Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine
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Medicine
The Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine brings together universities, industries, government and regulatory agencies, foundations, and philanthropy to boldly cross boundaries and break down barriers to medical innovation.
The consortium is building impactful, innovative, and multidisciplinary solutions to global health challenges that will benefit society and build a brighter future for health care.
Mission
The Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine is an international public-private-government collaborative serving the world as the premier global network to advance medicine through engineering and innovation. The consortium brings together medical schools, universities, researchers and students, industry and government leaders, philanthropists, and foundations from across the globe to change the future of medicine through collaboration.
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Global Health Grand Innovation Challenge Competition
The Grand Challenge competition will bring the best student innovation teams from around the world to solve real problems in global health that can be further developed through the consortium network. Challenge topics for the 2025 Global Summit include:
- AI applications to improve outcomes in rural health or underserved areas globally
- Solutions that improve early disease detection
- Solutions that slow or reverse disease progression in aging populations
- Low-cost diagnostic, device, or therapeutic solutions for global scalability
Global Impact
Through the Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is known as an international leader in the growing movement to democratize and revolutionize health care through engineering and innovation.
Corporate Members
As a corporate member of the Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine, you will join with academics, researchers, and other industry leaders who are innovating and re-engineering the future of health care and medical education. Corporate members have a seat at the table to experience new medical innovations coming out of the consortium as well as an opportunity to guide and advise their development and implementation to accelerate their impact for societal benefit.
Support the Consortium
As a supporter of the Global Consortium of Innovation and Engineering in Medicine, you will play a pivotal role in our worldwide effort to build the future of medicine through collaboration. This is an opportunity to support the work of some of the brightest minds in medical science, engineering, and other disciplines as they collaborate and innovate on a global scale.
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As a supporter of the Global Consortium of Engineering-Based Medicine and Innovation, you will play a pivotal role in CI MED and UIUC's worldwide effort to reengineer the future of health care and medical education. This is an opportunity to support the work of some of the brightest minds in medical science, engineering, and other disciplines as they collaborate and innovate on a global scale.