Vasowatch, co-founded by Stefanie Modri, MSN, RN, C-MNN, C-OB, Clinical Adjunct Instructor at the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, and James Weimer, PhD, former Penn Medicine faculty member and currently Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Vanderbilt University, is developing a physiological biomarker to dramatically reduce the incidence of devastating postpartum hemorrhage incidents.
Vasowatch earned second place at the Philadelphia Regional Startup World Cup Pitch Competition, receiving $10,000 and a six-month Innovation Nest membership to support its upcoming 300-patient clinical pilot at Pennsylvania Hospital.