The Edification Project is aimed at utilizing virtual reality technology as a prevention and education platform, directed at young adolescents, pertaining to the dangers around opioid pain medication. Currently a member of the PULSE @MassChallenge digital health startup incubator program, and recognized as an Idea Phase Winner in the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge, the project is engaged in producing and evaluating its first prototype experience.
Generating Innovations Ventures & Enterprises (GIVE) Inc. is a mobile health technology company that focuses on using mHealth to improve global health. GIVE mHealth app was produced in 2013 and established a clinical trials program at Harvard University led by doctors from Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. The company aims to bridge medicine, healthcare delivery, and health IT via a mobile platform to create access to better healthcare and improve health disparities.
Lifebox is a leading international NGO making surgery safer in low-resource settings. Founded in 2011 by surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande, alongside four of the world’s leading medical professional organizations, Lifebox has made surgery safer for more than 10 million patients worldwide. Equipment, peer-to-peer education and long-term partnership are key to the Lifebox model of sustainable improvement in surgical and anesthesia safety.
Maternova is a women’s health solutions company that is revolutionizing access to trusted innovations. The ecommerce platform was launched in 2012 and has accelerated the distribution of more than 40 life-saving innovations in the maternal and newborn health space.