Pitt Innovation Challenge Spring 2014
The inaugural Pitt Innovation Challenge focused on generating creative ideas spanning the spectrum of health and health care delivery, including ideas for informing, activating, and engaging people in their own disease prevention, care, or treatment.
Team Members: Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH, Saul Shiffman, PhD, Daniel P. Siewiorek, PhD, Ervi Sejdic, PhD, Praduman Jain, and Erik Auguston
Description: A tool for smoking cessation support
Team Members: Yadong Wang, PhD, William Keplar, Noah Johnson, PhD student, Eric Jeffries, PhD student, and Chelsea Stowell, PhD student
Description: At-home therapy to heal diabetic skin ulcers
Team Members: Samay Jain, MD, Matthew Keener, MD, Vinod Sharma, Karl Mormer
Description: Parkinson's disease-focused app support patient independence
Team Members: Janice Pringle, PhD
Description: A Cloud-based application to decrease hospital readmission
Team Members: Katie Horowitz, MPH, CHES, CPH, Jose Garth, Christina Mair, PhD, Jessica Burke, PhD, and Teagen O'Malley, MPH, CPH, PhD Candidate
Description: A peer-staffed text helpline for teens with sexual health questions
Team Members: James F. Kaus, Urs Muller, James S. Kaus, Olufunmilola Odukoya, BPharm, PhD
Description: Improving compliance and safety