Additional News
2010
Viocare joins industry leaders such as USDA and FDA to discuss needs for measuring food intake and physical activity in support of personalized health in The Journal of Nutrition.
Viocare and one of its advisors, Dr. Phyllis Stumbo, present new advancements in dietary technology and how these technologies can be used to drive behavior change and equip individuals with tools to move toward wellness.
Viocare President, Rick Weiss, named 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. This award recognizes a community leader who has successfully developed and grown their business with a focus on its sales, financial stability, contributions to the community and response to adversity.
Viocare pilots mobile application that makes it easier to be healthy when eating out.
Viocare partners with DSM Personalized Nutrition to present Viocare's "America Living Well" community-based health program and the benefits of linking employer-based wellness programs to community health initiatives.
Viocare and Sarnoff discuss cutting edge mobile technology that will change how people keep track of their diets in the January 2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association in the article Automatic Food Documentation and Volume Computation using Digital Imaging and Electronic Transmission.
2009
Viocare featured in Today's Dietitian article discussing new nutrition assessment tools to optimize care.
DSM Venturing invests in Viocare, a US-based personalized nutrition and wellness specialist
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has invested in Princeton NJ based Viocare Inc. to support its activities in the field of personalized nutrition. Viocare develops sophisticated web-based technologies that analyze dietary and physical activity behavior to generate personalized lifestyle plans for patients and consumers.
Since 1993 Viocare has been delivering scientifically-based products developed in collaboration with leading research institutions, including the National Institutes of Health in the USA and leading universities such as Harvard, Yale, Wake Forest, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most recently, Viocare has entered the corporate wellness market with the release of its VioWell program, a corporate sponsored personalized wellness program for organizations seeking a healthier employee population.
2008
Sarnoff and Viocare to Develop Mobile Phone-Based Food Tracking System
2007
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Viocare, Inc. a $3.6 million U01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for the development of a Mobile Food Intake Visualization and Voice Recognizer (FIVR). This is among the first projects to be selected for grant funding by the new Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) of the National Institutes of Health. FIVR will use adaptive modeling, vision processing, and voice recognition on cell phones to automatically identify foods and their portion size in real time.
Viocare, Inc. was awarded an SBIR Phase II grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for $1.3 million. This project, Diet Assessment System for Cancer Control Applications (GraFFS), will add portion size images, tailored behavioral feedback, and a set of customization tools to VioScreen.
Dr. David Katz from Yale School of Public Health is the keynote speaker for the Princeton Living Well launch to the Princeton Area businesses. Princeton Living Well, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and developed by Viocare, Inc. is a multifaceted Healthy Lifestyle Project designed to engage the entire community in healthy activities. The grant seeks to demonstrate that a community-wide support network can motivate residents to take steps to improve their dietary habits and increase their physical activity levels. Over 50 local businesses and organizations attended the function hosted at the Princeton Theological Seminary in downtown Princeton, NJ.
2006
Viocare awarded a $750K Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant by NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to extend the innovative VioScreen questionnaire to include "physical activity" and "barriers to change" questionnaires.
2005
Rick Weiss, Viocare President and Founder, wins New Jersey Small Business Development Centers Small Business Success Award for the second time. Only individual to have received a second award.
Viocare awarded an extended Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant of $500K for two years for a Community Web Health Portal for Diabetes Prevention, Princeton Living Well, by NIH's National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Viocare joins industry leaders such as USDA and FDA to discuss needs for measuring food intake and physical activity in support of personalized health in The Journal of Nutrition.
Viocare and one of its advisors, Dr. Phyllis Stumbo, present new advancements in dietary technology and how these technologies can be used to drive behavior change and equip individuals with tools to move toward wellness.
Viocare President, Rick Weiss, named 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. This award recognizes a community leader who has successfully developed and grown their business with a focus on its sales, financial stability, contributions to the community and response to adversity.
Viocare pilots mobile application that makes it easier to be healthy when eating out.
Viocare partners with DSM Personalized Nutrition to present Viocare's "America Living Well" community-based health program and the benefits of linking employer-based wellness programs to community health initiatives.
Viocare and Sarnoff discuss cutting edge mobile technology that will change how people keep track of their diets in the January 2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association in the article Automatic Food Documentation and Volume Computation using Digital Imaging and Electronic Transmission.
2009
Viocare featured in Today's Dietitian article discussing new nutrition assessment tools to optimize care.
DSM Venturing invests in Viocare, a US-based personalized nutrition and wellness specialist
DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., today announced that it has invested in Princeton NJ based Viocare Inc. to support its activities in the field of personalized nutrition. Viocare develops sophisticated web-based technologies that analyze dietary and physical activity behavior to generate personalized lifestyle plans for patients and consumers.
Since 1993 Viocare has been delivering scientifically-based products developed in collaboration with leading research institutions, including the National Institutes of Health in the USA and leading universities such as Harvard, Yale, Wake Forest, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Most recently, Viocare has entered the corporate wellness market with the release of its VioWell program, a corporate sponsored personalized wellness program for organizations seeking a healthier employee population.
2008
Sarnoff and Viocare to Develop Mobile Phone-Based Food Tracking System
2007
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Viocare, Inc. a $3.6 million U01 research grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for the development of a Mobile Food Intake Visualization and Voice Recognizer (FIVR). This is among the first projects to be selected for grant funding by the new Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI) of the National Institutes of Health. FIVR will use adaptive modeling, vision processing, and voice recognition on cell phones to automatically identify foods and their portion size in real time.
Viocare, Inc. was awarded an SBIR Phase II grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for $1.3 million. This project, Diet Assessment System for Cancer Control Applications (GraFFS), will add portion size images, tailored behavioral feedback, and a set of customization tools to VioScreen.
Dr. David Katz from Yale School of Public Health is the keynote speaker for the Princeton Living Well launch to the Princeton Area businesses. Princeton Living Well, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and developed by Viocare, Inc. is a multifaceted Healthy Lifestyle Project designed to engage the entire community in healthy activities. The grant seeks to demonstrate that a community-wide support network can motivate residents to take steps to improve their dietary habits and increase their physical activity levels. Over 50 local businesses and organizations attended the function hosted at the Princeton Theological Seminary in downtown Princeton, NJ.
2006
Viocare awarded a $750K Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant by NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to extend the innovative VioScreen questionnaire to include "physical activity" and "barriers to change" questionnaires.
2005
Rick Weiss, Viocare President and Founder, wins New Jersey Small Business Development Centers Small Business Success Award for the second time. Only individual to have received a second award.
Viocare awarded an extended Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant of $500K for two years for a Community Web Health Portal for Diabetes Prevention, Princeton Living Well, by NIH's National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.