A better measure of vascular health

Mission

We’re bringing to market a novel biomarker measuring the health of the human vascular system.

We aim to predict your risk of illness earlier and more precisely than previously possible.

Publications

AA Eid et al., Podocyturia: an earlier biomarker of cardiovascular outcomes, Scientific Reports, 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26162-6

$750k Pre-Seed Raise

$3M Seed Raise

Team

Kamal F. Badr, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension), Executive Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Founder/Director of the Vascular Medicine Program at the American University of Beirut.

Joao Lima, M.D.
Professor of medicine, radiology and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His pioneering work in cardiac imaging using advanced MRI, CT and echocardiography has led to noninvasive techniques for predicting cardiovascular disease.

Assaad A. Eid, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut, where he also serves as the chairperson of the Department.

Robert H. Habib, Ph.D.
Director of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Center (Chicago, IL), and Professor of Medicine and past Director of the Outcomes Research Unit – Clinical Research Institute, American University of Beirut. Dr. Habib is co-investigator on the SHARP NIH award.

Yousif Asfour, Ph.D.
Dr. Yousif Asfour currently serves as Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer leading the consolidated Office of Information Technology at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC).