A few days ago, Joe, Jeet, Bob and I wrapped up the final reporting on Kinto's NIH-funded clinical trials. The study reinforces our understanding of the benefits of supporting dementia caregivers, and showcases how technology can help us to deliver compassionate, cost effective care at scale. The scientific results will be available in the new year at clinicaltrials.gov, and a summary of the results can be found on the Rippl site at: https://lnkd.in/efsbwxry
Before the end of the year, I wanted to give a shout out to some of the amazing contributors to this work.
Our key partner in the development and execution of our clinical trial was the Alzheimer's Association, underlining the critical role that progressive non-profits can play in bringing evidence-based solutions to market. Nicole Hammerschlag Ortiz and Catherine Usher, LCSW led our work with caregivers. Sam Fazio, Monica Moreno, Lauren Stratton, PhD, Kerry Finegan, and Dan Kies oversaw the complexity of the clinical trial. Joanne Pike, DrPH, Katie Evans, Beth Kallmyer, MSW and Kristen Clifford provided ongoing executive sponsorship.
Supporting both Kinto and the Association were Dr. Kathie Judge and Claire Grant of CSU, who developed the framework for measuring and evaluating our impact on caregivers, mentored and guided us all, and kept our work true to scientific principles.
The National Institutes of Health provided federal funding to develop and test our solution through the Small Business Innovation Research program. MassVentures provided START program funding to commercialize Kinto's offering. VC and strategic investment came from 1843 Capital, E14 and AARP.
And at the center of the work were Kinto’s magnificent employees. Emily Przybylowicz (Silver), Sam Davies, Rich Curtis and Amelia Thomley formed the core team, later joined by Brock Germinara, Nell Dickey, Casey Pax, and Jen Abrahamson, and preceded by Michael Yun, Brett Maden, and David Ho. Every one of these individuals made lasting and distinctive contributions to our work (and many of them continue to do so at Rippl!).
Along the way, countless other people made significant contributions. In this moment (and I am sure I will come back to add to this list) I'd like to give a shout out to: Brent Forester at Tufts; Katie Corelli, MD, MPH, Debra Birkenstamm and Ipsit Vahia, MD at MassGeneral Brigham; Laurance Stuntz and Katherine Green at MeHI; Paula Huston, Cheryl Powell, Russ Graves, David Cusano, Thomas Larson, and Linda Naval at MITRE; Nirav Shah at Stanford; Barry Wolfield, Brett Sullivan, Andrew Margolies at Slalom; Robin Lipson, Kathryn Downes, Molly Evans, and Amanda Bernardo at MA EOEA; Dorinda Hunter and Olive Olivia at Sentara; Audrey Zabin, M.Ed.,LSW, CMC, Leah Levine, George Plesko, Christie Edwards, Darcy Morales Zullo, Gary Pritts, Gareth Hughes, and David Warren, and of course to the thousands of caregivers who contributed to the development and success of the service.
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!