Our Mission
Empower people living with Parkinson's to improve symptom management, quality of life and potentially slow progression through access to personalized nutrition therapy.
Our Story
Our story began at a hackathon hosted in Switzerland online during lockdown that saw Richelle Flanagan from Ireland, a Dietitian living with young onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD) meet Rene Reinbacher, a data scientist from Switzerland.
Richelle through her own experience and that of many women with YOPD proposed the development of a digital health app to track Parkinson's symptoms across the menstrual cycle. The project won the hackathon and My Moves Matter was born.
Since 2022 we have developed the My Moves Matter app which currently has over 1600 users from 47 countries and 2 pilot studies looking at the impact of hormones on symptom control in women with Parkinson's.
We are now developing nutrition solutions to scale access to medical nutrition therapy for people with Parkinson's.
Our Co-founders
Richelle Flanagan
Co-Founder & CEO
Rene Reinbacher
Co-Founder & CTO
Our Dietetics Team
Co-Founder & CEO, Registered Dietitian
Richelle Flanagan MSc BA Hons PgCert MINDI Coru Registered
Registered Dietitian for past 21 years, living with Parkinson's for last 8 years. Richelle brings her combined experience in leadership, research, communications, advocacy and digital health.
She is passionate about better nutritional care for people with Parkinson's Disease and using technology to provide personalised accessible nutrition education and medical nutrition therapy.
Registered Dietitian
Didi De Zwarte BSc Pg Cert MINDI Coru Registered
Registered Dietitian for the past 10 years. Specialities include neurology, obesity and palliative care. Didi brings 5 years of experience in nutrition communications and digital health.
She is passionate about inspiring and empowering people through evidence based nutrition communication.
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Registered Dietitian,
Aoife Hanna BSc PgCert MINDI Coru Registered
Registered Dietitian for the past 16 years, she also has experience as a digital health entrepreneur. A founder of an online IBS nutrition care platform, Aoife brings 7 years of experience in digital health.
She is passionate about offering people sustainable food choices whilst also generating better health for all.
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