NE alumni start-up secures $44K to advance women’s health
Nanotechnology Engineering alumna CT Murphy’s start-up is a finalist in the Odlum Brown Forum Pitch, a Canadian program for women entrepreneurs.
Murphy’s partner and COO, Ibukun Elebute presented at the event and secured $44K in winnings for CELLECT.
The initial idea for the menstrual product was part of Murphy’s fourth-year Capstone Project. She aims to create a menstrual pad infused with nanomaterials that could collect cervical and bacterial cells. The pad could then be sent to a lab to test for cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV).
Murphy, who is now pursuing a master's degree in the Department of Chemical Engineering, under the supervision of Professor Marc Aucoin, hopes this new product could one day replace Pap tests.
The win was recently chronicled in a CBC news article.