Innovation Core: Health Entrepreneurship
Our programming aims to support the success of startups at all stages, developing scalable solutions to health equity issues benefiting our community and beyond. Objectives include:
Establishing community partnerships that provide access to health and health equity related startups;
Identifying and mitigating key barriers/facilitators to start up success, with a focus on health companies and founders from historically marginalized communities;
Facilitating connections to and among existing resources such as mentors, finance, markets, etc.; and
Developing and deploying needed strategic resources to fill innovation ecosystem gaps.
Innovation Core: University Culture
We also aim to build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship within the university with a particular focus on social and health equity. Our objectives include:
Creating an inclusive student innovation space;
Offering programming for campus community across schools, departments and units;
Engaging students in programming; and
Integrate experiential learning with programs on and off campus.