I am Cofounder and COO of Peri, formerly known as identifyHer. Peri is a digital health company leading the way in AI-driven solutions for women going through perimenopause and beyond. We are addressing the unmet needs is Women's Health by firstly developing a wearable biosensor to detect and track perimenopausal symptoms.The world needs more successful companies to address women's health as most of the knowledge we have created in health, medicine and disease has been developed in men - Women have different physiology, have different symptom profiles and can respond differently to medication. I want to bring my passion for knowledge creation and innovation to address important issues in women's health. I bring a range of skills and experience to this role as during my tenure at DCU, I was Director of the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology (2017-2022), Head of the 3U Diabetes Partnership (2011-2022) and established the Centre for Preventive Medicine (2009). My research background is in the area of human physiology, with a particular emphasis on energy metabolism and exercise physiology. The projects I was involved in focused on the prevention and prediction of chronic disease (especially Type 2 diabetes) and understanding how lifestyle contributes to the progression toward disease as we age.