Visualizing insomnia

Jenna Martin is a photographer living with insomnia, and her sleeplessness is the inspiration behind much of her work. Much like the Seeing [MS] campaign, she tries to visualize her experiences through unique photographs that capture what it feels like to manage bouts of insomnia. Her photographs were recently featured in the Huffington Post, and… Continue reading Visualizing insomnia

Open funding for open science to accelerate ALS research: An interview with Prize4Life CEO Shay Rishoni

Just about a year ago, we teamed up with Sage Bionetworks and TED Fellow Dr. Max Little for an ongoing Parkinson’s disease (PD) project called the Patient Voice Analysis (PVA).   The big idea: combine data from two sources – phone-based voice recordings and patient reported data from PatientsLikeMe’s Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (PDRS). Then,… Continue reading Open funding for open science to accelerate ALS research: An interview with Prize4Life CEO Shay Rishoni