Kateřina Šédová (Vacková)

I graduated from the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague and Harvard Medical School. In 2014, after my own cancer experience, I founded a non-profit organization Loono with the mission to motivate people to think about their health. With my team of med school students and young doctors, we run online media campaigns and organize workshops in schools, companies and festivals to spread awareness about cancer, cardiovascular disease, and mental & reproductive health. Thanks to my contribution to the field of prevention, I was listed in 30 under 30 by Forbes Magazine, received EU Commission Health Award for Cancer Prevention Campaign, and became one of the Leaders in Aspen Institute CEE as well as of the Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative organized by the U.S. Department of State & German Marshall Fund. In 2021, Ernst and Young named me The Social Entrepreneur of the Year. I am an internal medicine resident, a surfer, a yogi and a coffee lover.