$2,000 GHIC Innovation Prize

The GHIC Innovation Prize is a $2,000 cash prize that is awarded to the best social impact pitch that is presented at the 2021 Global Health & Innovation Conference. All conference registrants -- both students and professionals, and both non-profit and for-profit organizations -- are eligible to apply for the Innovation Prize. Early-stage pitches and established-stage pitches are equally eligible for the $2,000 cash award. The Innovation Prize supports outstanding ideas, programs, and organizations that are locally-developed and locally-responsible.

Finalists: 

• “NeoRoo: An Integrated mHealth Platform to Improve Care for Premature Babies in Kenya,” Sherri Bucher, Associate Research Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and Director, NeoInnovate Collaborative Consortium, Indiana University School of Medicine

• “Expanding Access to Eye Care: Task-Shifting of Screening in Rural India,” Alejandro Chara, Master's Student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University

• “Why We Swab: A Library of Stories in Stem Cell Donation in Canada,” Warren Fingrut, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Director, Stem Cell Club

• “Petra System: Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Low-Resource Settings,“ Kayla Huemer, MS Bioengineering Student, Stanford University

• “Oh! Integrated Oral Health Care Models for Pregnant Women,” Hyewon Lee, Pediatric Dentist; Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Hospital

• “ColiGlow: A Novel Low-Cost Kit for Quantifying E. coli from Water in Low-Resource Environments,” Jason Marion, Founder and CEO, Eastern Scientific; Associate Professor, Environmental Health Science, Eastern Kentucky University

Expert Judging Panel: 

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• Charlie MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save The Children; Senior Fellow, Interaction: The American Council for Voluntary International Action

• Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine