The 2015 winners of the Health & Technology Innovation Fund Pitch Session are (from left) Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH, with collaborators Ann DeBord, MD, and Kirby Vosburgh, PhD; Jeffrey Karp, PhD; and Richard Sherwood, PhD.

Earlier this month, six groups presented five-minute talks at the BWH Health & Technology Innovation Fund Pitch Session, competing for three $50,000 grants to fund high-reward, high-impact projects.

This year’s winning projects are:

• VISION Collaborative: Using a Handheld Video Device to Diagnose Circulation Problems in Minutes, presented by Louis Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH
• Towards Childproof Biocompatible Batteries, presented by Jeff Karp, PhD
• Simplified High-Throughput Cellular Reprogramming Screening, presented by Richard Sherwood, PhD