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#358 How can we create change with Professor Partha Karr

The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

Release Date: 11/26/2025

#358 How can we create change with Professor Partha Karr show art #358 How can we create change with Professor Partha Karr

The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

This November, in recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, we are resharing a series of important episodes that explore the realities, challenges, and innovations surrounding diabetes care and management. This week’s reshared episode features Partha Kar, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, among many other roles. Partha shares what inspired him to work in diabetes and reflects on an important question: how can we create change? This month carries a particularly deep meaning for us all at THC, as we remember Tahlia, daughter of our host Tara, who tragically passed away. Tahlia lived...

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This November, in recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, we are resharing a series of important episodes that explore the realities, challenges, and innovations surrounding diabetes care and management.

This week’s reshared episode features Partha Kar, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, among many other roles. Partha shares what inspired him to work in diabetes and reflects on an important question: how can we create change?

This month carries a particularly deep meaning for us all at THC, as we remember Tahlia, daughter of our host Tara, who tragically passed away. Tahlia lived with type 1 diabetes, and her story is a powerful reminder of how complex and serious this condition can be.

By revisiting these conversations we hope to raise awareness, and honour Tahlia’s memory by helping others better grasp the life-threatening nature of diabetes and the importance of ongoing support for those living with the condition.

If these episodes help even one person understand diabetes more deeply or take action to protect a loved one, then we know Tahlia’s legacy continues to make a difference.

💙 In memory of Tahlia.

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