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Startup Spotlight

WEACE Founders and their Startups

Dr. Candice Carpenter

Dr. Candice Carpenter

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, The Boston Congress of Public Health.

Dr. Candice Carpenter, is a physician, bioentrepreneur, educator, and social justice advocate. She is Co-CEO & Co-Founder of The Boston Congress of Public Health.

Dr. Martine Abboud

Dr. Martine Abboud

Founder, Creo Incubator

Dr Martine Abboud is the founder of Creo Incubator, which employs gamification and microlearning to deliver unique tailored and scalable educational experiences.

Dr. Nara Daubeney

Dr. Nara Daubeney

Co-founder & COO Phaim Pharma | Surgeon | Biotech Entrepreneur | Scientist Entrepreneur

Dr Nara Daubeney PhD, MBBS MEd (Surg) DIC MRCS(Eng) DLO is an adult and pediatric ENT surgeon . She co-founded Phaim Pharma with a singular aim of providing potentially curative treatments and early, pre-disease state diagnostics for autoimmune disease.

Nikolina Lauc

Nikolina Lauc

CEO Glycanage

Nikolina Lauc is a serial entrepreneur having started her first venture as a teenager. She is the Co-Founder & CEO of GlycanAge, a biotech startup delivering an innovative blood test to measure biological age and health.

Dr. Cristiana Banila

Dr. Cristiana Banila

Co-founder and CSO of Mitra Bio.

Dr. Cristiana Banila is a biotech entrepreneur committed to promote innovation in life-sciences. She is the co-founder and CSO of Mitra Bio, an AI-driven biomarker discovery platform for skin health and longevity.

Dr. Mehak Mumtaz

Dr. Mehak Mumtaz

Co-Founder & COO, iLoF

Dr. Mehak Mumtaz has a research background in biochemistry and pathology. She is a Co-Founder & COO of iLoF a startup using bio-photonics and AI to deliver precision medicine for Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Shakiba Kaveh

Dr. Shakiba Kaveh

Co-Founder & CEO Mitra Bio

Dr. Shakiba Kaveh is a biotech entrepreneur committed to promote innovation in life-sciences. She is the co-founder and CEO of Mitra Bio, an AI-driven biomarker discovery platform for skin health and longevity.

Dr. Dragana Savic

Dr. Dragana Savic

Co-Founder and CTO, INIA Biosciences.

Dr. Dragana Savic is a biomedical engineer by training with a doctorate in physiology and an MBA. She is co-founder and CTO of INIA Biosciences a bioelectronic medicine start-up.

Dr. Michelle Teng

Dr. Michelle Teng

CEO, Etcembly| CSO,SynaptixBio| Dir. H-ABC Foundation UK

Dr. Michelle Teng is a biotech entrepreneur and rare disease advocate. She is a co-founder of: Etcembly Ltd, the H-ABC Foundation UK, and SynaptixBio.

Ella Antwi-Ticehurst

Ella Antwi-Ticehurst

Co-Founder & CEO Hurst AI Screening

Ella Antwi-Ticehurst is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hurst AI Screening, a med-tech startup using proprietary AI and mobile mammography for effective early detection of breast cancer in rural sub-Saharan communities.

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