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The [[University_of_VirginiaUniversity of Virginia|University of Virginia]] UIF team will create a physical space for Health Innovation and Incubation as the centerpiece of our future plans. The space will be housed in a emergant tech incubator, HackCville, and we will partner with their mission and culture of design, mentorship and self-starter ingenuity. Our investigation stratedgy addresses the gaps identified in our landscaping of UVa's innovation and entrepreneurial I&E capacity indicated that ; while there are a multitude of programs and accessible funding avaible on grounds. However, we have they are not being used restricted by student-organization transience and their lack of coordination and. We can develop the connectivity needed to to field projects and support them fully from upstream to downstream by riding off of the exisiting momentum and experience in the tech-entrepreneurship field. The proximity to their full potential this work is helping to foster a healthy new culture at UVa;under the new physical location and presence we plan to build out new events and programing to create visibility on campus. These include the Lawn Innovation Invation, the Grit Challenge, the Medical Hackathon and IdeasEverwhere Walls- elaborated upon below.
<u>'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-large">Medical Hackathon</span></span>'''</u>
*<font size="3">'''Description:''' A short term goal of the UVa Leadership Circle is to host a medical hackathon to get hundreds of students involved in health care entrepreneurship at UVa in a fun, relaxing, and engaging way. The student run organization that will put the hackathon together will be a new student run club called Emerging Medical Technology Ventures or EMTV. The end goal of the hackathon is two fold: 1) recruit young students of different backgrounds and majors to join EMTV and 2) have hackathon participants carry out projects that result from the hackathon. A medical hackathon could serve as the spark for serious undegraduate involvement in healthcare and medical technology innovation. The reason for emphasis on recruiting young students is to help ensure that the UVa community can continually become engaged in medical technology and healthcare innovation for at least 3 years as demonstrated by additional hackathons and successful project grant applications.</font>
*<span style="font-size: medium">'''Team Leaders:''' [[Dasha_TyshlekDasha Tyshlek|Dasha Tyshlek]], [[Rachel_SmithRachel Smith|Rachel Smith]], Kelly Thomas, [[Anish_dalalAnish dalal|Anish Dalal]], Alex Zorychta, and David Chen (Director of UVA Coulter Foundation Program)</span>
*'''<span style="font-size: medium">Milestones:</span>'''
*<font size="3">Attend a large scale and professional medical hackathon to determine optimal ways of hosting them</font>
*<font size="3">At least one startup formed within 5 years.</font>
<font size="3">Our Pitch: [http://youtu.be/N3NIAD2ral0[1]]</font>