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Odelia Ghodsizadeh
Odelia Ghodsizadeh is a communications associate at the Center for Health Care Innovation. She supports communications efforts to advance understanding of and engagement with the center’s projects and ensure a positive user experience with its platforms and materials.
Before joining the team, Odelia was a communications professional at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where her work spanned written and visual storytelling, connecting people to resources, and managing faculty development programs. Early in her career, Odelia worked as a laboratory assistant in biomedical research, and she transitioned into communications as a way to combine her interests in science and language.
Odelia holds a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University.

Passion areas
Getting the details right
What will the future of health care look like?
Specialty care will become more integrated as we develop a more holistic understanding of health and disease.
Favorite innovator
Pat Brown, CEO and founder of Impossible Foods
Favorite innovation
Libraries
Favorite travel destination
Hawai’i
Favorite downtime activity
Letterboxing