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At the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Pitch Stop VI, an annual competition, Lambent Data representatives were delighted and honored to win!  Co-founder & CEO Kirsten Hund Blair, President & COO Kevin McClarren, and Co-founder & Board Chair Tom Amato enjoyed representing Lambent’s work, impact and growth – including talking with many at the February 22, 2024 event!  Kirsten pitched on stage and answered questions from judges and audience members. Many thanks to the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce – and to the wonderful judges James Howard (Executive Director of the Black Inventors Hall of Fame and holder of over 18 patents), Cora Park (President & CEO of Diamond Business Communications which focuses on information technology), and David Stengle (CEO & Founder of Board++ and Princeton Director of Startup Grind).  And shout-outs to the other finalists – Samantha Myers and team at ByeByeCry® and Anthony Weinkopff, Suzanne Park and team of Embrace Tutoring and Educational Services for their valuable work. Thanks again so much to the beautiful Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) for hosting and to Gabi Johnson and Mike Johnson of YourTownTube for awesome videography and photography!  They put together this lively and detailed video of clips from the evening! Many thanks to the Chamber’s Hal English, Christine Curnan, Janet Robertson, MBA, Kathleen Lekko and Amy Rosica and to the GFS’s Karen Hollywood for their terrific work. Thanks again very much to sponsors Integris, TD, and William Penn Bank and promotional partners Startup Grind and Einstein's Alley.  Many thanks also to those providing the items in the prize package valued at $10,000 of services and products: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber, Integris, Christopher Kinkade, Imbue Creative, Primepoint HR & Payroll, and NJM Insurance Group. Throughout the evening, Kevin, Kirsten, and Tom were delighted also to chat with numerous attendees, including Andrella Thomas CRPC® CEPA®, Ken Stewart, Andy Bala, Adrian Colarusso CFA, CFP®, Karla Tillman Pollack, and Jeremy Kestler, ACC MBA. Please scroll through the many photos below. Lots of thanks to Marlee Araujo, Elisabeta Cristina Dinca, Adriana Groza MPM, and Lisa Linkowsky CFC for their photos, in addition to those from the Lambent team. Please also see the LinkedIn posts about the event from Lambent Data and others.

Viocare, Inc. and Lambent Data, Inc. have announced that the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (“CSIT”) has awarded a grant for the proposal on which Viocare and Lambent partnered to improve food security. Through this grant, Viocare and Lambent will further develop technology that 1) assists low-income families to thrive by addressing nutrition and social drivers of food insecurity and 2) supports social service and healthcare practitioners in helping these families flourish. Viocare and Lambent have developed a strategic partnership that includes this work in NJ and extends elsewhere in the U.S. In this project, Viocare and Lambent will further develop and integrate the following components: 1) Viocare’s experience in building evidence-based nutritional assessments licensed by world-leading hospitals, universities, and other institutions, 2) Updating of Viocare’s Living Well Navigator (LWN) technology to incorporate newly available technologies, 3) Assessments related to Social Drivers of Health (SDoHs), and 4) Lambent's OurREACH™ HIPAA-compliant collaborative platform and app, with data analytics and AI, which offers robust milestones, goals, integrated resources, and communication features regarding health and SDoHs. “CSIT is pleased to support the work of Viocare through the Food and Agriculture R&D Pilot Grant Program. Their innovative approach and partnership with Lambent Data in implementing new technologies, including AI, addresses the food security needs of communities across the state resulting in increased access to nutritious foods. Providing R&D Seed Grants to businesses in critical sectors is both beneficial to the individual entities and important to the strength of NJ’s overall innovation economy,” said Judith Sheft, Executive Director, NJ Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology. As noted from the NJ Department of Health 2020 Health Assessment Data on Food Insecurity, over 650,000 New Jerseyans, including over 175,000 children, are food insecure. This represents 7.4% overall and 9% of children. About 17% of Blacks and Hispanics are food insecure. Some counties are higher than others, including 22% of children in South Jersey. The NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has researched and mapped 50 Food Desert Communities spanning nearly 1.5 million NJ residents across all 21 counties. And according to the United for ALICE data from the United Way calculating the cost of basics (food, housing, childcare, transportation, etc.), county by county, 37% of households in NJ and over 41% nationwide can't meet this household survival budget and thus need to make difficult trade-offs. As noted, for some of them, food insecurity is a part of this struggle. Food insecurity also causes ripple effects, such as difficulty for children to concentrate (and thus learn) in school. It can also exacerbate chronic conditions such as diabetes. This project recognizes that food insecurity flows from various reasons. Along with the need for more nutritional knowledge for specific health conditions (e.g., diabetes and hypertension), key social drivers include lack of healthy foods in neighborhoods, lack of transportation to stores with healthy foods, low incomes, reduced financial literacy (budgeting, etc.), lack of working appliances (such as refrigerator, stove, etc.), and long commutes to multiple jobs (resulting in less time to shop, cook, eat on a consistent schedule, exercise, etc.). This technology will address all these issues and more – empowering people to identify their individual nutrition gaps and specific food insecurity challenges and then work through personalized solutions for themselves and their families. These will include milestones (such as in nutrition, transportation, housing, jobs, etc.), integrated local resources (such as community gardens and food banks), and communication with a community health worker or other care team member. One objective of this project is to enhance the LWN technology by adding a HIPAA-compliant artificial intelligence (AI) component to improve the personalization of the recommendations for improving a healthy lifestyle, emphasizing food security. OurREACH™ already includes HIPAA-compliant AI elements. Through this project, further AI development will occur, to extend the capabilities of the LWN and OurREACH™ and to integrate these tools for a powerful assessment and engagement platform relevant for NJ communities and beyond. A healthcare or social service organization would subscribe to this combined technology, to be used by their low-income patients or clients “between visits.” The organization’s staff (such as a community health worker, nutritionist, or other staff member) would be able to see and encourage the progress of the participants in a “light touch” way. Based on Viocare’s experience in interfacing nutrition screening technologies with hospitals’ Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) and the fact that OurREACH™ can integrate with EHRs and Client Relationship Management systems (CRMs), the new combined technology also will integrate with EHRs and CRMs – or alternatively could be used stand-alone. Its new and granular data will enable providers to improve their programs. Community-based social service and healthcare organizations in NJ will also participate in this grant project, to provide valuable input early in the work, ongoing feedback, and a pilot of the combined technology later in the project. “This powerful solution will combine Viocare's scientifically validated, evidence-based dietary assessment software tools with Lambent's cutting-edge technology in personalized family engagement solutions, including through AI,” said Rick Weiss, President & Founder of Viocare. “We thank CSIT for its strong commitment to innovation in addressing food insecurity. This technology can also reduce healthcare costs.” "Lambent is excited about working with Viocare to advance food security and personalized nutrition, by equipping individuals and social service/healthcare practitioners to address both health and SDoHs," noted Kirsten Hund Blair, Lambent Data’s Co-founder & CEO. "We’re grateful to CSIT for its vision. We’re also looking forward to working with partners who are NJ community-based social service and healthcare organizations." The NJEDA continues to accept applications from food retailers for the Food Retail Innovation in Delivery Grant (FRIDG) program. As the FRIDG program rolls out in the future, Viocare and Lambent will explore ways that the LWN-OurREACH™ technology can support and publicize this program for people to order groceries with SNAP to be delivered to the FRIDG refrigerated storage containers in Food Desert Communities. “Food security is a powerful foundation for thriving,” noted John Ducharme, CEO of Viocare. “This project will enable further innovation, including through AI, to transform the way low-income families engage with their health and nutrition and overcome challenges, including SDoHs, thus increasing their food security. This program is a win-win proposition – better health and quality of life for individuals and lower healthcare expenditures for payors, including the public through Medicaid and Medicare.” “These AI innovations, customized milestones, and other technology features will save staff time and also enhance the important collaborative relationship between practitioners and their patients/clients,” noted Joseph Studholme, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Lambent Data and Executive-in-Residence at Princeton University. “This will transform the field of personalized nutrition, including addressing numerous SDoH factors.” About Viocare, Inc. Viocare (https://www.viocare.com) is a SaaS-based digital healthcare company that produces nutrition−based assessment and behavioral feedback systems for researchers and clinicians. Viocare’s scientifically validated dietary assessment system, VioScreen, allows healthcare professionals to provide personalized and actionable nutritional counseling, either remotely via telehealth consults or face-to-face, that drives sustainable behavior change. Such behavioral changes have a direct impact on preventable diseases – including obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Patient management studies using VioScreen have proven significant improvement in health metrics (i.e., lower blood pressure and weight) and support wellness initiatives. Viocare’s technologies are licensed by world-leading hospitals, universities, and other institutions, such as those noted on Viocare's Clients webpage. Viocare has received 28 NIH grants/contracts worth over $14 million in R&D funding over 30 years. About Lambent Data, Inc. Lambent Data (https://www.lambentdata.com/) is an advanced technology company with roots in behavioral health research. Lambent’s flagship product, OurREACH™, is a HIPAA-compliant collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics and AI. It equips healthcare and social service providers and payors to engage their patients/clients much more fully, whether intensively or "light touch," including “between visits” in a Continuum of Care. It's empowering for patients/clients with milestones/goals, integrated resources, and communication in health and SDoHs, e.g., housing, education, jobs and financial literacy, along with parenting. Because it’s so granular for patients/clients, it also generates new data analytics never before available to providers and payors to improve programs. It fits into customer workflows, including integrating with EHRs and CRMs. Improved patient/client outcomes also lead to lower healthcare costs, crucial in preventive and value-based care. Lambent’s management team, Board and Advisors are composed of leaders in healthcare, social services and business.

The Lambent Data team is excited to have been chosen for the highly selective Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator (WCBA). Over the next six months, they will engage with healthcare practitioners, public servants, mentors, investors, WCBA staff, and fellow entrepreneurs in the fast-growing healthcare eco-system that is based in Westchester County, New York. The entrepreneurs, including Lambent, are drawn from many locations. The program includes some in-person engagement and some engagement via Zoom and other virtual platforms. Lambent Data especially looks forward to engaging with practitioners and others in the community health arena in Westchester County, while continuing to expand Lambent's current work in New Jersey and elsewhere. On Monday, December 11, 2023, Lambent Co-founder & CEO Kirsten Hund Blair and President & COO Kevin McClarren joined in the WCBA Kick-off in Manhattan. They are pictured with WCBA Program Director Mary Howard and Assistant Program Director Doris Alcivar; L to R are Kevin, Mary, Kirsten, and Doris. The WCBA has also posted a photo gallery including many other photos from the Kick-off. The WCBA has issued a press release that is copied below and linked here. Please note that when the entrepreneurial venture is connected to a university's Tech Transfer process, that university is cited. Other ventures, including Lambent Data, are cited as "Independent." PRESS RELEASE WCBA, Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator Program, Announces 2024 Cohort of Life Science Startups WHITE PLAINS, NY, UNITED STATES, December 14, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- White Plains, NY (PRWEB) December 14, 2023 -- WCBA the Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator, announced today the fourth cohort of emerging biosciences ventures invited to participate in the annual program. Twelve ventures will participate in the 6.5 months-long program that provides the founders with business education to develop fundable business plans and a professional network. All startups receive an entrepreneur coach, access to active business professionals and preparation to pitch to investors. The selected startups were chosen following an extensive screening process. Expert scientists, active investors and business strategists rated the ventures based on metrics such as the strength of the team, uniqueness of insights into the problems they are solving, and their capacity to revolutionize the life sciences industry. Westchester County Executive George Latimer said: “The Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator continues to attract a dynamic group of entrepreneurs who are pioneering innovations in diverse subsets of the life sciences industry. We are excited to welcome the newest cohort and proud to play a role in each of their growth journeys.” Deborah Novick, Westchester County Office of Economic Development added, “From medical devices and apps to novel therapies, ventures supported by The Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator play a pivotal role in expanding and diversifying our local ecosystem, with the ultimate goal of improving human health. The participants selected for this cohort are creative, innovative and we are delighted to welcome them into the program.” The 2024 WCBA cohort participants and ventures include: • Anita Lee, RPh, MPH (Independent) - Digital Twin for Humans uses conversational and generative AI to assess, identify, and address health and social service needs throughout a person’s lifetime. • Ariel Yusupov, MS (New York Medical College) – Our gene therapy, currently focused on prostate cancer, utilizes over-expressing factors in cancer to drive a multi-modal attack, designed to prevent resistance and more aggressive disease. • Daniel Gareau, PhD, MCR (Rockefeller University) – SurgiVance’s diagnostic medical device will serve as a “histopathology lab in a box” to meet needs in pathology markets, including specialty surgery, driving better cancer care. • Evris Gavathiotis, PhD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) - Our technology encompasses a novel small molecule therapeutic strategy that exhibits broad efficacy in diverse cancers, aiming to advance to clinical stage. • Glen Prusky, M.Sc., PhD (Burke Neurological Institute/Weill Cornell Medicine) – Gaze Engine Inc. is perfecting an efficient methodology to measure the visual contrast sensitivity function, which promises to replace visual acuity measures as the standard for routine vision assessment. • Hourinaz Behesti, PhD (Rockefeller University) - Hebbian Bio is building a personalized technology platform to develop first-in-class therapeutics for patients with currently untreatable neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorders. • Ilya Popov, MBA (Independent) - ComeBack Mobility has developed a Smart Crutch Tips IoT device and mobile apps that let patients know how to apply the right amount of force to the recovering limb and remote therapeutic monitoring service for providers. It reduces the number of revision surgeries, expediting recovery for 8 weeks and improving healing with additional revenue for practices. • Katia Rojas, MSc., PhD, PMP (Independent) - Suabix is a groundbreaking AI-driven platform that empowers MedTech product developers with crucial guidance and capabilities to develop safe and user-friendly healthcare products. • Kirsten Hund Blair, MBA, MPA and Kevin McClarren, BSBA (Independent) - Lambent Data’s collaborative and HIPAA-compliant software, including data analytics and AI, equips healthcare/social service providers and empowers patients/clients, to improve outcomes in health and Social Drivers of Health and reduce healthcare costs. • Michael Beaton, BA (Independent) - A mobile app that provides point of need diagnostics for sexually transmitted infections. Using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as indicators of infection status and Zero-Knowledge proof algorithms to protect patient privacy. • Robin Ji, PhD and Elisa Konofagou, PhD (Columbia University) - Delsona Therapeutics is a portable focused ultrasound system for non-invasive and targeted treatment of neurological diseases. • Zach Sawaged, MS (Independent) - Concordare is a suite of web-application tools that have an exclusive ability to read and write a novel digital clinical trial protocol called a CPTM. Members of last year’s cohort have since accomplished a number of important milestones. Chris Buser, founder of BioCubic, a Nanoscale tissue imaging data company has started generating sales. Chitra Dorai, founder of Amicus Brain Innovations, has been selected as a semi-finalist Discovery Award winner in the #LongitudePrize on Dementia. Victor Varnado, founder of Databinder, received an NSF SBIR award as a first-time applicant. KRIASH founder, Neetika Ashwani won the Columbia Venture Competition Millard Chan Technology Challenge for a wearable device to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. Aligneage Fertility, led by Justine Witzke, opened their first boutique fertility clinic. For more information on these ventures and their successes, read the Impact Report for WCBA 2023. WCBA is supported by Westchester County Office of Economic Development, and corporate supporters: Pfizer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, MosesSinger, JP Morgan Chase, KMPG, C3 Medical Device Consulting, Atostek, and White Plains Hospital. About Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator (WCBA) is a competitive-entry, six-month-long program that helps grow emerging bioscience ventures by providing scientist and engineer inventors entrepreneurship education and business networking to access global funders and prospective team members. WCBA supports the development of Westchester as a hub of bioscience invention and commercialization by harnessing the creativity and ambition present in the academic institutions, spinouts from established companies and serial entrepreneurs. WCBA 41 alum ventures have raised $21.7M, added 31 employees, sold $4.5M and been awarded 5 competitive national SBIR grants. FirstXFounder helps build emergent biosciences ventures founding the ELabNYC program for NYCEDC in 2012, the ABCT program for CTNext in 2017 and the Westchester County program in 2019. 155 ELabNYC alum ventures have raised $800M and created 255 jobs; 58 ABCT alumni ventures collectively raised $131M and created 161 jobs; and 41 WCBA alumni ventures have raised $21.7M and created 31 jobs. For more information, visit www.wcbaccelerator.com

Lambent Data was featured in a news article titled, "Science and Entrepreneurship Converge at I-Corps Northeast Hub Annual Meeting" by Alaina O'Regan, of the Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University, on Oct. 26, 2023. This article and related photos are reproduced below, with photographer citations. Lambent Data had been chosen for and participated in the National Science Foundation's Propelus I-Corps program, and then also presented a poster at the I-Corps Northeast Annual Meeting on October 18, 2023. See the article and photos below, including more about the Annual Meeting with its distinguished speakers. More about Lambent Data and a quote from Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair are also included. "More than half a million patent applications arrive at the U.S. Patent Office each year, but how many make it into tangible innovations that benefit society? On October 18th, researchers and entrepreneurs came together at Princeton University to find answers to this challenge at the first-annual meeting of the I-Corps Northeast Hub. Dr. Calvin Mackie, an award-winning mentor, inventor, author, former engineering professor, award-winning author and internationally renowned speaker, shared his personal journey which led him to co-found a nonprofit to inspire young people to see themselves as future innovators. Photo by Sameer A. Khan “Innovation is not just about creating something new,” said Dr. Calvin Mackie, the event's keynote speaker who shared his personal journey which led him to co-found the nonprofit STEM NOLA to inspire young people to see themselves as future innovators. “Innovation is about taking something new and putting it out into the world to help people.” The I-Corps Northeast Hub is part of a nationwide National Science Foundation-funded network of universities formed to accelerate the societal impact of federally funded research – delivering benefits in health care, the environment, technology and other areas – while building skills and opportunities among researchers from all backgrounds. Attendees gathered in the auditorium as Christina Pellicane, lead instructor for the I-Corps Northeast Hub, welcomed guests with a brief introduction to I-Corps. She noted that 37% of attendees had never participated in an I-Corps program, and 47% were not affiliated with a Hub member university. Lead instructor Christina Pellicane delivered opening remarks, highlighting the Hub's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, and providing an overview of programs. Photo by Sameer A. Khan Pellicane highlighted the NSF I-Corps Northeast Hub’s core values of equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility. The Hub includes ten universities, and serves researchers and innovators throughout the region – participants don’t need to be affiliated with any university to take part in Hub programs. One of the main offerings of the Hub is its Propelus I-Corps training, a four-week long program that takes innovators through a customer discovery process to help them find out if their innovation serves a societal need. Participants of this program earn a $3,000 NSF grant. Instructors from the Northeast I-Corps Hub also help teach at the national I-Corps Teams program, a seven-week long innovation bootcamp where many regional participants go on to continue developing their innovation and earn a $50,000 NSF grant. Dr. Julius Korley, co-director of the I-Corps Northeast Hub, said the Hub continues to be a leader in promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) throughout the Northeast Hub and in broader entrepreneurship communities. “I went through I-Corps back in 2012, and there were no instructors that looked like me, there were no women instructors at that time,” he said. “Our Hub is doing a huge lift in changing that.” “In every subcommittee that we have, it paginates throughout that we're always going to make sure that everyone is represented, that we are inclusive, and that DEIA is impactful in our hub,” Korley continued. “And we're not just talking about it, but we're illustrating it in everything that we do.” Korley then introduced Mackie, president and CEO of STEM NOLA, award-winning mentor, inventor, author, former engineering professor, award-winning author and internationally renowned speaker. Through the lens of his own background as a young person who “started with nothing” and became a successful entrepreneur, and through his experience as an educator, Mackie emphasized the vitality of engaging students in science at a young age. “We’ve got to give every kid in this country not only access, but an entrepreneurship mindset that says that no matter where they started, where they come from or their socioeconomic background, they could start off with an idea and create something that transforms not only their life, but the world,” Mackie said. Kirsten Hund Blair, co-founder and CEO of Lambent Data and an I-Corps alumna, presented her company's healthcare patient engagement software. Photo by Sameer A. Khan The day’s agenda interspersed the sessions with short, purposeful networking breaks, where attendees could explore the posters on display from teams that have taken the I-Corps trainings, as well as meet representatives from entrepreneurship organizations throughout the region. Many graduates of the I-Corps training programs build successful companies. Earlier this year, Kirsten Hund Blair participated in the Propelus Healthcare regional program – a specialized variation of the Northeast Hub’s four-week training program designed for enterprises with innovations in medicine or healthcare. She and co-founders had previously launched Lambent Data, whose software platform and app OurREACH™ equips healthcare providers and patients in ways that improve outcomes in health and social drivers of health and reduce costs. She and team participated in I-Corps as part of growing their work and impact. “The I-Corps teaching, mentoring, and administrative staff has been excellent," she said. “And it’s been really wonderful to interact with fellow entrepreneurs during the program and today. Everyone here is really welcoming, and it all gives such a great sense of community.” Experts from regional entrepreneurship programs shared their advice for bringing innovations closer to solving real-world problems and creating startups. Photo courtesy of Yazmin Feliz Panels featured I-Corps leaders, partners, innovators and investors throughout the region discussing a range of topics such as how to engage graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in innovation, careers beyond the university, and the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in university promotion and tenure. One of the afternoon panels, titled “Next steps in the innovation ecosystem: on-ramps and off-ramps,” featured experts from regional entrepreneurship programs who shared their advice for bringing innovations closer to solving real-world problems and creating startups. “Definitely keep in touch with the network that you have, and foster those relationships,” said Yazmin Feliz, lead mentor for the Northeast I-Corps Hub and session panelist. “Let's say you had an industry mentor or an amazing teaching team. At the end of the program, when they say, ‘feel free to keep in touch with us,’ they actually mean it.” The late afternoon brought a fireside chat focused on how innovation is part of the future of graduate student education. Rodney Priestley, co-director of the I-Corps Northeast Hub and dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, led the discussion between Dr. Jeffrey Robinson, I-Corps Northeast Hub research lead and provost of Rutgers University-Newark, and Dr. Tabbetha Dobbins, dean of the Graduate School at Rowan University and a professor of physics and astronomy. Priestley, Princeton's Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, observed that the shift in thinking about the academic “research ecosystem” to a greater focus on the “innovation ecosystem” has a natural impact on graduate education. He asked the panel how they think universities can encourage development of an innovation and entrepreneurial mindset for graduate students, and incentivize academic researchers to pursue entrepreneurship. Photo of three: From left: Dr. Rodney Priestley, co-director of the I-Corps Northeast Hub and dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, hosted a fireside chat on how innovation is part of the future of graduate student education with Dr. Tabbetha Dobbins, dean of the Graduate School at Rowan University and professor of physics and astronomy, and Dr. Jeffrey Robinson, I-Corps Northeast Hub research lead and provost of Rutgers University-Newark. Photo by Tracy Meyer Dobbins said that an academic advisor’s propensity towards innovation and entrepreneurship will dictate whether or not their student will have that same inclination. “So the first thing that universities should be doing is making sure that there is a mixture of faculty members who are both at the translational boundary and sort of more innovative space, and still making space for those who are doing the foundational and fundamental research,” she said. Robinson echoed the sentiment that innovation and academic research are not mutually exclusive career paths, and emphasized the importance of imparting that to graduate students who are figuring out their next steps. “You can be passionate about science, and at the same time want to see it make an impact,” Robinson said. “And perhaps one way to do that is through innovation and entrepreneurship.” Korley’s closing remarks echoed his earlier sentiment that increased diversity brings greater success. “I'm going to challenge us to really push it and do things that haven’t yet been done by anyone,” Korley said in his closing remarks. “We're already changing the face of mentors and instructors by huge percentages. I truly believe in my core that I-Corps should look more like the world, and research has shown that when you have diversity in the boardroom, it's just better business.” The National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-CorpsTM) Northeast Hub is part of a nationwide NSF-funded network of universities formed to accelerate the economic impact of federally funded research – delivering benefits in health care, the environment, technology and other areas – while building skills and opportunities among researchers from all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented in entrepreneurship. Princeton University is the principal institution in the Hub, along with 9 partner institutions including: the University of Delaware, Rutgers University, Lehigh University, Temple University, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rowan University, Delaware State University, Drexel University and Yale University. The Hub will expand by adding new partner institutions each year. See the photo gallery, speakers bios and more at the annual meeting page."

We at Lambent Data are thrilled that our Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair has been chosen as a WE Global Studios - Antares Fellow! Thanks so much to WE Global Studios and Antares Capital LP for this wonderful program highlighting outstanding women entrepreneurs making a powerful difference in the world while building strong businesses! We at Lambent are excited to equip healthcare and social service practitioners and the patients and clients they serve -- so that more children and families thrive in health and the social drivers of health such as housing, jobs, education, financial literacy, transportation, and more! These improved outcomes also reduce healthcare costs! Thanks again very much for this program -- to those at WE Global Studios: Fernanda Carapinha, Eve Psalti, Stephanie Granato, Leighanne Neville, Dr. Leslie Knutson, Elena Alikhachkina, PhD, Gracie Yoon, and to those at Antares Capital: Mary Rose, Melissa Langsdorf, and Laura Schlickman! See this LinkedIn post congratulating all the Fellows (and related photo below) and this LinkedIn post highlighting Kirsten (and related photo below). Thank you again to WE Global Studios and Antares Capital -- and congratulations to all the Fellows and best wishes ahead for their work!

We say a big thank you to our Summer ‘23 Interns: Audrey Chau (Princeton '25 – Customer & Investor Relations Analyst), Samantha Chen (Princeton '25 – Software Engineer & Analyst), Arika Hassan (Princeton '26 – Software Engineer & Analyst), Anh Huynh (Rutgers '25 – Communications & Design Analyst), and Isabelle Xiong (Duke '25 – Software Engineer & Analyst) for their enthusiasm and dedication this summer. They helped further refine Lambent's OurREACH™ HIPAA-compliant collaborative software platform & app with data analytics, as well as provided useful materials for communications with customer organizations and potential investors. From left to right, top to bottom: Arika Hassan (Intern), Kirsten Hund Blair (Co-founder & CEO of Lambent Data), Kevin McClarren (President & COO of Lambent Data), Audrey Chau (Intern), Samantha Chen (Intern), Anh Huynh (Intern), Isabelle Xiong (Intern) OurREACH™ is built to improve patient/client outcomes through providing granular data analytics never before available to providers. In order to further enhance this function, Interns have used SQL and other visualization tools to highlight key information that is relevant to our partners and iterate based on their feedback. They have also implemented an AI OurREACH™ Chatbot that will significantly extend our technological capacities to connect providers and families/individuals in-between visits, thereby helping to bridge existing gaps in the continuum of care. OurREACH™ is powerful in its ability to engage healthcare providers and payors as well as social service organizations specializing in various care programs, thanks to numerous features that enable highly customized user experiences. These programs include pediatrics, Head Start/Early Head Start programs, programs for older teens, chronic condition management, among others. Interns have created several communication tools with use case examples to help us effectively communicate with these different customer groups. They have also worked on various materials regarding investor relations and research as we move into the next growth stage. From left to right, top to bottom: Tom Amato (Co-founder, CFO & Board Secy./Treas.), Kirsten Hund Blair (Co-founder & CEO), Bob Lem (Board Member), Samantha Chen (Intern), Isabelle Xiong (Intern), Arika Hassan (Intern), Ed Greene (Advisor, Ed Greene Strategies), Audrey Chau (Intern), Joseph Studholme (Board Chair), John Robinson (Chief Tech Advisor), Kevin McClarren (President & COO), Anh Huynh (Intern) All our Interns worked virtually, and the team stretched across a myriad of time zones, with members in locations stretching from the US to Vietnam. Despite this barrier, everyone communicated and collaborated closely through Zoom meetings, Slack, Canva, Google Suite, and other shared platforms. A weekly All-Team meeting of staff and Interns kept Interns up to date on the various projects on which their peers were working, and gave them an opportunity to receive feedback on their weekly deliverables. (See 1st photo.) Towards the end of the Internships, the Interns also met with a broader group of Board, Advisors, and staff. (See 2nd photo.) Please visit https://www.lambentdata.com/interns and click on the tab "Summer 2023" to learn more about our amazing summer Interns. Thank you very much to the Princeton University Pace Center for Civic Engagement R.I.S.E. (Recognizing Inequities and Standing for Equality) program for facilitating the involvement of Arika and Samantha. We also appreciate Anh, Audrey, and Isabelle for taking the initiative to independently approach us about this internship opportunity. And of course, a huge thank you to all our Summer ‘23 Interns. We greatly appreciate all their hard work while learning and contributing to Lambent’s mission of equipping and empowering providers and patients/clients to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

UPDATED to reflect photos and info from the Showcase! Lambent Data was selected for the Princeton Entrepreneurs Showcase occurring Friday, May 26, 2023. Lambent Data and other companies chosen from many applications participated in this Showcase during the Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference at the Friend Center at Princeton University during 9 am - 4 pm. The conference was free of cost, but participants were encouraged to register in advance. Registration was open to the public, including Princeton alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of Princeton. The conference included panels, workshops, a fireside chat, lunch, and cocktail reception. Attendees for this event did not need to be separately registered for Princeton Reunions. Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair (Princeton '84) represented Lambent throughout the conference and other team members joined at various times. They were excited to talk with other attendees about our work and impact. The large group photo in this article shows Kirsten with fellow entrepreneurs of other companies represented at the Showcase, along with organizers and judges. Lambent’s flagship product, OurREACH™, is a HIPAA-compliant collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics and AI. It equips healthcare and social service providers and payors to engage their patients/clients much more fully, whether intensively or "light touch," including “between visits” in a Continuum of Care. It's empowering for patients/clients with milestones/goals, integrated resources, and communication in health and Social Drivers of Health such as housing, education, jobs and financial literacy, along with parenting. Because it’s so granular for patients/clients, it also generates new data analytics never before available to providers and payors to improve programs. It fits into customer workflows, including integrating with EHRs and CRMs. Improved patient/client outcomes also lead to lower healthcare costs, crucial in preventive and value-based care. Lambent recently announced a strategic partnership with FULLFILL virtual coaching company. We also are coordinating with another channel ally that is a national leader in pediatrics. Lambent has been chosen to participate in several highly selective programs (e.g., 2021 MassChallenge Accelerator, SOCAP21 and SOCAP22 Entrepreneur Programs). Lambent’s management team, Board and Advisors are composed of leaders in healthcare, social services and business, who have led companies through multiple successful exits.

Princeton, NJ and Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2023 -- FULLFILL, Inc. ("FULLFILL") and Lambent Data, Inc. (“Lambent”) have joined forces to introduce a groundbreaking technology service aimed at improving the health and well-being of millions of people across the United States. The two companies have executed a strategic partnership agreement that will focus on enhancing adoption, retention, and outcomes for participants in wellness and health programs. This dynamic collaboration will also involve integrating both companies' software platforms in programs with major healthcare networks and insurance companies. The partnership will leverage Lambent’s AI-powered HIPAA-compliant platform to enhance FULLFILL’s unlimited live coaching services and behavior change program, by providing personalized goals and resource recommendations to patients and clients facing health and social issues that hinder their well-being and progress towards milestones. Both FULLFILL and Lambent are dedicated to high engagement of the patients/clients, which results in improved outcomes and reduced costs. The strategic partnership will enable scaling of these cutting-edge technology services, to transform the lives of millions of people. "Working with FULLFILL marks a key step in Lambent Data’s commercial development of our OurREACH™ software platform, which is built for collaboration. FULLFILL’s live coaches will use OurREACH™ so that Lambent and FULLFILL together can serve even more customers working to improve the health and the lives of people in need." said Joseph Studholme, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Lambent Data and Executive-in-Residence at Princeton University. "This partnership underscores our commitment to bring advanced research and technology - including exciting developments in AI - in working with organizations to empower individuals and families to improve their health and Social Drivers of Health, and in the process also to help reduce healthcare costs.” "FULLFILL is excited about extending our market reach through Lambent Data’s platform and network," said Steve Winshel, FULLFILL’s CEO and Co-founder. "We have a proven model of increasing long term program engagement and outcomes through our human coaching delivery platform in the context of FULLFILL’s evidence based behavior change program, and we believe that this model can dramatically improve health and other life outcomes when integrated with Lambent’s technology and the existing programs offered by their customers." In Q3 2023, Lambent and FULLFILL will launch their integrated product. Organizations with an interest in participating in the early adopters program (limited availability until the end of Q2 2023) should contact sales@fullfill.com or sales@lambentdata.com. About Lambent Data, Inc. Lambent Data (https://www.lambentdata.com/) is a Princeton-based advanced technology company with roots in behavioral health research. Lambent’s flagship product, OurREACH™, is a HIPAA-compliant collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics and AI. It equips healthcare and social service providers and payors to engage their patients/clients much more fully, whether intensively or "light touch," including “between visits” in a Continuum of Care. It's empowering for patients/clients with milestones/goals, integrated resources, and communication in health and Social Drivers of Health such as housing, education, jobs and financial literacy, along with parenting. Because it’s so granular for patients/clients, it also generates new data analytics never before available to providers and payors to improve programs. It fits into customer workflows, including integrating with EHRs and CRMs. Improved patient/client outcomes also lead to lower healthcare costs, crucial in preventive and value-based care. Lambent has been chosen to participate in several highly selective programs (e.g., 2021 MassChallenge Accelerator, SOCAP21 and SOCAP22 Entrepreneur Programs). Lambent’s management team, Board and Advisors are composed of leaders in healthcare, social services and business, who have led companies through multiple successful exits. About FULLFILL, Inc. FULLFILL (https://www.fullfill.com) is a digital health company created to solve the intractable problem of achieving long-term engagement and clinically significant outcomes for chronic physical and mental conditions. By delivering unlimited, live human-to-human coaching augmented by AI-driven behavioral analysis, FULLFILL creates community, accountability, and support in the context of an evidence based program. The result is an extremely high percentage of participants staying engaged, gaining measurable improvements to health, and reducing costs. In a two-year Beta, 56% of program starters were successful at the 12 month mark, and 43% were engaged and maintaining significant clinical results at 24 months. FULLFILL is currently working with self-funded employers and is expanding to other populations including Medicare/MA and a wide range of underserved communities. The founders of FULLFILL previously created, grew, and exited an innovative company in this space; FULLFILL is their next-generation offering designed to improve the lives of tens of millions of people around the world.

We say a big thank you to Rem and Company’s team members for their dedication to advancing our mission, on a volunteer basis, during Spring 2023: Thomas Coulouras, Kelih Henyo, Milica Maricic, Kate Park, and Christina Wu! The team was led by Audrey Chau with the support of several leadership members from the Princeton University chapter: Lauren Maynard (Chapter Chair), Sienna Byrne (Chapter President), and Declan Waters (Education Chair). Lauren previously served as one of Lambent’s interns during winter 2021-22 and in subsequent months. Rem and Company is a dynamic national organization of chapters of dedicated university student volunteers. From left to right, top to bottom: Christina Wu (Junior Strategist), Audrey Chau (Team Lead), Milica Maricic (Junior Strategist), Kate Park (Junior Strategist), Kelih Henyo (Strategist), Thomas Coulouras (Strategist), Declan Waters (Leadership Member), Kirsten Hund Blair (Co-founder & CEO of Lambent Data), Kevin McClarren (President & COO of Lambent Data) Over the span of 8 weeks, this group of strategists and junior strategists, all who are undergraduate students at Princeton University, was very enthusiastic and skilled. They were also devoted to highlighting the powerful impact of our HIPAA-compliant platform and app OurREACH™ – built to equip healthcare and social service providers and payors and to improve patient/client empowerment, leading to lowered healthcare costs and better outcomes. The team connected with Lambent’s management team via Zoom meetings, Slack, Google docs, email, and other virtual ways to understand our business and build a solid framework to tackle priority areas (branding, fundraising, expansion). Every week, they conducted independent research and analysis to produce original deliverables, and timely incorporated Lambent leaders’ feedback to improve the quality of these documents. Their work throughout the semester culminated into a presentation to provide final recommendations as well as next steps that we can take in order to further Lambent’s work and impact. OurREACH™ is an extremely agile platform with granular functionality that targets several different user groups within the healthcare and social services arenas. In order to help us highlight this value proposition, the team put together detailed customer persona profiles and mapped out how each group would specifically benefit from our services. Using promotional two-pagers for each customer group with a comprehensive overview section that the team created, we will now be able to more specifically target potential users within the breadth of our offerings. These meaningful, well-researched use cases demonstrate how OurREACH™ can be leveraged by social service providers, healthcare providers, and payors to engage their clients and patients for goal-setting and milestone-tracking activities that help improve quality of life and minimize costs. They also identified ways to help us increase our online presence on various social media platforms through recommendations of best practices for an enterprise SaaS business. The team also assisted with various other business aspects. These included financial analysis and visualizations of our financials. This also included identifying additional revenue sources, to diversify our revenue streams as we grow. In addition, the team enhanced our expansion plans. With the ongoing database that the team compiled, consisting of regional community health centers and additional social service organizations that could benefit from OurREACH™, we plan to channel further outreach efforts. We also want to thank Rem and Company, including the Princeton chapter, for putting together this resourceful team and staying engaged with us throughout the process. Rem and Company started as a social impact initiative offering free consulting services to businesses impacted by COVID-19. Their professionalism and dedication to uplifting businesses like ourselves means that more patients/clients, their families, and the healthcare/social service providers/payors engaging with them will be able to benefit from our solution, OurREACH™. This will result in better outcomes for the families, along with lower healthcare costs and other benefits for the providers and payors. Many thanks to the team once again for their unwavering diligence, creativity, and passion throughout the project!

Lambent Data, a healthcare and social service technology company, has announced the integration of Amazon Personalize's AI/ML solution into its OurREACH™ software platform. This integration enables providers and payors of healthcare and social services to develop even more personalized care plans for their patients and clients, and to do this with greater ease and accuracy. This new integration builds upon and extends the personalization and action-orientation that have always been hallmarks of Lambent Data's OurREACH™ HIPAA-compliant, collaborative platform and app. With this new integration, OurREACH™ can now provide more targeted and relevant resource recommendations for patients and clients struggling with health and social drivers of health (SDoH) milestones such as housing, transportation, and food security. By incorporating Amazon Personalize's technology, Lambent Data enhances the accuracy and relevance of these recommendations. Along with many other features, this fosters strong user engagement and better outcomes for the patients and clients. This integration aligns with Lambent Data's vision of leveraging cutting-edge technology to address the most pressing challenges facing healthcare and social services. The company is committed to developing innovative solutions that equip healthcare and social service providers and payors to deliver trusted, high-quality care to their patients and clients, including empowering those individuals and families for improved health and SDoH outcomes. These improved outcomes lead to reduced healthcare costs, such as reducing Emergency Room visits. In addition to this integration, Lambent Data is working on other AI-powered solutions that will further enhance the platform's capabilities. The company is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in healthcare and social service technology, to deliver value to its enterprise customers and the individuals and families they serve. Lambent Data’s OurREACH™ is a HIPAA-compliant, collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics and AI. OurREACH™ equips healthcare and social service providers and payors -- and empowers individuals and families in health and SDoHs -- to improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It extends current patient portals and connects with EHRs and CRMs for a smooth user experience for care team members and family participants; it can also stand alone. OurREACH™ is built to support and extend trust in the relationships between practitioners and family participants. Please visit www.lambentdata.com to learn more.

Lambent Data's OurREACH™ is transforming the way healthcare and social service providers engage with families to help families improve their outcomes. Despite the efforts of healthcare and social service organizations, major barriers for families and organizations remain for engagement and scaling. Achieving milestones can seem overwhelming for families juggling many difficulties. There also can be a lack of continuum for care between meetings, including because staff are stretched thin. In addition, current referral programs to community services still often lack the next steps of sustained engagement with the families who have been referred. To address these challenges, Lambent Data has been coming alongside its customer organizations in engaging their families to improve outcomes in health and social drivers of health (SDoHs). Leaders of social service organizations are highlighting the importance of Lambent’s OurREACH™ in helping their participants improve outcomes – and in helping the organizations to grow. Angela Ball, Executive Director of Hearts for Moms, explains, “The ability for our organization to have OurREACH™ is a game changer! We are seeing improvement in the moms’ outcomes and their user engagement. The moms are accomplishing milestones and developing healthier habits “in between” our meetings with them. And they say it’s easy to use!” OurREACH™ has enhanced its detailed dashboards illustrating analytics, in which the customer organization’s care team members can see the progress that family participants are making in milestones spanning health and SDoHs. This enables the care team members to track progress and use other collaborative tools in the platform to encourage additional user engagement and improved outcomes. This can be done in a “light touch” or more intensive way, as OurREACH™ meshes with their workflows. Ms. Ball notes, “OurREACH™ helps our care team members communicate with the moms and one another. The detailed reports allow us to adjust our programs as needed and share results with our funders, who are also excited about the moms’ progress. This facilitated recent additional funding to grow our programs further.” Hearts for Moms is a Christian social service organization serving single mothers (from teens to 40 years old) and their families. It surrounds single moms with a team of leaders, coaches and resources to help them succeed. The single moms work to “Commit, Connect and Change” as they achieve milestones (personal, financial, educational, professional, spiritual or health), break cycles of poverty, and become self-sustainable. Lambent Data’s OurREACH™ is a HIPAA-compliant, collaborative software platform and app, with data analytics and AI. OurREACH™ equips healthcare and social service providers and payors -- and empowers families in health and SDoHs -- to improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It extends current patient portals and connects with EHRs and CRMs for a smooth user experience for care team members and family participants; it can also stand alone. This research-based platform is very flexible for various customer settings, and can boost and scale various SDoH interventions of providers and payors, through the use of its AI-driven solutions and advanced analytics. OurREACH™ is built to support and extend trust in the relationships between practitioners and family participants. Please see https://www.lambentdata.com/ to learn more.

The Trenton Kids Count 2023 report highlighting the health and well-being of children and their families in Trenton, NJ has been bringing together community organizations for further conversations and collaborations on how to help children and families thrive. See below for more details on these “Community Conversations.” Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) led the compilation of this report, with support from The Burke Foundation, Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF), and the Smith Family Foundation, as well as from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, which launched the “Kids Count” national effort years ago. The Smith Family Foundation hosted the kick-off release of the report and the first of the “Community Conversations.” Leaders from the Smith Family Foundation, ACNJ, Burke Foundation, PACF, and many other organizations have enthusiastically engaged in action-oriented discussions about how to collaborate to help children and families flourish. Lambent Data’s Co-founder and CEO Kirsten Hund Blair has been glad to engage with these and many other committed community participants in the kick-off event releasing the report and the subsequent “Community Conversations.” “Community Conversations” on Education and on Health and Human Services have occurred. The next “Community Conversations” will be April 19th (on Juvenile Justice and Crime) and May 17 (Housing and Economics). To register prior to these events, please scroll down on this page which also includes the full downloadable Trenton Kids Count 2023 report. The kick-off event, which drew over 160 people, featured remarks from Charles Venti (ACNJ Board Chair) and Atiya Weiss (Burke Foundation Executive Director), before Alena Siddiqui (ACNJ Kids Count Coordinator) presented highlights from the report. Mary Coogan (ACNJ President and CEO) then gave further remarks. Jeff Vega (PACF President & CEO) offered reflections and introduced a luminary panel. The panelists engaging in a lively and action-oriented discussion included Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (NJ Assemblywoman), Dr. Rachael Evans (Henry J. Austin Health Center Chief Medical Officer), Denise Kreiss (Trenton Public Schools Parent Coordinator), and Eleanor Horne (PACF Trustee Emeritus), who served as moderator. Art from Trenton children was featured in displays behind the panelists’ table. The four panelists then welcomed Q&A from audience participants. After the panel Q&A, Ms. Weiss introduced Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora, who noted the importance of the report and continued community collaborations. Then Tyrell Smith (Board Treasurer of the Smith Family Foundation) introduced Katherine Nunnally (Executive Director and CEO of the Smith Family Foundation), who closed the formal portion of the event with inspiring remarks. Participants then continued engaging in informal discussions throughout the large room. The subsequent “Community Conversations” events have focused on various topics in “deep dives.” Some of the meeting time highlights the data and key programs – and most of the time is devoted to active “roundtable discussions” among all participants, with “guiding questions” for all participants to discuss and to which to write responses. Participants also continue to engage with one another after the events, including planning for next steps in ongoing and new programs. Some photos from the kick-off event and subsequent events (the Education program at the Smith Family Foundation and the Health and Human Services program at Mercer County Community College in Trenton) are included here. At the launch event, in addition to numerous photos of the speakers, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson is also pictured with Ms. Blair. At the Education Community Conversation, Ed Greene of Ed Greene Strategies and Ms. Blair are pictured; he is an early education expert and they have engaged on various topics over the years, having first met at a Head Start Innovation conference. For more details, including quotes from area leaders, please visit the Launch News Release and Launch Event Photos on the Advocates for Children of NJ website, which also includes tabs for the Launch Event Recording and Launch Slides highlighting the report.