Co-Founder + CEO | Monere, Lehi
With a plethora of health issues plaguing society, Mou Nandi decided to tackle anemia monitoring after she had two friends who became anemic. Among many other symptoms, for women, it can lead to preterm delivery, and for children, poor cognitive development. The disease requires regular screening and monitoring, which is where Monere’s role begins. Monere uses a software that Mou’s team built called NiADA, Non-Invasive Anemia Detection with AI. As an active student in the Master’s of Business Creation program at the University of Utah, Mou’s work with anemia detection technology has just begun.
SHOULDERING THE LOAD
“My day-to-day looks like creating something new, from zero to one. It is a long day. We have a subsidiary in India, and we work in global health, so it is sometimes around the clock. We are problem solvers. It is hard to keep track of healthy habits. I hold a lot of other responsibilities, and I try to keep them balanced but I do not feel that I always have to be perfect. Luckily, I have great support around me.”
A STEP AT A TIME
“My team and I have more than two decades of experience in medicine and in building scalable software platforms using search engines and AI. We used our experience in building software solutions with image processing/AI and medicine to build a digital health screening and monitoring solution for anemia surveillance.”
BRAINSTORM
“Two of my closest female friends became anemic — which is low hemoglobin level in blood. That was the trigger for Monere. I started researching and found out that anemia is a huge problem for both the developed and developing world. More than 2 billion people, mainly women and children, are anemic. My team and I have extensive experience in building scalable AI/image processing solution and also in medicine. We built NiADA (Non-invasive Anemia Detection with AI) to solve the global anemia surveillance problem.”
GIVE HER A HAND
“We have found a way to use AI for solving a big global burden of anemia. Our team built an accessible and affordable solution that uses ideas from the history of medicine with cutting-edge proprietary AI technology.
“Having an academic solution is not enough. You have to productize it to make it available for the world, which requires complementary skill sets and a willingness to work together for a goal.”