Out of 440 proposals submitted by teams across all tracks, the top 8 teams from each track were invited to pitch in the final round on April 12th to compete for first, second, and third prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $1,000 respectively. Congrats to all the winners!
1st Place: SinuStim – Novel Neuromodulation Mouthguard for the Treatment of Chronic Sinus Disease – Johns Hopkins University
2nd Place: DialyLight – A Blue Light-Based Antimicrobial Device for Hemodialysis Catheter Disinfection – Columbia University
3rd Place: MedNova – Growth-Accommodating Pediatric Stent for Coarctation of the Aorta – Purdue University
1st Place: OcuSound – Enabling At-Home Glaucoma Monitoring in Low-Resource Settings – Johns Hopkins University
2nd Place: AutoAspira – Transforming Breast Fine Needle Aspiration for Accurate Diagnosis – Johns Hopkins University
3rd Place: GAITR – Your Parkinson’s Partner – Columbia University
1st Place: NeoScreenix – Smart AI System for Early Breast Cancer Screening – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
2nd Place: Team Ecoassist – Deep Learning-Aided Kidney and Liver Segmentation for Enhanced US Image Acquisition – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
3rd Place: Kujali – An AI-driven decision-support tool for labor care – Johns Hopkins University