#5: Katherine Grill: CEO and Co-Founder of Neolth on Building a Mental Health Support Platform for Students
04/03/22 • 49 min
Katherine Grill is the CEO and co-founder of Neolth, a technology company that provides personalized mental health support to teens through a self-guided mobile app that was built in partnership with over 300 students. The app consists of on-demand content in the form of personalized relaxation practices, stigma-reducing videos about lived experiences, and other health-tracking features. The app is now adopted by over 200 schools.
Prior to founding Neolth, she worked at Children's National pediatric hospital conducting NIH research, co-founded a community health program for young adults, and was a university professor teaching courses in psychology and neuroscience at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Katherine was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, under the education category.
Katherine received a BS in Art Therapy, MA in Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience. She has expertise in school-based mental health and using digital interventions with adolescents and young adults (AYAs).
She has won numerous awards through her work with Neolth; most recently she was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the 2022 education category. She was featured in Forbes alongside the founders of Bumble and Zyper in 2021 as a leading female founder and was honored with a display on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square in 2020.
In this episode we talk about:
- The stigma surrounding mental health and how the pandemic has accelerated the conversation around mental health.
- Importance of proactive rather than a reactive model of treating mental health issues.
- How Katherine wanted to make an impact at scale on a societal level which led her to build Neolth.
- How Neolth conducted user research to launch the app by partnering with over 500 students.
- How Neolth is leveraging ‘community’ to share lived experiences to break down the stigma around mental health.
- How Neolth partners with schools to distribute its product.
- Mental health tips for students and founders.
- Future aspirations for the company
Check out Neolth in the app store and at https://www.neolth.com/
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Katherine Grill is the CEO and co-founder of Neolth, a technology company that provides personalized mental health support to teens through a self-guided mobile app that was built in partnership with over 300 students. The app consists of on-demand content in the form of personalized relaxation practices, stigma-reducing videos about lived experiences, and other health-tracking features. The app is now adopted by over 200 schools.
Prior to founding Neolth, she worked at Children's National pediatric hospital conducting NIH research, co-founded a community health program for young adults, and was a university professor teaching courses in psychology and neuroscience at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Katherine was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022, under the education category.
Katherine received a BS in Art Therapy, MA in Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience. She has expertise in school-based mental health and using digital interventions with adolescents and young adults (AYAs).
She has won numerous awards through her work with Neolth; most recently she was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the 2022 education category. She was featured in Forbes alongside the founders of Bumble and Zyper in 2021 as a leading female founder and was honored with a display on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square in 2020.
In this episode we talk about:
- The stigma surrounding mental health and how the pandemic has accelerated the conversation around mental health.
- Importance of proactive rather than a reactive model of treating mental health issues.
- How Katherine wanted to make an impact at scale on a societal level which led her to build Neolth.
- How Neolth conducted user research to launch the app by partnering with over 500 students.
- How Neolth is leveraging ‘community’ to share lived experiences to break down the stigma around mental health.
- How Neolth partners with schools to distribute its product.
- Mental health tips for students and founders.
- Future aspirations for the company
Check out Neolth in the app store and at https://www.neolth.com/
Follow us on Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/startyourselfuppodcast/
Follow my Twitter -> https://twitter.com/Starturselfupod
Want to sponsor us? Email us at [email protected]
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- Hiring Philosophy for different phases of company building
- Future Aspirations for SwagUp
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