Jana Rieger, PhD

Professor, CEO, Director of Research
Univerisity of Alberta, True Angle, Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine, Alberta, Canada

Jana Rieger, PhD is a global leader in functional outcomes assessment related to head and neck disorders. Over her 20-year career in this field, Jana has held roles as a professor, clinician, researcher, and most recently, entrepreneur. As CEO of True Angle, Jana leads a team of clinicians, engineers, industrial designers, researchers and business experts in the development, testing, and commercialization of the Mobili-T: a novel mHealth “smart” software-based device for people with dysphagia (i.e., swallowing disorders). With her leadership, the True Angle team graduated from the 2019 Creative Destruction Laboratory and from the 2020 MATTER Health Accelerator in Chicago. They also won the National Angel Capital Organization 2021 Startup of the year.

Presentation(s):

• Adherence to Home Swallowing Therapy with and Without the Assistance of a Mobile Health System in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Randomized Crossover Trial

  Wednesday, November 1, 2023
  2:45 PM – 3:00 PM