Sobre nós
Somos uma comunidade forte à procura de uma solução melhor
O nosso fundador
Melissa Kramer, candidata a doutoramento
Três anos após o início da sua própria jornada com UTIs recorrentes, Melissa começou a entrevistar outras pessoas com histórias semelhantes. Agora, trabalha com a sua equipa de defensores apaixonados da saúde das mulheres para partilhar informações cruciais, a fim de ajudar outras pessoas a encontrar melhores testes e tratamentos para as ITU.
A viagem resultou numa extensa rede de investigadores, clínicos e organizações com ideias semelhantes, e a Melissa tem sempre todo o gosto em receber notícias de quem trabalha para ajudar a resolver o problema da UTI recorrente.
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A equipa que torna isto possível
Katherine Finlay, PhD, CPsychol
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Katherine’s research interests focus on the challenge of maintaining quality of life in the face of chronic health conditions. Recognising the complexity of this challenge in chronic and recurrent UTI is what motivated Katherine to join the team at Live UTI Free.
As a Chartered Psychologist at the University of Reading, Katherine specialises in developing interventions to support patients and healthcare professionals in managing UTI and its psychosocial impact. She is committed to creating high-quality UTI impact assessment tools and improving how we support people with UTI within and beyond our health services.
Abbi Newlands, MSc
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Abbi’s passion for driving research that brings about real change in underserved areas, particularly for people living with long-term chronic health conditions, inspired her to join the Live UTI Free team.
Currently pursuing a PhD in psychology at the University of Reading, Abbi is determined to lead high-quality research that places patient perspectives at the forefront. Her ultimate goal is to enhance quality of life outcomes and reduce the complex challenges faced by those living with recurrent and chronic UTI.
Abbi Newlands, MSc
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La passion d'Abbi pour la recherche qui apporte un réel changement dans les zones mal desservies, en particulier pour les personnes vivant avec des maladies chroniques de longue durée, l'a incitée à rejoindre l'équipe Live UTI Free.
Abbi poursuit actuellement un doctorat en psychologie à l'université de Reading. Elle est déterminée à mener des recherches de haute qualité qui placent le point de vue des patients au premier plan. Son objectif ultime est d'améliorer la qualité de vie et de réduire les défis complexes auxquels sont confrontées les personnes souffrant d'infections urinaires récurrentes et chroniques.
Josie Truong
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Josie discovered Live UTI Free while navigating her own struggles with recurrent UTIs. When the opportunity came up to support LUF’s projects, she was eager to apply her business and project management background to help promote the organization’s mission.
Now, she works alongside a community of passionate women’s health advocates to facilitate further research on this condition, increase awareness, and become a voice for patient advocacy.
Marine Hardouin
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Marine has been part of Live UTI Free’s journey since the early days, helping to bring the team’s vision to life. She uses her deep understanding of online behavior and visual layout to create a welcoming and friendly experience for all who interact with the organization.
Marine’s commitment to her own professional and personal mission ensures the information that Live UTI Free shares is accessible for all members of the community.
Melissa Wairimu
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Melissa’s own journey with recurrent UTI really impacted her life and affected her overall productivity. She came across the stories of others on Live UTI Free, who had been through similar experiences and managed to break the cycle.
She was motivated to help, and to use her skills in visual communication to spread awareness of an otherwise overlooked female health problem.
Emil Lamprecht, BSc
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Emil has co-founded, built and supported business and impact organizations in 30+ countries. He helped found Live UTI Free out of a profound frustration with gender inequality in health care, and a desire to support women suffering from curable diseases.
As product lead Emil has led design and management of the Live UTI platform since day one, and continues to ensure its success and availability to the world at large.
Molly Bradbury, MSc. Psych
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Molly is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Reading, building on her background in MSc Health Psychology. She has a keen passion for increasing awareness around women’s health issues and reducing stigma associated with them. Alongside her PhD, Molly is gaining valuable experience at Live UTI Free, where she manages research studies and projects aimed at improving patient education.
Through the world of women’s health, Molly aspires to make a meaningful impact by enhancing the overall patient experience and empowering women to fulfill their personal wellbeing.
Saoirse Nash
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Due to having suffered with recurrent, and eventually chronic, UTI for many years, Saoirse feels passionately about being able to help and support others dealing with this condition. She knows first hand how frightening and lonely it can feel to develop a condition and not have good access to answers and treatment.
She found help through the Live UTI Free website in 2019 and since seeking treatment, her symptoms have improved immensely. This has given her back time and energy – which she is investing towards helping and supporting this community and becoming an active voice in patient advocacy.
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Bianca Serio, MRes
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Bianca is currently pursuing a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the Max Planck School of Cognition in Germany, driven by a passion for advancing women’s health. Recognizing critical gaps in knowledge about the female body, she joined the Live UTI Free team to make a tangible impact through research and patient advocacy.
Bianca’s work at Live UTI Free involves analyzing patient-driven data, while her own experience with UTIs deepens her commitment to helping others with recurrent and chronic conditions share their stories.
Zuzanna Jankowska, MSc
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Zuzanna’s drive to close the gaps in women’s healthcare access and knowledge led her to join Live UTI Free. She is passionate about reshaping the conversation around women's health and contributing to research that leads to earlier interventions, better care, and a stronger voice for those affected by recurrent UTIs. Zuzanna was drawn to Live UTI Free’s patient-centered mission and commitment to transforming women's health research.
Currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Reading, she is researching at-risk profiles for urinary tract infections, working to illuminate patterns that have been overlooked.
Dominique Skinner, MA BSc
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Dominique’s experience with chronic UTI symptoms fuels her commitment to improving access to care and information. After years of unanswered questions, she found support through Live UTI Free, turning her health journey into impactful work.
With a BSc in Biochemistry and an MA in Musical Theatre, she combines scientific insight with powerful storytelling as a Health Communication Specialist. Dominique uses social media to inform and empower, translating complex health topics into accessible content. In doing so, she advocates for equity, better conversations, and better outcomes in women’s health.
Meg Evans, MSc
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Meg is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Psychology at the University of Reading. Her passion for women’s health stemmed from her own experiences and difficulties in seeking an endometriosis diagnosis. With extensive experience supporting survivors of sexual violence, Meg is dedicated to applying this expertise when working with sexual well-being in chronic health conditions primarily affecting women.
Through her ongoing work with Live UTI Free, Meg hopes to assist in innovative and critical research surrounding UTI and public attitudes.
Maria Galve Villa, MSc, BSc Physiotherapy
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Dr. Maria Galve Villa is a dedicated Research Coordinator with a strong clinical and academic background, focused on driving healthcare innovation through strategic research. She specializes in bridging the gap between research development and clinical application, leading interdisciplinary teams to deliver impactful patient care solutions.
An alumna of BioInnovate Ireland and a Research Fellow at the University of Galway, Maria is experiencing first-hand the challenges of developing medical devices for women’s health. Her leadership is key to translating research into meaningful, patient-focused healthcare advancements.
Issy Dexter
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Issy found Live UTI Free while pursuing a placement opportunity for her BSc in Psychology. She has a passion for health psychology, in particular women’s health, which led her to discover the impactful work conducted by Live UTI Free.
Issy hopes that working with Live UTI free will provide her with more insight into the field of women’s health research, and enable her to make an impact in this space.
Maiwenn Person, MLs
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For Maiwenn, helping people is the most important aspect of a translator’s work. Working with Live UTI Free has allowed her to achieve this goal. Passionate about multimedia and audio-visual, she is thrilled to work with content from different media and adapt it for the French public.
Maiwenn is proud to manage the French content team and to be able to use her translation skills to educate more people about UTIs, a subject with low awareness in France, even among women.
Susy Peddie
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Susy co-founded Live UTI Free with the belief there’s never been a better time to bring health issues like this out into the open. She’s fascinated with the way technology is revolutionizing the female health space.
Her goal is to help empower others to understand their own bodies, so they can lead a strong and healthy life.
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Hannah Heffernan
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Hannah’s love for an ambitious mission was more than enough to get her on board as a co-founder of Live UTI Free. Specializing in branding and digital design, she set out to prove that serious health sites need not be ugly.
No stranger to an online symptom search (what modern female isn’t?), Hannah is adamant that good quality, well researched and holistic information should be available for all females.
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Annett Borg
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You might recognise Annett as the face of Live UTI Free. Annett experienced recurrent UTIs for 15 years before finding a doctor who helped her pursue better testing and get appropriate treatment.
She’s our number one ambassador and a pioneer for sustainability and ethical production in her own industry – fashion. We’re happy to say she’s now UTI free and she’s helping us get better information out there.
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Os nossos autores e tradutores
Anne Freeman, Published Author
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Anne Freeman is an author and copywriter. In her creative writing practice, as in life, women-supporting-women is one of her favorite themes. Having lived with Type 1 Diabetes—an incurable autoimmune disease—for more than 20 years, she is acutely empathetic towards anyone living with chronic illness.
Through experiencing healthcare that is often misguided or indifferent, and sometimes downright hostile, she knows the importance of advocating for oneself. She is thrilled to contribute to the chorus of voices sharing crucial women’s health information and improving lives.
Auriane De Poorter, BA
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While seeking an internship during her master’s degree in translation, Auriane discovered Live UTI Free. She perceives translation from a feminist point of view and wanted the opportunity to have a positive impact on women’s lives.
Translating for Live UTI Free allows her to spread awareness about a topic that is not discussed enough in France. Easy access to information about UTIs and women’s health should be a priority.
Deanna Berman ND
ND, LM
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Dr Deanna Berman’s journey into natural medicine and her passion for helping women began with her own health issues, including Interstitial Cystitis.
As a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Midwife, she draws on her understanding of both the necessity for medication and the limitations of natural medicine, to write educational articles for Live UTI Free, particularly around UTI and pregnancy, and functional healing.
Emilie Berman, BSc
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Emilie stumbled across Live UTI Free while searching for support with her own UTIs. As a Biology major and pre-Med student, she became enamored with the presented science backed information, that allows patients to advocate for themselves.
Emilie is excited to be part of the solution by helping to raise awareness for UTIs and by giving others the tools to do the same.
Kayleigh Maxwell, MSc
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Kayleigh stumbled upon the world of recurrent UTI during her MSc in Health Psychology. Having learnt about the immense impact of living with a chronic condition through her studies, her research interests are driven by the desire to improve patient outcomes in chronic illness.
She has worked closely with Live UTI Free and partners to collect, analyse and publish patient-driven data, to help ensure the patient perspective is considered.
Maylis Chernet, BLs
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Maylis wanted to do something meaningful during her master’s degree in Intercultural Communication and Translation. When she learnt about Live UTI free, she was eager to join the movement and make this valuable information available for French people.
Maylis believes in feminism and equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of their gender. A strong supporter of inclusive writing, she aims to create French content that is as inclusive as possible, in a language that is normally gendered.
Madhu Gundlapally
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Madhu has always been a strong supporter for patient education and autonomy. She began writing for Live UTI Free to help promote accurate information and healthy discussion in doctor-patient interaction.
Currently training as a doctor of medicine, she hopes to encourage women to educate and advocate for themselves in doctor’s offices.
Os nossos consultores
Krystal Thomas-White
PhD
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Krystal’s passion for women’s health grew from her clinical research on the female urinary microbiome at Loyola University Chicago. The powerful patient stories and promising science led her to dedicate her career to changing the way UTIs are diagnosed and treated.
Now at Stanford University, she investigates how uropathogens interact with the bladder to cause disease, and advises Live UTI Free on scientific rigor.
Alan Wolfe
PhD
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Alan is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University Graduate School in Chicago and provides guidance to the team at Live UTI Free on scientific topics related to his work.
As the Co-Founder/Director of the Loyola Urinary Education and Research Collaborative (LUEREC), and the Founder of the Wolfe Lab, much of Alan’s research is centered around the female bladder microbiome and its impact on women’s health and disease.
Jess Price
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Jess’ work with Live UTI free stems from a passion to transform the way female patients are perceived within their own healthcare experience. She brings a unique perspective to the team as she has witnessed firsthand the disconnect between patients and the medical community.
Having a background in patient advocacy, she hopes to encourage open communication within the practitioner-patient relationship and open-mindedness toward the diagnostics and treatment of chronic and recurrent UTI.
Maša Ivin, PhD
PhD
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Maša found Live UTI Free while seeking resources for a friend struggling with infertility and chronic UTI. No stranger to an occasional UTI, and after years of coping with atypical PCOS (another often dismissed female health issue), Maša realized it was time to use her research mind, knowledge of biology, diagnostics and MedComms to contribute to the fight for better testing and treatment of female health conditions and diseases.
She hopes that one day women will not have to take their health into their own hands – but in the meantime, she is thrilled to be working with Live UTI Free to help women get better testing options and access to reliable medical information.
Christine Kramer
BAppSc
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Christine’s background in applied science and medical diagnostics support provides an insightful basis for her work with the Live UTI Free community.
Her strong belief that the right information at the right time can help empower patients towards a resolution stems from her own interest in women’s health and chronic illness. Christine helps ensure Live UTI Free’s readers are connected to appropriate resources.
Lindsey Roberts
PhD
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Lindsey’s research mission is to improve people’s well-being by considering health through the ‘One Health’ perspective, which includes making the most of the medicines we have at our disposal (particularly antibiotics), reducing our waste and increasing sustainability globally.
Lindsey believes that addressing inequalities and poor communication in healthcare is imperative, and is committed to researching current problems, designing and evaluating novel interventions, and reporting on positive outcomes we can adopt within our community.
Michael Hsieh
MD, PhD, FASTMH
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Michael Hsieh serves as the Director of Transitional Urology at the Children’s National Health System and the George Washington University. His strong research focus and belief that the patient perspective is a crucial part of this research, prompted him to connect with Live UTI Free in its early stages.
Dr. Hsieh runs a bladder biology research group and is developing a broader microbiology research program across multiple laboratories. He collaborates with Live UTI Free to help connect the patient community with new chronic UTI research.
Catriona Anderson
MBChB, MRCGP, BSc(Hons), DFSRH, BMS cert menopause
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Dr. Anderson divides her time between NHS and private practice, and across multiple specialties including recurrent and chronic UTI, vaginal problems and menopause. Her scientific background affords her an in-depth understanding of chronic UTI, and she collaborates with several research organizations, including Live UTI Free.
As Live UTI Free’s resident women’s health expert, Dr. Anderson channels her experience with established and complementary treatment approaches into guiding the team on research design and patient-centered content.
Janet Alexandersson
LLM Human & Health Rights
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Janet loves working with teams who change the world, one issue at a time. Advising the team at Live UTI Free provides an opportunity for her to delve deeper into her specialties – health, sexual and reproductive rights.
By successfully navigating the legalities and ethics of health empowerment and outreach, Janet allows the rest of the team to focus on spreading their message effectively.
Susie Masterson
BACP
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Susie started supporting the Live UTI Free as a business coach and sales strategy advisor a couple of years ago. As a passionate advocate of female founders and ethical startups, she is no stranger to gender bias.
As a psychotherapist, Susie often meets women with undiagnosed chronic health conditions. She hopes that strengthening engagement across all groups within the UTI space, will improve women’s physiological and mental health.
Justine Chrisment
MLs
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Justine, a professional translator with a passion for foreign languages and cultures, wants to make women’s health a priority in France. She used her talent for languages to translate the Live UTI Free website into French and therefore enable French women to benefit from effective treatments.
Informing women about medical developments is an important project that had been on her mind for several years. For her, medical information should circulate freely, without language and culture being an obstacle.
As UTIs recorrentes são mais comuns do que pensas
8 MILHÕES
As mulheres têm uma UTI todos os anos nos EUA
26 - 44%
Terás uma recorrência da UTI no prazo de 6 meses
7 EM 10
Não acreditas que o tratamento para a UTI funcione
ZERO
Opções de teste padrão precisas disponíveis
Não estás sozinha. As UTIs recorrentes afectam milhões de mulheres, mas a informação certa pode levar a melhores testes e a uma solução permanente. É aí que nós entramos.
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A nossa política de inclusão
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