History
BioMinds was founded in 2019 by Mateusz Kierepka, Elzbieta Wlodarska and Lukasz Makowski - experts in management, programming and neurotherapy.
BioMinds XR - a therapeutic system for adults with neurological disorders based on virtual and augmented reality in product form has been developed and is undergoing therapeutic and clinical efficacy studies. An application for trademark protection has been filed with the EUIPO, and an application for invention protection is being prepared.
Underlying the development of the BioMinds XR system were not only our professional activity, discernment of the needs of the therapeutic community and patients' expectations, but also personal motivations.
People with neurological conditions are present in our immediate circle - it is also to them that we dedicate the results of our work. The BioMinds XR system significantly reduces barriers (social, architectural, environmental, motor) to accessing specialized rehabilitation for people with motor (due to, for example, neurological disease), cognitive and psychological difficulties.
The holistic approach to therapy used in the BioMInds XR system also allows therapeutic intervention for people who experience respiratory difficulties, attention problems or struggle with lowered mood as a result of COVID 19 infection. The BioMinds XR neurotherapeutic system will ultimately be designed to provide therapy to adults with neurological diseases (post-stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease) in three key areas - psychological (internal balance, well-being), cognitive (attention, memory or language functions) and motor (upper limb movements and body balance).
Experienced & Professional Team
Management team
Elżbieta Włodarska
Vice PresidentA neuropsychologist and psychologist with 16 years of clinical experience. Coordinator of the rehabilitation process, consultant of therapeutic programs. Coordinator and conductor of internal training for medical stuff. Diagnostician of dementia and cognitive disorders. Member of the Polish Alzheimer's Society and the Polish Neurological Society.
Mateusz Kierepka
CEOA expert with 20 years' experience international level in the IT industry. Creator of the most important Polish start-ups such as MedApp. Mentor, advisor, president in start-ups. It has been included in the list of "50 most influential people in the Polish start-up industry", which was developed by editors naTemat and InnPoland.
Business Advisors
Łukasz Makowski
An entrepreneur with 20 years of experience. Manager with experience in Business Development. Founder of Looksoft - the oldest polish company Mobile Software Development with over five hundred dedicated projects realized for international companies. Cofounder projects with a range of transnational in medical, digital, mobile marketing, distribution technology.
Dr Lech Ignatowicz
Immunologist, president, and co-founder Swedish Biopromic and BioMinds Healthcare Sweden. In Biopromic works by the Global Good Found - which is facing Bill Gates. Doctorate in immunology of infectious diseases at the Karolinska Instituted.
Medical Advisors
Aleksandra Bala
A specialist in clinical psychology, neuropsychologist. For a several years she has been working at the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Warsaw.
Joanna Kuryłowicz
Clinical psychology specialist, neuropsychologist. Honored with the Minister of Health award in the "Specialist 2014" category for taking the specialization exam with the best result in Poland. Employee of the Catholic University of Lublin
Katarzyna Podleska
Psychologist, psychotraumatologist and specialist in the field of stress therapy and prevention. She co-founded and managed organizations that implemented pioneering methods of traumatic stress therapy in Poland. Works with people experiencing negative mental effects of severe stress. In the process of writing a doctorate in psychology.
Jarosław Kołecki
Physiotherapist with 7 years of experience in working with neurological patients in chronic and initial stages, working PNF fiction textbook and operating the Ekso GT exoskeleton. I am looking for the application of manual therapy according to Dr. Radosław Składowski in people after neurological incidents.
Michał Guzek
Graduated with a Masters Degress in psychology from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (specializing in the psychotherapy of mental disorders as well as the psychology of health and illness). Graduated as a psychodynamic psychotherapist from the Krakow Psychodynamic Center (KCP).
Piotr Basista
A graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw and a co-founder of the HB Clinic - the Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Clinic in Warsaw. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to the pelvic floor, as well as in typical orthopedic diseases.
Katarzyna Zaraś
Graduate of the Academy of Special Education and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, a neurologopedist with 11 years of experience in working with adults after CNS injuries. She deals with the diagnosis and therapy of patients with aphasia, speech and voice disorders and swallowing, including people with a tracheostomy tube and in the state of minimal consciousness. She conducted lectures and exercises for students of Warsaw universities (APS, SWPR) as well as specialized training for neurologopedists. For 8 years professionally associated with the Neurological Rehabilitation Hospital of the Konstancin-Zdrój Health Resort. with the PrimoPsyche clinic and the Avalon Foundation. Currently an employee of Centrum Origin Otwock.
Weronika M Lewandowska
A spoken word poet, director, writer and executive producer of VR Nightsss – a virtual erotic poem premiered at Sundance Film Festival and was awarded for The Best Sound Design for VR & AR Reality at Cinequest Film & VR Festival in 2021.
Sandra Frydrysiak
Director and screenwriter of the VR experience “Nightsss” . PhD in cultural studies, a sociologist working in the areas of new media studies, dance studies and gender studies. Assistant Professor at the Cathedral of Cultural Studies at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center Humanities/Art/Technology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.