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Calling student innovators: Join Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Digital Health Innovation Festival

December 16, 2024

Bootstrappers, start-ups, tech-trailblazers: this is your stage.

Are you a future physician who has developed a novel digital health solution? A platform, tool, or technology designed to make healthcare more accessible and equitable? If so, tune in. We’d like to shine a light on your work. 

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is thrilled to introduce the Digital Health Innovation Festival — a first-of-its-kind accelerator-lite designed to empower future physicians who are reimagining healthcare through digital innovation. Here, domestic medical and premedical students can:

  • Pitch to an expert panel of judges
  • Get published in an (even if you don’t proceed to final rounds)
  • National recognition 
  • Network with experts from healthcare, tech and venture capital industries
  • Potentially win $125K in VC funding


Why This Matters

We’re at a critical inflection point for health equity. As medical students, you are uniquely positioned to help bridge disparities in access and quality of care — understanding the pain points of patients, the challenges faced by providers, and the untapped potential of technology. .


Who Should Apply?

We’re looking for medical student innovators who have developed:

  • Real-world, functional tools or technologies.
  • Solutions that expand access to quality healthcare through digital innovation.
  • Projects that align with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s mission to advance health equity and disrupt traditional barriers to care.

Key Dates to Remember

  • (non-binding): open through December 20, 2024.
  • : January 24, 2025.
  • Virtual lightning pitches: later February 2025.
  • Live pitches in Washington, DC: April 18, 2025. 
  • Grand Prize Announcement: At the exclusive post-event mixer.

Not you? Forward this onto the folks you know that are building something amazing — or Or over here . We’re so excited about this! Contact us if you have any questions.