Her innovative digital health platform which uses everyday wearable devices to identify physiological patterns associated with chronic pain impressed the judges who found the solution grounded in sound market research and planning.
The system is being developed to tackle the long delays many women face in securing a diagnosis of conditions like endometriosis and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body and affects around one in 10 women of reproductive age, according to the Endometriosis Foundation.