In Portland, MedRhythms and Roux Institute team up on research, talent development
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MedRhythm co-founders Owen McCarthy, left, and Brian Harris were honored on the Mainebiz Next List in 2018.
MedRhythms Inc., a Portland-based medical technology startup launched in 2016, is teaming up with Northeastern University's Roux Institute to prime the pipelines of research and talent development in Maine.
The institute and the startup unveiled a partnership Tuesday aimed at generating strategic research collaborations, internships and cooperative work opportunities for Roux Institute graduate students at MedRhythms.
“It is essential for a fast-growing company to recruit and retain talented engineers, researchers and scientists, but this has historically been challenging in Maine,” said Brian Bousquet-Smith, MedRhythms’ head of engineering, in a news release Tuesday.
"The Roux Institute will reinvigorate the state’s talent pool and catalyze growth in the local tech economy," he added. "We are especially thrilled that this partnership will allow MedRhythms to expand its recruitment program to involve a top research institution, while at the same time providing their students with meaningful and innovative work experiences.”
Brian Harris, CEO of MedRhythms who founded the company with Owen McCarthy, told Mainebiz the company connected with the Roux Institute shortly after it announced plans in January to create an "innovation hub" in Portland, focused on technology and life sciences.
Through coop opportunities in Portland, Roux Institute students will be able to collaborate with partner companies such as IDEXX Laboratories Inc., MaineHealth, L.L.Bean Inc., and The Jackson Laboratory. MedRhythms will now join that group.
"We look forward to the potential impacts that the partnership will have on MedRhythms and the state of Maine," Harris said. "We are excited about the high level of talent in AI and life sciences that will develop in Portland, the opportunities for research collaborations with the Institute, and we are honored to provide opportunities for their students here in Portland. The institute and its industry partnerships will be important catalysts for the future of Maine's economy."
MedRhythms, whose founders were honored on the 2018 Mainebiz Next list, uses sensors, music and artificial intelligence to measure and improve walking for people with neurological injuries or diseases such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and Parkinson's disease.
“MedRhythms is an exciting, Maine-based startup that is deeply engaged in translational research at the interface of technology and medicine. This is right in the sweet spot of the research and learning focus we have established at the Roux Institute,” said Mike Pollastri, senior vice provost and academic chair for the Roux Institute, in the news release.
"We’ve been engaged with MedRhythms since the earliest days," he added, "and their needs and interests for talent and innovation helped us sharpen our vision; and our faculty are incredibly enthusiastic about the collaborative research opportunities around their core technology approaches."
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