Speakers: Ananya Sharma

Ananya Sharma

Founder and CEO, Cyclea LLC
Medical Student, University of Missouri Kansas City

Ananya Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Cyclea LLC and a first-year medical student at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. She is passionate about advancing women’s health through innovation at the intersection of medicine, technology, and patient-centered care. Her work is driven by a focus on closing diagnostic gaps in conditions that disproportionately affect women, particularly those involving reproductive and gastrointestinal health. Through Cyclea, she is developing a platform that translates patient-reported symptoms into clinically actionable insights to support earlier diagnosis and improved care. Ananya has received funding through competitive pitch programs and is actively collaborating with clinicians and digital health partners to bring Cyclea to market.

 

Cyclea LLC: The Future of Women’s Health Diagnostics

Cyclea LLC is a digital health platform addressing a critical gap in women’s healthcare: delayed and fragmented diagnosis of chronic, hormone-linked conditions. Millions of women experience overlapping symptoms—such as pelvic pain, gastrointestinal distress, and fatigue—yet often wait years and see multiple physicians before receiving a diagnosis.

Cyclea transforms daily symptom tracking into clinically meaningful insights. By integrating longitudinal patient-reported data with pattern detection and validated screening frameworks, the platform identifies symptom clusters associated with conditions such as endometriosis, PCOS, IBS, and anxiety-related disorders. This structured data is translated into a clinician-facing dashboard that enhances diagnostic clarity, improves patient-provider communication, and supports earlier, more targeted care.

Unlike traditional health tracking applications, Cyclea is designed as a clinical decision-support layer rather than a passive logging tool. The platform follows a clinic-first model, enabling integration into existing workflows and improving both patient engagement and provider efficiency.
By converting fragmented symptom experiences into actionable clinical intelligence, Cyclea aims to reduce diagnostic delays, improve outcomes, and redefine how women’s health conditions are understood and managed.