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The inaugural Women at Weill investment competition recently selected Intellihealth, a comprehensive medical obesity treatment platform co-founded by Dr. Katherine Saunders, assistant professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, as its first winner.
Hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine s BioVenture eLab in collaboration with AmplifyHer Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage businesses built by outstanding women, the competition aimed to highlight exceptional women innovators at the academic medical institution. As winner, the Intellihealth team presented at the 2021 Weill Cornell Startup Symposium, which took place virtually in February, and will receive investment funding from AmplifyHer. We re really honored and grateful that we were chosen, said Dr. Saunders, who is also an obesity expert at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a Weill Cornell Medical College alumna. The majority of our team are women, so it s exciting