Cambridge University college Hughes Hall has honoured alumna Dr Oriane Chausiaux PhD (Cantab) for being awarded the Women in Innovation Award by Innovate UK.
Her company, Heartfelt Technologies Ltd, has just started a 200+ patient trial in the UK and hopes to have positive news in the US in the near future. Its novel treatment approach certainly bodes well for global expansion and is said to have the potential to help millions of heart failure sufferers worldwide.
The Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge celebration included the unveiling of a purple plaque in her honour on the college site. Purple plaques recognise the achievements of ‘Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award’ winners.
Dr Chausiaux and her team at Heartfelt Technologies in Cambridge aim to enhance the heart failure care of millions of patients globally. She said: “This is an exciting time for the company as we commence a clinical trial in the NHS, exploring how best to integrate our solution with the NHS system. We are collaborating with cardiology teams in West Suffolk and Croydon, as well as GPs and pharmacies in Hull and Cambridge.
“And we will shortly start the preparations for a US-based trial, which will be the start of our international expansion strategy.”
Dr Chausiaux has benefited from the mentorship of several inspiring women, including Hanadi Jabado DL, former Director of Enterprise at Cambridge Judge Business School and now Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and Dr Catherine Beech MB,ChB,OBE (CEO of EXONATE LIMITED), who provided valuable advice as Dr Chausiaux transitioned from a PhD student to a start-up founder. As part of the Innovate UK award, Sarah Bruce-White, IUK Business Growth, mentored the team to scale up their business and bring their pioneering innovations to market.
Hanadi Jabado said: “Oriane is a model of resilience, strength and resolve. I am a great believer that ‘If you can see it, you can be it.’ We need more women like Oriane to be seen in order to inspire the next wave and the next generation of women scientists and entrepreneurs. She is an impressive serial entrepreneur and I am delighted her work has been recognised this way for generations to come to follow in her steps.”
Dr Chausiaux’s journey has been supported by notable investors, including Cambridge Angels, Cambridge Capital and o2h Ventures. Dr Jonathan Milner, former CEO of Abcam and chairperson of Dr Chausiaux’s first company, provided crucial advice to her and co-founders in the early years.
Pam Garside, Chair of Cambridge Angels added: “We are extremely proud at
Cambridge Angels that Oriane Chausiaux is the founder of one of our portfolio companies. It is always great to see women founders doing so well and she is a deserving recipient of the Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award.”
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