EP 51: Designing Medical Technology for Everyone I Krista Donaldson

As CEO of Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev), Krista Donaldson leads
the design and scaling of disruptive medical devices to address
global health inequities. To date, over 1M people – mostly children
and young people - have been treated by one of Equalize Health’s
products in 70+ countries. In 2020, the organization kicked off a
bold new strategy to significantly increase the pipeline of
innovative solutions that close healthcare gaps by 2030. Peter
Singer of the Effective Altruism movement calls Equalize Health
“one of the world’s best charities” because of its cost
effectiveness and exemplary end-to-end processes. EH is based in
New Delhi and San Francisco, with additional offices in Nairobi and
Bangkok. Krista has been recognized as a World Economic Forum
Technology Pioneer, TED speaker, and a GLG Social Impact Fellow.
She was also named one of Fast Company’s “50 Designers Shaping the
Future.” Prior to Equalize Health, she was an Economic Officer at
the U.S. Department of State where she managed part of Iraq’s
reconstruction portfolio. She also worked at KickStart
International (Kenya), and the design firm IDEO (USA). Krista holds
a master’s degree in Product Design and a Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering from Stanford University. Bon and Krista talk about
what’s next in design for global health, designing for
serviceability and putting the patient at the center of care.