What are the champion's achievements in digital health?
Sabrina has achieved many awards and grants. Some of her achievements include:
CONICYT Grant, 21130766 advanced human capital formation, 2013.
Banco Estado Crece Mujer Grant, July 27, 2018.
Google Launchpad Start Chile BCI-everis Scholarship, April 8-12, 2019.
Latin American Social Leaders Awards, 2018.
CORFO Seed Award Starts 2019.
TheGlobal.School for Social Leaders 2019.
Finalist Her Global Impact, 2018.
2nd Place Smart Salud INACAP-InterSystems, 2019.
2nd Place CENS-CEPIS- Hospital Digital- ITMS, 2019.
3rd place Go Innova !, 2019.
Recognition 100 young leaders, 2020.
Recognition 5 Scientists behind the fight against COVID, 2020
What are the champion's specialties or areas of expertise?
Sabrina is specialized in digital health and change processes, digital transformation for healthcare professionals. She has led scientific and technological developments projects related to telemedicine and digital health for 7 years, and she is a leading woman in science in Chile. She has become one of the most respected voices in digital health in Chile and Latin America as a whole. Currently, she is an associate professor at the University of Chile, and leads her eHealthcare company that works on fights against COVID-19. She is also an international advisor and speakers of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Women and Work in Scholarships for Digital Studies, Catholic University of Antofagasta, Bernardo Ohiggins University and Universidad Mayor. In addition, she maintains a strong social commitment to equalize the education gap in Chile.
Why is the champion passionate about digital health (how did the champion become interested in digital health)?
Sabrina is passionate about digital health because she believes that digital health can promote equity and accessibility of healthcare. She understands that new technologies are increasingly present in our day-to-day life, both in the personal and professional worlds. This makes patients to demand more and ask more questions to health professionals. Thus, she believes that health professionals must adapt to these changes With this belief, she is constantly creating new health tools to integrate the use of new technologies into the healthcare system to reach the largest number of patients quickly, easily, productively, while promoting equity.
How can we attract more women to work on digital health?
Sabrina emphasizes that in order to attract more women to work in digital health, we need to focus on education, and giving equal opportunity for acquisition of knowledge for men and women.