Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
New York, New York, United States
3K followers
500+ connections
About
Elina Berglund is the CEO and co-founder of Natural Cycles - the world’s first, and only,…
Activity
-
We are hiring! Are you excited about creating a smooth payment experience and want to be a key player in a fast growing startup? Then come and join…
We are hiring! Are you excited about creating a smooth payment experience and want to be a key player in a fast growing startup? Then come and join…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
Natural Cycles° is empowering every woman with the knowledge that she needs to take charge of her health. The FDA cleared app offers a brand new…
Natural Cycles° is empowering every woman with the knowledge that she needs to take charge of her health. The FDA cleared app offers a brand new…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
The Natural Cycles° team at the 2024 workation.
The Natural Cycles° team at the 2024 workation.
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
Experience
Education
-
University of Geneva
-
PhD student in the ATLAS experiment at CERN through University of Geneva. Worked on commissioning and monitoring of the Semi-Conductor Tracker. Analysis of electrons in the 2008 - 2009 cosmic ray data. Measurement of the inclusive W and Z cross section and the W/Z cross sections ratio in association with one jet.
-
-
-
-
Publications
-
Contraceptive Effectiveness of an FDA-Cleared Birth Control App: Results from the Natural Cycles U.S. Cohort
Journal of Women's Health
Digital fertility awareness-based methods of birth control are an attractive alternative to hormonal or invasive birth control for modern women. They are also popular among women who may be planning a pregnancy over the coming years and wish to learn about their individual menstrual cycle. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Natural Cycles app at preventing pregnancy for a cohort of women from the United States and to describe the key demographics of current users of…
Digital fertility awareness-based methods of birth control are an attractive alternative to hormonal or invasive birth control for modern women. They are also popular among women who may be planning a pregnancy over the coming years and wish to learn about their individual menstrual cycle. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Natural Cycles app at preventing pregnancy for a cohort of women from the United States and to describe the key demographics of current users of the app in such a cohort.
-
Natural Cycles app: contraceptive outcomes and demographic analysis of UK users
The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
Digital fertility awareness-based contraception offers an alternative choice for women who do not wish to use hormonal or invasive methods. The aim of this study was to investigate the key demographics of current users of the Natural Cycles app and assess the contraceptive outcomes of women preventing pregnancy in a UK cohort of women.
-
Advantages of determining the fertile window with the individualised Natural Cycles algorithm over calendar-based methods
The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
This study aims to compare the accuracy of fertile window identification with the contraceptive app Natural Cycles against the Rhythm Method and Standard Days Method (SDM).
-
Real-world menstrual cycle characteristics of more than 600,000 menstrual cycles
Nature (NPJ) Digital Medicine
The aim of this study is to describe menstrual cycle characteristics observed from a large database of cycles collected through an app and investigate associations of menstrual cycle characteristics with cycle length, age and body mass index (BMI). Menstrual cycle parameters, including menstruation, basal body temperature (BBT) and luteinising hormone (LH) tests as well as age and BMI were collected anonymously from real-world users of the Natural Cycles app. We analysed 612,613 ovulatory…
The aim of this study is to describe menstrual cycle characteristics observed from a large database of cycles collected through an app and investigate associations of menstrual cycle characteristics with cycle length, age and body mass index (BMI). Menstrual cycle parameters, including menstruation, basal body temperature (BBT) and luteinising hormone (LH) tests as well as age and BMI were collected anonymously from real-world users of the Natural Cycles app. We analysed 612,613 ovulatory cycles with a mean length of 29.3 days from 124,648 users.
-
Typical use effectiveness of Natural Cycles: postmarket surveillance study investigating the impact of previous contraceptive choice on the risk of unintended pregnancy
British Medical Journal
Real world evidence was collected from Natural Cycles users regarding contraceptive use prior to using Natural Cycles and sexual activity while using Natural Cycles. We calculated the typical use 1-year Pearl Index (PI) and 13-cycle failure rate of Natural Cycles for each cohort. The PI was compared with the population PI of their stated previous methods.
-
Short- and long-term effect of contraceptive methods on fecundity
The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
The aim of the study was to compare the effect of previously used contraceptive methods on women’s short- and long-term fecundity. Use of hormonal contraception (HC) was compared with the use of a contraceptive mobile application (app).
-
PDF [303 KB] Figures Save Share Reprints Request Perfect-use and typical-use Pearl Index of a contraceptive mobile app
Contraception
In this prospective observational study, 22,785 users of the application logged a total of 18,548 woman-years of data into the application. We used these data to calculate typical- and perfect-use Pearl Indexes, as well as 13-cycle pregnancy rates using life-table analysis.
-
Fertility awareness-based mobile application for contraception
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health
The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a fertility awareness-based method supported by a mobile-based application to prevent unwanted pregnancies as a method of natural birth control. Methods: In a retrospective analysis, the application’s efficiency as a contraceptive method was examined on data from 4054 women who used the application as contraception for a total of 2085 woman-years. Results: The number of identified unplanned pregnancies was 143 during 2053…
The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a fertility awareness-based method supported by a mobile-based application to prevent unwanted pregnancies as a method of natural birth control. Methods: In a retrospective analysis, the application’s efficiency as a contraceptive method was examined on data from 4054 women who used the application as contraception for a total of 2085 woman-years. Results: The number of identified unplanned pregnancies was 143 during 2053 woman-years, giving a Pearl Index of 7.0 for typical use. Ten of the pregnancies were due to the application falsely attributing a safe day within the fertile window, producing a perfect-use Pearl Index of 0.5. Calculating the cumulative pregnancy probability by life-table analysis resulted in a pregnancy rate of 7.5% per year (95% confidence interval 5.9%, 9.1% per year). Conclusions: The application appears to improve the effectiveness of fertility awareness-based methods and can be used to prevent pregnancies if couples consistently protect themselves on fertile days.
Other authorsSee publication -
Identification and prediction of the fertile window using NaturalCycles
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health care
The aim of the study was to evaluate the ability of a novel web and mobile application to identify a woman's ovulation day and fertile window, in order to use it as a method of natural birth control.
Other authorsSee publication -
Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
Phys. Lett. B 716 (2012) 1-29
A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb^-1 collected at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb^-1 at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels H->ZZ^(*)->llll, H->gamma gamma and H->WW->e nu mu nu in the 8 TeV data are combined with previously published results of searches for H->ZZ^(*), WW^(*), bbbar…
A search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC is presented. The datasets used correspond to integrated luminosities of approximately 4.8 fb^-1 collected at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in 2011 and 5.8 fb^-1 at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV in 2012. Individual searches in the channels H->ZZ^(*)->llll, H->gamma gamma and H->WW->e nu mu nu in the 8 TeV data are combined with previously published results of searches for H->ZZ^(*), WW^(*), bbbar and tau^+tau^- in the 7 TeV data and results from improved analyses of the H->ZZ^(*)->llll and H->gamma gamma channels in the 7 TeV data. Clear evidence for the production of a neutral boson with a measured mass of 126.0 +/- 0.4(stat) +/- 0.4(sys) GeV is presented. This observation, which has a significance of 5.9 standard deviations, corresponding to a background fluctuation probability of 1.7x10^-9, is compatible with the production and decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson.
Other authors -
Projects
-
LSX Female Founders mentor
Female Founders is designed to connect female-founded health and life science companies with LSX’s network of investors and experienced life science professionals, provide the resources to help women raise more capital and facilitate knowledge-sharing between founders and industry veterans.
Honors & Awards
-
Women In IT Awards NYC - Innovator of the Year nomination 2019
Women In IT Awards NYC
-
World's top 50 women in tech
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/top-tech-women/#62224a1e4df0
-
Årets tekniker
Handelskammaren
http://handelskammaren.com/2017/11/30/arets-tekniker-och-arets-tekniklofte-2017-ar-utsedda/
-
No 1 on WIRED highlights the females changing the world, March 8 2017
WIRED
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/international-womens-day-2017
-
Number 11 on #VAkvinna's most powerful businesswomen
Veckans Affärer
http://www.va.se/nyheter/2016/03/07/maktigaste-digitalisterna-2016/
-
Women in Tech Entrepreneur award 2015
Women in Tech
http://www.mynewsdesk.com/bonnier/news/here-are-the-wit-award-winners-2015-108769
As if a PhD in Particle Physics and discovery of the Higgs particle were not enough, our winner is now set to revolutionize the contraception market with health app startup Natural Cycles. Her tenacity, resilience and drive are traits true to any successful entrepreneur. -
Supertalang 2015, Nytänkare
Veckans Affärer
http://www.va.se/nyheter/2015/02/02/supertalangerna-2015---19-nytankare/
Matematiskt snille och kärnfysiker som var med och upptäckte Higgspartikeln. Därefter sade hon upp sig från Cernlaboratoriet och uppfann den innovativa p-appen Natural Cycles som gör det enkelt att ha koll på sina säkra dagar och hitta rätt ägglossningsdagar. -
Nr 3 at leWeb Start-up competition final 2014
leWeb
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leweb3/15812108829
Languages
-
Swedish
Native or bilingual proficiency
-
English
Full professional proficiency
-
French
Limited working proficiency
-
German
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
-
CERN Alumni Advisory Board
Board member
- PresentThe CERN Alumni Advisory Board (CAAB) is charged with providing experience and strategic guidance to the Director General of CERN on matters pertaining the CERN alumni programme.
More activity by Elina
-
Announcing today our Series C funding round led by Samuel Levy and Daniel Gwak - a result of many years of great work and great discipline by the…
Announcing today our Series C funding round led by Samuel Levy and Daniel Gwak - a result of many years of great work and great discipline by the…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
The contraception app Natural Cycles° has announced a campaign in partnership with Postpartum Support International to raise awareness of maternal…
The contraception app Natural Cycles° has announced a campaign in partnership with Postpartum Support International to raise awareness of maternal…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
Today is a proud day for me at Natural Cycles. Starting a company is hard. Starting a company whose first product is birth control is even more…
Today is a proud day for me at Natural Cycles. Starting a company is hard. Starting a company whose first product is birth control is even more…
Shared by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
Major milestone unlocked by reaching 500k followers. Kudos to our social media teams on building this great Natural Cycles° community. It’s fun to…
Major milestone unlocked by reaching 500k followers. Kudos to our social media teams on building this great Natural Cycles° community. It’s fun to…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
Two weeks ago, after months of negotiations, Apple blocked Insight Timer from submitting updates to the App Store. Consecutive attempts by us on 7…
Two weeks ago, after months of negotiations, Apple blocked Insight Timer from submitting updates to the App Store. Consecutive attempts by us on 7…
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
We are growing our global, high-pace finance team at Natural Cycles°! 🚀
We are growing our global, high-pace finance team at Natural Cycles°! 🚀
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
-
We're so excited to share that Dr. Kerry Krauss has joined our team as our in-house OB-GYN & Medical Director. https://bit.ly/4b9Wufs
We're so excited to share that Dr. Kerry Krauss has joined our team as our in-house OB-GYN & Medical Director. https://bit.ly/4b9Wufs
Liked by Elina Berglund Scherwitzl
Other similar profiles
Explore collaborative articles
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
Explore More