Eligibility
- Pitcher must hold an academic appointment (tenured/tenure track/research) and a pending or issued patent or copyright. Postdocs are not eligible to apply.
- Product concept no more than 4 years from IND or product launch
- No formal incorporation required. However, if a startup has been formed, the company should not have raised more than $1M USD.
- Ability to attend at least one, 1-hour Zoom meeting per month January — June 2021
- Technology is in one of these categories:
- MedTech
- Therapeutics
- Physical Sciences
Timeline
November 10, 2021
Applications Due (MedTech/Therapeutics)
November 11 — 19, 2021
Application Review (MedTech/Therapeutics)
November 22 — December 3, 2021
Finalists Interviews (MedTech/Therapeutics)
December 17, 2021
Pitchers Announced (MedTech/Therapeutics)
January 25, 2022
Applications Due (New category: Physical Sciences)
January — June 2022
Pitcher/Mentor monthly 1:1 meetings, 1 hr per month minimum
June 2022
30 minute practice session
June 30, 2022
Virtual pitch event
MedTech Pitchers
Jennifer Blain Christen
Arizona State University
Maria Croyle
University of Texas at Austin
Mary Driscoll
Yale University
Nancy Guo
West Virginia University
Ariella Shikanov
University of Michigan
Katelyn Swindle-Reilly
The Ohio State University
Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Northwestern University
Therapeutics Pitchers
Julie Magarian Blander
Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg
Washington University in St. Louis
Ornit Chiba-Falek
Duke University
Julie Goodwin
Yale University
Sui Huang
Northwestern University
Monica Jablonski
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Barbara Osborne
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Karin Westlund High
University of New Mexico Health Science Center
MedTech Pitchers
Guelay Bilen-Rosas
University of Wisconsin
Susann Brady-Kalnay
Case Western Reserve University
Hong Chen
Washington University in St. Louis
Anjelica Gonzalez
Yale University
Anais Rameau
Cornell University
Kyuson Yun
Houston Methodist/Cornell University
Therapeutics Pitchers
Moshmi Bhattacharya
Rutgers University
Angelique Bordey
Yale University
Ashley Brown
North Carolina State University
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova
University of Kentucky
Ruchi Gupta
Northwestern University
Carrie Perlman
Stevens Institute of Technology
Diagnostics & Medical Devices
Reetuparna Das
University of Michigan
Startup: Sequal
Technology: Ultra-rapid molecular diagnosis of cancer
Melanie Joy
University of Colorado
Startup: Katharos, Inc.
Technology: Extracorporeal device for optimizing phosphate control in hemodialysis
Sunyoung Kim
Louisiana State UniversitySchool of Medicine & Health Sciences Center
Startup: Chosen Diagnostics Inc.
Technology: Biomarker panel to improve necrotizing enterocolitis diagnosis
Kacey Marra
University of Pittsburgh
Startup: AxoMax Technologies, Inc.
Technology: Biodegradable nerve guide
Sarah Vigmostad
The University of Iowa
Startup: SynderBio, Inc.
Technology: Novel, high-throughput cell separation
techniques for single cell sequencing and cancer diagnosis
Pamela Woodard
Washington University in St. Louis
Startup: GwynTech
Technology: AtheroBrite
Therapeutics
Alexis Demonbreun
Northwestern University
Startup: Ikaika Therapeutics
Technology: Genetic modifiers of muscle disease as therapeutic targets
Barbara Ehrlich
Yale University
Startup: Center Pharm
Technology: A new target for treatment of Wolfram Syndrome
Yiping Han
Columbia University
Technology: Novel therapeutics to treat familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
Sandhya Kortagere
Drexel University
Technology: A disease modifying and neuroprotective agent to treat Parkinson’s disease
Martina Roos
University of California, Los Angeles
Startup: Sardona Therapeutics
Technology: Small molecules targeting RNA regulators in cancer stem cells
Judith Sebolt-Leopold
University of Michigan
Startup: Mekanistic Therapeutics
Technology: A first-in-class therapeutic targeting deregulation of EGFR and PI3K