Booking Overview
Metrics
Episodes: 7
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 18 subscribers
Instagram: 309 followers
Contact Information
Publicly listed emails
info@justequityforhealth.com
stella@justequityforhealth.com
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Host
Stella Safo, MD, MPH - Primary care HIV/AIDS physician and founder of Just Equity for Health, an organization advancing health equity. She holds three degrees from Harvard and is a New Yorker who came to the United State...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Natasha "Anu" Anandaraja - Global Lessons In Healthcare, Advancing Women’s Success, Community-based Work, And Connections Between Women’s Health Experiences In Malawi And New York City.
Sonia Panigrahy - Patient-centered Healthcare, Human-centered Design, And Building Healthcare Solutions With Patients And Communities As Co-designers.
Oni Blackstock - Lessons From The HIV Epidemic, Community Accountability, Public Health, Healthcare Trust, And Responsible Collaboration Among Communities, Public Health Institutions, And Industry.
Florence "Flo" Rosser - Patient Advocacy, Navigating Healthcare Systems, Advocating For Oneself Or A Loved One, And Changing Healthcare Policy And Systems.
Maia Laing - Patient Advocacy, Navigating Healthcare Systems, Advocating For Oneself Or A Loved One, And Changing Healthcare Policy And Systems.
Recent Topics
Episodes
Dr. Natasha "Anu" Anandaraja: Applying Global Lessons and Resourcing Women for a Better World
September 01, 2026
Dr. Anu Anandaraja is the brave doctor and systems thinker who listens to women, and then advocates tirelessly to help them succeed. As a young daughter of immigrant doctors living in rural New Zealand she was inexplicably called to Africa - she became a pediatrician but felt called not to to be in community rather than hospitals, working alongside people -after genuinely listening and working in the same places for many years, she shifted her career to be responsive to the needs of women in ...
Sonia Panigrahy: Designing a Patient-Centered Health System
August 25, 2026
In this episode of Octavia's Cure, host Dr. Stella Safo talks with Sonia Panigrahy about human centered design, and what it looks like to build healthcare solutions with, not for, the people who use them. This conversation asks what changes when patients and communities are treated as co-designers of their own care, and what it would take for that kind of collaboration to become the norm rather than the exception.Our guest this week is Sonia Panigrahy is a national expert in human-centered de...
Dr. Oni Blackstock: Learning from the HIV Epidemic How Community Can Check Public Health and Pharma
August 18, 2026
What can today's healthcare system learn from the HIV epidemic? In this episode of Octavia's Cure, host Dr. Stella Safo speaks with Dr. Oni Blackstock, a primary care and HIV physician, founder of Health Justice, and former Assistant Commissioner at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, about what worked, what it took to build it, and how community held public health accountable along the way. Dr. Blackstock shares hard won lessons on shared leadership, the difference between optim...
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Frequently asked questions
How do I get in touch with Octavia's Cure?
Octavia's Cure is hosted by Stella Safo, MD, MPH. Its publicly listed emails are info@justequityforhealth.com and stella@justequityforhealth.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
What is the email for Octavia's Cure?
The publicly listed emails for Octavia's Cure: info@justequityforhealth.com and stella@justequityforhealth.com.
How many listeners does Octavia's Cure have?
Podseeker estimates Octavia's Cure reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Who is an ideal guest for Octavia's Cure?
Octavia's Cure typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Physicians, public-health practitioners, healthcare designers, patient advocates, community-health founders, and health-equity leaders with substantial experience improving healthcare systems or representing affected communities. Common among recent guests: Founding or leading healthcare, public-health, or health-equity organizations; Serving in senior public-health or healthcare roles; Developing recognized approaches to patient-centered or human-centered healthcare. Recent guests include Natasha "Anu" Anandaraja, Sonia Panigrahy, and Oni Blackstock.
How hard is it to get booked on Octavia's Cure?
Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.
What topics does Octavia's Cure cover?
Recent episodes cover Health, Health Equity, Patient Advocacy, Public Health, and Healthcare Design. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
Publicly listed emails
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