Kanisha Ffriend
[1st Place &
Fan Favorite]
| Kanisha Ffriend is the lead doula and founder of My Bump Team (formerly HeirBloom), a digital platform connecting health care professionals with expectant and postnatal mothers to improve birth experiences and reduce maternal mortality rates.
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Jinga
Oglesby-Brihm
[2nd Place]
| Dr. Jinga Oglesby-Brihm is the founder of Empower Healthcare, a nonprofit service-based health care clinic that’s committed to strengthening the communities of the Western Glades area of Palm Beach County, Fla., by increasing access to health care regardless of ability to pay.
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Tero-Pekka
Alastalo [Bay Area
Top Finalist]
| Tero-Pekka Alastalo, MD, PhD, is the president and chief medical officer of CardioSignal, a San Francisco area company behind the digital cardiac biomarker smartphone app for self-monitoring, remote care, and point-of-care diagnostics. Update: CardioSignal Raises $10 Million in Series A as the First Technology to Detect Major Heart Diseases without Specialized Medical Hardware
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Austin Avery III [Mid-South
Top Finalist]
| Austin Avery III of Memphis, Tennessee, is CEO of The Original Project Team Foundation, Inc., focused on establishing beautiful, properly managed, virtually zero-waste “sustainability hubs” in overlooked or under-served areas. These hubs empower residents to participate in fostering the change they want to see.
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Steven Charlap | Dr. Steven Charlap is the CEO of Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) Health, a company that employs digital solutions to improve health care data collection, risk and symptom assessment and diagnostic accuracy.
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Noe Foster [Hawaiʻi
Top Finalist]
| With the help of two other Native Hawaiians, Noe Foster started HealthTechApps with a moonshot mission to transform the brain health of millions of people across the world, starting with Screenagers. The MyHealthStory app, a tech platform that pairs short, selfie videos with AI/ Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, captures, computes and communicates brain health baselines, symptoms and triggers as they unfold over time.
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Jamie Gonzalez | Jamie Gonzalez is the co-founder of the BIG FRESH Market Box in San Antonio, Texas, which has delivered boxes of fruits and vegetables to underserved populations since 2021. She’s partnered with more than 50 organizations to distribute more than 3 million pounds of produce.
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Mohamed Kamara | Mohamed Kamara is the founder and CEO of InovCares Connected Comprehensive Healthcare, a digital platform that addresses inequities in health care access and delivery for women through telehealth services, point-of-care testing and referrals to virtual obstetrics and gynecology clinics. Update: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Taps Tech-Enabled Pregnancy Platforms to Improve Access for Texas Women
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Longsha Liu | Longsha Liu is the CEO and co-founder of Vita Innovations, a medical technology startup advancing emergency medicine with patient monitoring solutions.
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Chrissa McFarlane | Chrissa McFarlane is the founder and CEO of Atlanta-based Patientory, creators of an app that centralizes a user’s medical data so they can easily manage and track their healthcare. Update: Patientory’s Chrissa McFarlane Shares Vision To Transform Healthcare With Improved Data Access (CEOworld magazine) |
Kelly V.
Tolbert-Robinson [Minnesota
Top Finalist]
| Kelly V. Tolbert-Robinson is a registered nurse and owner and chief executive officer of Messianic Care, a health care business that provided access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations during the pandemic.
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Larry Wallace Jr. | Larry Wallace Jr., an executive committed to improving health care access for underserved people, is the board chair of the Black Men’s Health Clinic in Manor, Texas, a suburb of Austin. It provides a range of services such as screenings, wellness, primary care and referrals.
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