Final Pitch Event: Women+ Health Challenge

Join the Massachusetts eHealth Institute on Monday, May 13 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the Women+ Health Challenge Final Pitch Event. Nine innovative digital health companies that are addressing women+ health issues will pitch for the chance to win one of three $50,000 awards to test their solutions with one of the cutting-edge R&D centers in the Massachusetts Digital Health Sandbox Network.

This event will bring together startups, accelerators, investors, researchers, and other key stakeholders to network in person and showcase the strength and opportunities of the State’s digital health network.

Agenda:

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Registration and Lunch
    •    Networking opportunity and Sandbox Network showcase
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - Welcome Remarks and Keynote
    •    Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH, Chief Community Health and Health Equity Officer at MGB
    •    Yvonne Hao, Secretary, Executive Office of Economic Development
    •    Melissa Antman, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Project Accelerator Transition Innovation Office, ARPA-H
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM – Pitches
    •    Finalists from the Women+ Health Challenge will pitch their companies and answer questions
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM - Panel Discussion
    •    Valerie Fleishman, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association (Moderator)
    •    Sarah Krinsky, Director of Perinatal and Maternal Health Policy, MassHealth
    •    Hadine Joffe, MD, Executive Director, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM - Announce Winners
    •    Senator Cindy F. Friedman, Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear groundbreaking ideas in women's health, engage with like-minded individuals and be inspired by the creativity and dedication of our finalists as they showcase their solutions.