---
title: '[SPECIAL EPISODE] How Does AWS Support Startups Through the AWS Health Innovation Podcast'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/special-episode-how-does-aws-support-startups-through-the-aws-health-innovation-podcast'
show: 'Faces of Digital Health'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/faces-of-digital-health'
published: '2023-10-11'
audio: 'https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/3GF85E/traffic.megaphone.fm/DHT2490643189.mp3'
---

# [SPECIAL EPISODE] How Does AWS Support Startups Through the AWS Health Innovation Podcast

## Summary

Alex Mervin is Head of Growth, Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this episode, he presents the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, which showcases startups that are advancing healthcare & life science by leveraging cloud computing technology.

In this episode, Alex Merwin and Tjasa Zajc, Host of Faces of Digital Health, discuss:

- podcasting,

- how AWS supports startups,

- what trends is Alex observing in the health innovation space,

- key findings from the recent Faces of Digital Health series about entrepreneurship and healthcare in Africa.

- ... and more.

More about AWS Health Innovation Podcast: [https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/aws-health-innovation-podcast/](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/aws-health-innovation-podcast/)

Discussion with Alex Zhavoronkov mentioned in the show: [https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/2019/05/03/f036-how-is-ai-decoding-aging](https://www.facesofdigitalhealth.com/blog/2019/05/03/f036-how-is-ai-decoding-aging?rq=zhavoronkov%20)

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