Building the next generation platform for mental health

Mission-driven team of experts

Our mission is to alleviate unnecessary suffering by bringing mental health care into the modern era of medicine. We have combined AI, behavioral sensing, and the supercomputing platform of the mobile phone to measure mental health status, predict deterioration in mental health up to a week in advance, and digitally intervene with highly personalized care.

Pioneered by a team of successful startup founders and internationally-recognized leaders in tech, business, and medicine, HealthRhythms is redesigning mental health care for the twenty-first century.

Based on decades of breakthrough research
Health Rhythms’ was founded by pioneers in the fields of behavioral sensing and circadian health, with over 1,500 peer reviewed articles between them.

Powered by sophisticated machine learning
Biomarkers derived by Machine Learning capture Behavioral Vital Signs™, including sleep patterns, physical activity, and social engagement, delivering critical insights into patient health and functioning.

World-class clinical and technical teams
We combine deep expertise in clinical research and care with leading-edge machine learning and data science specialists.

“A startup with a powerhouse team and pedigree is looking to combine Big Data, machine learning and a new treatment method to change how clinicians and health insurers manage patients with mental health issues.”

— MEDCITY NEWS

What do we value?

Our values shape what we build, how we act and how we think. They are fundamental to our culture and how we work as a team.

Our values include:

  • Mental health care is a human right.

  • Mental health is foundational to overall health.

  • We are a privacy-first company. We use privacy-protective algorithms to ensure that only clinically relevant information is recorded.

  • Creating personalized interventions powered by Machine Learning that dynamically adapt

  • Deploying empirically-validated approaches to measuring and improving mental health

  • Empathically supporting people in becoming more active, socially engaged and, above all, healthier

Principals

  • Paul M Gilbert, MBA

    Founder

    Former CEO & Co-founder MedAvante, global behavioral measurement org / 98% Glassdoor CEO rating / E&Y Entrepreneur of Year / Stanford DCI Fellow 2018-2019 / Harvard Business School

  • Ellen Frank, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

    Treatment Development Pioneer / Has conducted and published on more than 30 clinical trials / Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology / Member, National Academy of Medicine

  • David J. Kupfer, MD

    Co-Founder and Senior Clinical Advisor

    Chaired #1 ranked research department of psychiatry for 26 years / Chaired American Psychiatric Association Task Force on diagnostic nomenclature (DSM-5) / Member, National Academy of Medicine

  • Peter Sorantin, PhD

    Chief Commercial Officer

    25 years exp in Pharma / Former Sr. Vice President of Business Development at MedAvante / PhD in Quantum Chemistry

  • Mark Matthews, PhD

    Co-Founder, CTO

    World expert in digital mental health / Extensive track-record developing & validating novel patient-centered tech / Co-founder of on-demand virtual mental platform SilverCloud Health

  • Tanzeem Choudhury, PhD

    Co-founder

    Internationally-Recognized Behavioral Sensing Pioneer / Top 35 Innovators under 35 (MIT Tech) / MIT Media Lab / Endowed Professor of Integrated Health & Technology at Cornell Tech

  • Brook Byers

    Senior Advisor

    A venture capital investor since 1972 and a founding member of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Brook has been closely involved with more than 60 new technology-based ventures, many of which have become public companies.

Advisors

  • Roger Shedlin, MD, JD

    President and CEO, Medical Benefit Management group, Optum / President and CEO, WINFertility / Serial entrepreneur and leader of health service companies

  • Bojana “Bo” Ostojic, MS

    Former Partner GM and Creative Director, Microsoft / Expert in innovation and emerging tech strategy and user experience / Teacher pro-bono at Pathwise Conscious Leadership Program / Contributed to 13 U.S. patents

  • John Kane MD

    Senior VP Behavioral Health Services, Northwell Health / Former Chair of the Psychopharmacological Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. FDA / Recipient of numerous awards including the Lieber Prize & the Heinz E. Lehmann Research Award

  • Robert Epstein, MD, MS

    Physician epidemiologist / CEO, Epstein Health, LLC / Former CMO and Chief R&D Officer, Medco / Former VP of Outcomes Research, Merck / Board of Directors of Illumina, Fate Therapeutics, Inc. and Veracyte

  • Brett Hickman

    EVP, OptumInsight Enterprise Former President, Optum Behavioral Care Former CEO Proventure, VP Aetna Former Partner, PwC

  • David O’Reilly, MBA

    Advisor and BOD member at life sciences and technology companies / Former Chief Platform Officer, Proteus Digital Health / Former President, Catalyst Biosciences / Executive at Iconix, ARIAD, LEK

  • Amir Kalali MD

    Life Science and Technology Leader / Chairman and Chief Curator, CNS Summit