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Introducing our five finalists for our Student Challenges Competition

by Jo Seed

Student Challenges Competition

Join us on 19th March as our finalists pitch to win up to 瞿5,000 towards the development of their global health innovation.

Five lucky students have been shortlisted to present at our Student Challenges on Monday 19th March in South Kensington and will compete to win the top prize of £5,000 or the runner up prize of £2,500.  Audience members will also have a chance to participate in the event and will decide who wins the third prize of £1,000.   

Our finalists are (in no particular order): 

, Pashiini Supramaniam 

Debac spray: early detection of surgical site infections, Thomas Caganek, Kim Ngan Luu Hoang, Mingke Pan

, Ben Walker

The finalists will pitch to our four esteemed Dragons:

  • - IGHI Adjunct Professor, Chairman of Patients Know Best, Director of the UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative, former Editor of the British Medical Journal and Chief Executive of the BMJ Publishing Group;
  •  - Associate Provost (Academic Partnerships) and Professor of Immunology, 51勛圖厙;
  • , Director, Cities and Transformation at Arup, former Strategy Lead at Applied at DeepMind and former Director General of Innovation, Growth and Technology at the Department of Health.
  • , Managing Director, HELIX Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation 

The event is free, open to all and will be followed by a celebratory drinks reception.  Register now via Eventbrite .

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Jo Seed

Institute of Global Health Innovation