Core Team
Victoria Howell-Takacs
Founder, Business Operations, Complex Systems Engineering Student
P.T. Nhean
BioChemical Engineer, Biosecurity Specialist
Tamas Takacs
Machine Learning Engineer, Researcher, PhD Student ELTE Faculty of AI |Informatics
Our Organization
We are more than just a product for hooking up safely. Swabber is just one product built by our Non-Profit research organization. We aim to provide research and development of many products and programs which are free to the public, and provide evidence-based, effective solutions.
The focus for Swabber is to reduce transmission of Sexual Infections by understanding risk, and motivating responsible sexual behaviors.
But we have a bigger vision; we hope to gather and study the most comprehensive, and accurate depiction of sexual behaviors, and STI mapping ever achieved until now.
At Risk Groups:
For high risk groups like MSM, Women, people of color, or the economically disadvantaged, Swabber is a way to offer solutions for those who are disproportionately affected by these infections. Beyond our research and public product, our goal is to bridge gaps in access to testing, protection of rights, education on-demand, raising awareness & tackling misinformation.
Our Research
Our team focuses on observing actual behaviors of partners and infections which currently cannot accurately be gathered with traditional methods. We aim to identify sexual behaviors which are most common, and understand the factors of reducing infection according to the changes in dating culture.
Understanding the variables which are most effective at reducing infections can then help us provide recommendations on what should be defined as responsible behaviors according to both risks and ethics.
We will focus on predicting outbreaks with network analysis which identifies and isolates super spreaders in the system.
We also hope that our research proves that using a statistical measurement of responsibility in conjunction with regular testing and transparency will be an effective way to motivate societies to learn new sexual behaviors which are safer and equal. Findings from this process can guide us to other solutions for society.
If the Swabber STI program is successful, the infrastructure for prediction, testing, education, and authentication could be used for many other pathogens and for biosecurity applications.
In the long term, our research will aim for building biosecurity infrastructure and understanding the complex systems between behaviors, infections and global public health.
Our Team
Misfits with a Mission
