The Innovation Accelerator provides funding to assist Penn Nursing students and faculty with the creation and testing of early-stage solutions to improve health and health care outcomes with a priority on populations of greatest need.

Finalists will pitch their innovation to a panel of judges including:

Lynda Benton, Senior Director, Johnson & Johnson
Adam Daken, Managing Director, DreamIt Ventures
Rick Genzer, Director of Investment, Ben Franklin Tech Partners
Tony Green, Vice President, Science & Technology, Ben Franklin Tech Partners
Shaharam Hejazi, Partner, BioAdvance
Rich Pinola, Penn Nursing Board of Overseers
Brett Topche, Managing Director, Red & Blue Ventures

Keynote speaker: Ernesto Holguin RN, CEO & Founder of OTEN Medical.