HHS Launches the Inaugural PandemicX 2022 Cohort
The cohort program accelerates private-public collaboration comprised of 15 health technology startups. The PandemicX startups were selected through a rigorous process, 66 percent of which are both female-founded and minority-owned.
- By BSTQ Staff
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched the inaugural PandemicX 2022 cohort, a novel program to accelerate private-public collaboration comprised of 15 health technology startups. The PandemicX startups were selected through a rigorous process, 66 percent of which are both female-founded and minority-owned. The startup’s proposed solutions align with federal health challenges and address health equity barriers and other disparities exacerbated by COVID-19 using data and innovation.
Through the six-month program, the startups had access to curriculum, mentorship, resources and other collaborations to scale their businesses and work toward creating actionable solutions to federal challenges, including health equity by design, national public health solutions, behavioral and mental health, socioeconomic outcome indicators and community resilience.
“The world needs technological and business innovation to increase equitable assets and to create a resilient society,” said Micky Tripathi, U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT. “We know HealthTech startups are a force of good to help make wellness, health and wealth an accessible right, not a privilege. You cannot have health without resilience; you cannot have health without inclusion.”
A list of all the startups, including specific details, can be viewed at masschallenge.org/announcement/mcht22cohort.
References
Inaugural PandemicX Accelerator Graduates Cohort Creating a Model for Future Public-Private Collaboration. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release, Aug. 18, 2022. Accessed at www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/08/18/inaugural-pandemicx-accelerator-graduates-cohort-creating-a-model-for-future-public-private-collaboration.html.
