The Awesome Women Scientist-Founders Transforming Digital Health
For Women’s History Month, we wanted to celebrate the accomplishments of female scientists who have founded digital health companies. Women scientists have started some amazing companies—but until now it hasn’t been easy to find information about many of them in one place. (It’s similar to what we discovered when we created our list of female physicians who are digital health founders.)
From gene editing to therapeutics to femtech to preventive care, check out some of the exciting ways that female scientist-founded companies are innovating in digital health.
We know that there are lots more of these companies out there! If you’re a female scientist founder, and would like to be included in this list, you can add yourself by clicking the button below:
Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Company: Scribe Therapeutics
Scribe is focused on the engineering, delivery, and development of next-generation CRISPR molecules to rewrite and repair the underlying cause of genetic disorders.
Twitter:
LinkedIn: Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Rupal Patel, MHSc, PhD
Company: VocaliD
We make digital voice personal. Whether you’re a brand or individual, we have the synthetic voice solution for you.
Twitter: @TweetRupal
LinkedIn: Rupal Patel
Meesha Dogon, PhD
Company: Cardio Diagnostics
At Cardio Diagnostics we are transforming heart disease prevention through ML/AI and DNA-based solutions.
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LinkedIn: Meesha Dogan, PhD
Janice Chen, PhD
Company: Mammoth Biosciences
At Mammoth, we discover novel CRISPR systems that enable new possibilities for expanding biology.
Twitter: @janiceschen
LinkedIn: Janice Chen
Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, PhD
Company: Natural Cycles
The only FDA cleared birth control app puts the power in the palm of your hand. Skip the pharmacy, no prescription needed.
Twitter: @EScherwitzl
LinkedIn: Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
Kate Rosenbluth, PhD
Company: Cala Health
Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company transforming the standard of care for chronic disease.
Twitter: @KateRosenbluth
LinkedIn: Kate Rosenbluth, PhD
Marina Pavlovic Rivas, MS
Company: Eli.Health
Eli enables women to take control of their health across their lives, by providing them with their daily hormone profile.
Twitter: @data_marina
LinkedIn: Marina Pavlovic Rivas
Áine Behan, MSc, PhD
Company: Cortechs
At Cortechs, we use brain powered play and brainwaves as a tool to improve behaviours such as attention in easily distracted children that want to improve their focus.
Twitter: @cortechs_ab
LinkedIn: Áine Behan
Darlene Higbee Clarkin, RHN
Company: KORE Digital Health Therapeutics
KORE Digital Health Therapeutics is optimizing digestive health outcomes through behaviour change, progressive nutritional education and evidence-based digital therapeutics.
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LinkedIn: Darlene Higbee Clarkin, RHN
Raeanne Moore, PhD
Company: KeyWise AI
KeyWise AI develops AI software that tracks brain function, objectively & precisely.
Twitter: @raeannephd
LinkedIn: Raeanne Moore, PhD
Kate Wolin, ScD
Company: Coeus Health
Coeus Health unlocks the tools to provide health and wellness programs that work.
Twitter: @DrKateWolin
LinkedIn: Kate Wolin
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, PhD
Company: Biocon
An innovation-led fully integrated biopharmaceutical company that develops affordable biosimilars, novel biologics & complex APIs
Twitter: @KiranShaw
LinkedIn: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, PhD
Jane Wang, BSc
Company: Optimity
Optimity makes a gamified health rewards platform that applies nudge science to support a proactive approach to holistic healthy living.
Twitter: @JaneJwang
LinkedIn: Jane Wang
Maggie Bergeron, MSc
Company: Embodia
Online continuing education for physiotherapists plus digital home exercise and patient engagement software.
Twitter: @maggiebpt
LinkedIn: Maggie Bergeron
Cecile Real
Company: Endodiag
We develop new endometriosis diagnostic solutions to contribute to a better endometriosis diagnosis, a more personalized patient management, more efficient treatment options and fertility strategy.
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LinkedIn: Cecile Real
Isabel Van De Keere, PhD
Company: Immersive Rehab
Immersive Rehab creates personalised digital therapeutics neurorehabilitation programmes in virtual reality with the aim to improve patient recovery.
Twitter: @ScienceRoadie
LinkedIn: Isabel Van De Keere, PhD
Elizabeth Iorns, PhD
Company: Science Exchange
Science Exchange, the R&D Services Management company, empowers research organizations to accelerate science and drive innovation success.
Twitter: @elizabethiorns
LinkedIn:Elizabeth Iorns, PhD
Alicia Jackson, PhD
Company: Evernow
Preventive primary care, powered by technology
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LinkedIn: Alicia Jackson
Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Company: Mammoth Biosciences
At Mammoth, we discover novel CRISPR systems that enable new possibilities for expanding biology.
Twitter:
LinkedIn: Jennifer Doudna, PhD
Kate Wolin, ScD
Company: Circea
Circea guides clients in threading the needle between evidence and commercial need in health behavior change.
Twitter: @DrKateWolin
LinkedIn: Kate Wolin
Amanda French, BSE
Company: Emme
Emme is a healthcare technology company with a mission to put women’s health in women’s hands, starting with birth control.
Twitter:
LinkedIn:Amanda French
Claire Novorol, PhD
Company: Ada
Ada’s core system connects medical knowledge with intelligent technology to help all people actively manage their health and medical professionals to deliver effective care.
Twitter: @clairenovorol
LinkedIn: Claire Novorol
Geetha Manjunath, PhD
Company: Niramai
Niramai Health Analytix is a non-contact privacy-aware breast cancer screening solution that detects early stage breast abnormalities.
Twitter: @geethamhp
LinkedIn: Geetha Manjunath
Nabiha Saklayen, PhD
Company: Cellino
Cellino Biotech develops intracellular delivery lasers and nanotechnology for gene editing applications.
Twitter: @nabsicle
LinkedIn: Nabiha Saklayen, PhD
Parastoo Khoshakhlagh, Ph.D
Company: GC Therapeutics, Inc
GC Therapeutics Inc. (GCTx) uses synthetic biology to program patient-derived stem cells into any cell type with best-in-class efficiency (up to 10X), speed (up to 100X) and scalability.
Twitter: @Parastoo__KH
LinkedIn: Parastoo Khoshakhlagh, Ph.D
Mona Schreiber, VP of Marketing, MDisrupt
Mona is a marketing leader with over 15 years b2b experience developing new healthcare markets. Prior to joining MDisrupt, she was an early marketing lead at Invitae Inc, where she helped scale the company from small startup to market leader in the nascent genetic testing industry. She brings with her a deep understanding of global markets from her international marketing work at Invitae and Affymetrix.
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