Montreal global health conf. nov2011 ejh edits

GRANTEE OUTCOMES:GLOBAL HEALTH COMMERCIALIZATION

CUGH MONTREAL NOVEMBER 2011

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

Catalyzing Innovation for faculty

$$ for courses, programs entrepreneurship education training networking

Catalyzing Innovation for students

$$ early stage funding business strategy training & mentoring investment

IT CAN BE DONEIT’S HARDTECHNOLOGY IS THE EASY PART

Credit: Krista Donaldson, D-REV

Leverage

Freedom

Chair

Mashavu

Global Health Innovations

Health Innovations

WHITIA Northwestern University

affordable digital X-ray and telemedicine

not-for-profit social venture

www.whitia.org

BRILLIANCEStanford University

Phototherapy device that

uses blue LEDs to treat infants with jaundice affordably in low-resource settings

www.d-rev.org/projects/brilliance/need.html

ONEBREATHStanford University

Low-cost ventilator for

developing world & emergency use

SPROXILDartmouth College

www.sproxil.org

Cell phone technology that instantly

confirms medicine brand genuineness

Sproxil is a company

INFANTAIRRice University

a continuous positive airway

pressure system (CPAP)

infantAIR is a company

www.infant-air.org

AYZH INTERNATIONALColorado State University

Sheba Water Filter

Clean Delivery Birth Kit

For profit

www.ayzh.com

SANERGYMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Prefab toilet & bicycle-powered exhaust system

For profit micro-franchises + central processing to convert waste into biogas, electricity, and fertilizer

http://saner.gy/

LEVERAGE FREEDOM CHAIRMassachusetts Institute of Technology

a level powered wheelchair for rough terrain

nonprofit (GRIT) in partnership with Whirlwind Intl. & Jaipur Foot

mlab.mit.edu/lfc/chair.html

CHALLENGES

radically lowering COSTS DESIGNING for cultural, social, political

contexts defining & validating a MARKET creating innovative BUSINESS MODELS finding the right PARTNERS

MORE

accurately assessing needs navigating regulatory approval & IP raising funds again and again creating team continuity finding a manufacturer distribution, branding, marketing, sales, support scale

IT CAN BE DONEIT’S HARDTECHNOLOGY IS THE EASY PART

THANK YOU

Jennifer Keller Jacksonjkjackson@nciia.org

www.nciia.org