabled people. LGBTQ+ communities. Migrants. People of colour. Anyone facing barriers around language, literacy, or connectivity. Health tech should work for all of us, not just the easiest box to tick. So we’re

By Mary Yip Welcome to The Recharge List - a summer selection of reads, listens, and light-touch inspirations curated by the One Healthtech community. It’s part brain food, part hammock companion: a way to stay connected, thoughtful, and a little bit curious while we collectively exhale. From gripping fiction to smart takes on testing ideas and navigating health systems, this list is here to recharge minds and spark conversations. Take what you need, share what you love, and

by Charly Massey In collaboration with two other OHT fellows, I've formed the OHT Fellow Advocate Group. Following the principle of "see one, do one, teach one," we'll share our expertise in professional profile building over 18 months to help others navigate this journey. This is our first field report and includes questions asked by the other Advocates. If you have any questions please get in touch. A practical guide to enhancing your professional profile through conference

You asked – we listened! We did it! Last month OHT-LDN held a hug-in-a-pub 🫂 A fantastically friendly and enthusiastic group came to one of the busiest pubs in Soho on the busiest Thursday of the year for this popular meet-up! Never say we make it easy and we hope all ears and voices remained intact. We CAN report that there were some actual hugs and some virtual ones. The conversations continue in our OHT-LDN LinkedIn Group. Kicking off at 6 pm, the marathon really got goin

by Maxine Mackintosh From June 17-20th, Amsterdam was abuzz with energy and innovation as HLTH Europe took centre stage, gathering...

DEADLINE NOW PASSED!! Want to know more about the Fellowship? Email info@onehealthtech.com or read on.... OHT Fellowship We are thrilled...

Earlier this year we launched the new OHT Strategy for 2021-2022 and as we started to implement all the whizzy and exciting new ideas and...

OHT Campaigns? Campaigns are one of the ways that OHT empowers the community to drive forward our mission of promoting better equality,...

Calling all healthtech students, academic staff, researchers, healthcare professionals and more! Firstly we hope you are all well and...

What do we want to do? We want to create the One HealthTech Healthtech Toolkit. And we want to create it with you. The toolkit will...