Joyonna Gamble-George, MHA, Ph.D., is the co-founder and the Chief Operations, Scientific, and Medical Officer of SciX, a biotech Internet of Things software applications and device development company searching for data science-based methods to combat brain disorders and other health issues. Her business acumen and advocacy for STEM-based entrepreneurship was honored with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award and as a finalist for the 2019 Lewis A. Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year Award by the National Small Business Association. She is also an expert science advisor at the National Institutes of Health for doctors, psychologists, nurses, and other scientists all across the United States that conduct implementation science research on chronic heart and lung diseases and mental health in vulnerable populations, such as people living with HIV. As a scientist, she has studied potential drug therapies for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and affective disorder pathology and the molecular and synaptic consequences of drug abuse and addiction and HIV-1 infection. Dr. Gamble-George has served as a health system specialist, in which she evaluated the day-to-day operations of a Veterans Affairs medical center and implemented strategies to improve customer service, veterans benefits, and patient hospital admissions. Moreover, she has implemented community-based initiatives in rural communities to combat infectious and chronic diseases due to her passion to promote public health in populations impacted by health disparities. Her previous research efforts in the public health field concerned assessing Florida’s trauma system to guide its future development and improve patient outcomes, quality management case studies, and examining the health needs and barriers to affordable and accessible healthcare in rural, medically underserved communities. Dr. Gamble-George holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biology with Honors in Mathematics from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Master of Health Administration from the University of South Florida College of Public Health, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University.