Global Summit 2025

<em>CI MED Dean Mark Cohen with the Menopatch team, including (l to r) Ameek Bindra, Hamna Khalid, and Jennifer Cochand.</em>

First Global Summit Fuels Health Care Innovation, Awards $250k to Student Entrepreneurs

The Summit featured the Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge Pitch competition to showcase groundbreaking solutions to real-world health problems. The top student teams were awarded funding to pilot and validate their solutions across the Consortium’s new global network of medical schools and hospitals, with insights and guidance from industry and regulatory agencies. 

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Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge Competition

The 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. 

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Health Innovation Research Day

This annual CI MED event is integrated with the Global Summit Workshop in 2025.  Medical students, residents, and fellows will share their research and innovations.

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IDEA-Innovation Exchange Session

 A session for faculty and students to share their innovation ideas for consultation and discussion with a global audience at the Global Consortium Summit Workshop. 

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Faculty Research 
Exchange

A session for faculty to share their research and cutting-edge innovations in the field of medical engineering and healthcare technology at the Global Consortium Summit Workshop.

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