Freeing the underserved from pain
Through community partnerships and continuous innovation.
What is the Sword Foundation?
By partnering with charitable organizations to fight health disparities—and investing in pain research to facilitate the development of new treatments and technologies—the Sword Foundation advances our mission of creating a pain-free world.
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Shattering the status quo of pain care
Over 2 billion people worldwide are grappling with pain, a silent epidemic that knows no borders and spares no one. It has been, and will always be, our mission to free the world from pain—a mission that can never be fully realized as long as health disparities persist. So we are tackling health inequity at its core. It starts by standing with the underserved. By extending the reach of our AI Care solutions to those who need them most, we're not just putting them on the path to relief, but giving them the tools and support they need to thrive. It continues by investing in continuous innovation. We recognize excellence in pain research and support fellow trailblazers in the field because broadening access to pain relief is—and must be—a team effort. There’s always another life-changing breakthrough on the horizon. It’s fed by a hungry spirit and an audacious mind that thinks bigger, pushes further, and insists harder. We don’t just want to break down barriers to access. We want to shatter the status quo of underserved populations receiving inferior care. As we continue to pioneer the field of AI Care, our commitment remains unwavering: to ensure that no one, regardless of where they live or their circumstances, is left to suffer.
Virgílio "V" Bento, Founder and CEO
Our approach
Driving social impact
We partner with charitable organizations to get Sword's AI Care solutions into the hands of the under-resourced communities who could benefit from them most—because everyone deserves access to world-class care.
Our approach
Driving scientific innovation
We invest in the advancement of the most innovative pain research each year—because when new discoveries are made in the field of pain, everyone benefits.
Changing lives together
We work with U.S.-based organizations that understand the unique needs of their local communities, allowing us to have a thoughtful and meaningful impact at the grassroots level.
Within four months, not only did my back pain significantly diminish, but I also returned to my regular activities feeling great. Sword Health has been a game-changer for me.
Director of Technology, Team RWB
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Horizon Award
Celebrating and advancing breakthroughs in pain research by recognizing the most groundbreaking scientific work in the field with a $10k award, we both honor it and contribute to its continuation—ultimately improving the lives of those affected by pain.
2024 Winner
Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin and colleagues, who developed a prognostic risk score for the development and spread of chronic pain based on non-pain-related variables such as mental health.
It honors our years of research and inspires me to continue striving to make an impact on pain.
Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin Winner of the Horizon Award 2024
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Award jury
The Horizon Award winner(s) will be determined by a panel of judges, composed of four top-tier clinicians from pain medicine, Sword, and our customers.
Vijay Yanamadala
Chief Medical Officer, Sword HealthFabíola Costa
Director of Clinical Research, Sword HealthSteve Cohen
Chief of Pain Medicine, Johns HopkinsPietro Antonio Tataranni
Chief Medical Officer, PepsiCo