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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 19 S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 2 2 F O C U S H E A LT H C A R E / W E L L N E S S infrastructure costs related to opera- tions and security compliance. e Roux program supports under- represented, early-stage founders, and Kumar is the only health care-focused entrepreneur in the five-member cohort. Ben Chesler, the institute's director of value creation and acceleration, is impressed with JotLogs' progress so far. "It has been amazing to watch Sang and the JotLogs team develop their prod- uct to create the data operating systems for surgeons," he says. "ey are relentless in their obsessions to understand sur- geons' pain points and solve them." Glad to be in Maine, Kumar says: "Had I started this business on the West Coast, it would have been a little harder and pretty fast-paced. e ecosystem in Maine is more grounded in terms of community and support, with more of a focus on sustainable growth." He also says that while the long-term goal is to take JotLogs nationwide, "we want to make sure we scale up to the right capacity." WAVED Medical: Early breast-cancer detection Kendra Batchelder is on a mission to improve early detection of breast cancer, which afflicts one in eight women. Originally minded to follow in her aunt's footsteps and become a mam- mographer, she shied away from the medical field upon discovering a dislike of hospital settings and blood. During her undergraduate studies in secondary education and math at the University of Maine, Batchelder took a class taught by bioengineering professor Andre Khalil, and learned that he does breast cancer research. e two have been research partners ever since, devel- oping a patented computer algorithm to help detect breast cancer at an earlier stage—and launched a business this year called WAVED Medical. Instead of using self-taught com- puter algorithms to analyze mammo- grams, WAVED's patented algorithm looks at the spatial properties of the tis- sue to identify how much of it is becom- ing unorganized and could potentially develop into cancer later on. Batchelder, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine who expects to graduate in 2023, and Khalil have done two studies so far using rela- tively small data sets. is fall, they aim to start a study using a larger data set, from 9,000 patients in the United Kingdom. ey also aim to eventually raise venture capital funding. "We hope to really validate the science behind everything we found," Batchelder says. Batchelder and Khalil launched WAVED Medical weeks after finishing second in the latest season of the "Green Light Maine Collegiate Edition" busi- ness-pitch TV series, using their $7,500 prize money to cover legal fees related to forming a company. Batchelder says she learned a lot from the experience. "Being able to take such high-level research and science and explain it in two to three minute was probably the biggest take-away," she says. Adds Khalil: "As a scientist, it's been a humbling and fulfilling experience to discover the path from fundamental academic research to commercialization." hey freya: Reshaping women's health A disappointing doctor's office visit prompted Helkin Berg to find another doctor—and to start a company. She had gone to see her primary doc after months of poor sleep and fatigue, only to be told: "You're a mom of three kids, and you work. Of course you're tired." A Division of Hammond Lumber Company Revitalize the Heart of your Home. 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