The first thing which struck me when talking to Fabienne was that she was currently working from Bali. She’s an avid surfer and she describes it as a dream come true to be able to surf everyday while working remotely. The second thing which I found really interesting was that Fabienne was the first guest ever on my podcast who considers going back to the hospital as a doctor at some stage. Not due to unhappiness in her current job but simply because she enjoyed working with patients. But before I get ahead of myself, let’s start at the beginning! Fabienne Cotte is a doctor and now working as a clinical studies team lead at Ada Health in Berlin. She studied medicine in Berlin and started working at Ada Health as a medical student on the medical knowledge team. After that, she worked in the clinical evaluation team before joining Ada Health full-time after graduating as a doctor. Now, she’s working in the area of clinical studies, which I was quite excited to talk about with her because I could imagine that many medical students and doctors could be interested in working in a similar area themselves. And that’s exactly why I think Fabienne is a great guest: While her career path is yet another one from those we’ve seen, it’s still something which seems viable for many medical students and junior doctors out there. After all, she still is working in a somewhat medical capacity as she’s dealing with clinical trials.