SmartParent Mobile Health Inc.

We are excited to announce that Dr. Patricia Janssen, CEO of SmartParent Mobile Health Inc., has been named one of the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health! Dr. Janssen developed SmartParent, Canada’s first prenatal and parenting education program delivered via text messaging. Her accolades include the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Research in the Sciences, recognition as one of the top 50 Changemakers in Public Health (2020, University of Washington), and in 2022, UBC’s Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Service to the university and community. View the original announcement here: https://lnkd.in/grJniGG5

We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Patricia Janssen, CEO of SmartParent Mobile Health Inc., has been recognized as one of the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health! SmartParent, a proud venture part of Innovation UBC's 2024 cohort, is a text messaging platform that sends you short text messages that are timed to your week of pregnancy or baby's age. Each text contains resources that guides you through your first year of pregnancy and parenting. Discover how Dr. Janssen is empowering new families and promoting health and well-being: https://lnkd.in/grJniGG5

SmartParent CEO, Dr. Patricia Janssen, will be speaking at the fifth annual @entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week, taking place this upcoming September 24-25. This event brings together storytellers and movement builders to talk about Translating Inventions to Impact. Learn about breakthrough innovations creating social and economic prosperity here at home, and across the globe. Register today: https://bit.ly/3W7Tjhz #EIW24 #UBCentrepreneur

Dr. Melissa Brooks from IWK Health was recently featured on CTV News Atlantic and CBC Radio News to discuss SmartParent's launch in Nova Scotia. You can watch and listen to the interviews below. CTV News: https://lnkd.in/dUzgRcbR CBC Radio News: https://lnkd.in/dgNN3JnQ #healthypregnancy #prenataleducation #parentingeducation

The journey to parenthood can be overwhelming, but a UBC-led support program is here to help. SmartParent, developed by UBC School of Population and Public Health’s Dr. Patricia Janssen and her research team, has expanded from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, offering tailored #PrenatalEducation through convenient text messages. https://lnkd.in/gscw_BGH

SmartParent in Nova Scotia offers people who are pregnant the option of perinatal education being sent directly to their cell phones. The pilot program, available from IWK Health and Nova Scotia Health Public Health, offers text messages from pregnancy and child health experts that guide expectant parents through the transformative weeks of pregnancy and the first year of their child's life. Parents can enrol in the free service by texting the keyword ‘Baby’ to 12323 or by going to www.smartparent.ca and clicking Enrol Now. https://lnkd.in/gY2h_YV5

SmartParent is taking the stage May 7 at @UBCentrepreneur ’s 2024 Investor Showcase! The Investor Showcase spotlights high-potential investable ventures across industries raising Seed to Series A rounds, sharing our stories and game-changing solutions. Don’t miss out: Join us May 7 at UBC Robson Square. Learn more and register today https://lnkd.in/eYhu3Ehz #UBCentrepreneur #IS24