Kirsten Smayda, PhD

Senior Scientist & Medical Science Liaison
MedRhythms
Westbrook, ME, United States

Kirsten is an auditory cognitive neuroscience researcher by training and studied how learning to play a music instrument can improve our hearing brain. She has experience as a data scientist and applied researcher at healthcare-focused startups, and in her current role as Senior Scientist and Medical Science Liaison at MedRhythms, she leads the Medical Affairs department.

Presentation(s):

• Clinical Evidence Is Just the Start: Considerations for Building Evidence for the Successful Commercialization of Novel Rehabilitation Devices 1159

  Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  2:30 PM - 3:30 PM  

• MR-005: A Novel, Music-based Gait Rehabilitation Device Delivering Individualized, Progressively Challenging and Autonomous Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation at Home to Adults with Parkinson’s Disease 1161

  Thursday, October 30, 2025
  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM