https://www.stuffthatworks.health/static/company_pages.about_and_founders_page-NjAGRkM4.js

1const e={description:`Some of the world’s most complex problems can only be solved by crowdsourcing. Understanding treatment effectiveness is one of them.
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3Most of us dealing with a chronic condition spend hours online searching for better treatments because we feel no one has properly researched which treatments will work best for people like us.`,description_additional_text:" We’re right: nobody’s doing it, even for the most common or serious conditions, let alone more mundane or rare ones. It’s just too expensive to conduct large-scale patient interviews, and most medical research is done on very small groups of people. The result? The treatments we get are far from being optimized for us.",page_name:"About page",read_more_title:"Read more",sections:[{content:"Just like Wikipedia, Waze or Kickstarter, when people come together for a common cause the result can be huge. We should be driving the research about our condition: we know how treatments affect us, and collectively we have more information than any organized research could ever gather. Together, we can build the world’s richest and most up-to-date database for treatment effectiveness, and use it to learn more about our condition— underlying causes, patterns in symptoms, comorbidities and which treatments work best for each of us.",title:"ENTER CROWDSOURCING"},{content:`People dealing with chronic conditions share their experience in an organized survey. This data is then normalized, anonymized and analyzed using advanced machine learning algorithms that are programmed to look for valuable insights—for the entire condition community, for subgroups and for individuals. The insights are shared with the community, where members can comment, discuss and pose new research questions.
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5Community members take an active role in determining the research direction. It only takes a few dozen people completing the survey to start generating useful insights. The more people join and contribute their information, the smarter and more personalized the insights become.`,title:"HOW IT WORKS"},{content:`StuffThatWorks was created by Yael Elish, a core member of the Waze founding team. The idea was born after Yael spent a decade helping family members cope with medical conditions. She searched online endlessly and found that, time and again, other people were the key to discovering the most effective treatments.
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7Out of this experience, a small team of highly motivated people came together to create StuffThatWorks. Experts in crowdsourcing, machine learning, and medical research, StuffThatWorks is backed by three reputable VC firms, Bessemer Venture Partners, 83 North and 10D.`,title:"HOW WE STARTED"},{content:"This is a journey that can only succeed with people’s participation. We see proactive individuals, patient advocacy groups and researchers as an extension of our team, and we invite you to join us on the road ahead.",title:"WHERE YOU COME IN"},{content:'If you share our vision and enjoy early stage building, be among the first people to start a community. <a href="mailto:[email protected]"/>Contact us</a>',title:"WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED"}],title:"About StuffThatWorks"},t={description:"StuffThatWorks is led by a world-class team with expertise in crowdsourcing, data science and machine learning.",founders:[{description:"A passionate entrepreneur with expertise in crowdsourcing and consumer-facing products, Yael was on the Waze founding team, where she drove the overall product strategy that led the company from User One to one of the world’s most notable crowdsourcing endeavours. She also co-founded eSnips and NetSnippet, and was part of the senior management team that took Commtouch to its successful NASDAQ IPO in 2000.",image_name:"yael.jpg",name:"Yael Elish",title:"CEO, Founder"}],page_name:"founding team",title:"Founding Team"},o={about:e,founders:t};export{e as about,o as default,t as founders};
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