Pitt Innovation Challenge Fall 2014
The second Pitt Innovation Challenge again sparked fresh ideas surrounding challenges in health. Proposals included solutions to problems ranging from individualized medical testing to patient data tools to community and contexts that impact an individual’s health.
Team Members: Michael McClincy, MD, Kevin Bell, PhD, Robert Hartman, PhD, James Irrgang, PT, PhD, ATC, Andrew Lynch, PT, PhD, Vonda Wright, MD
Description: Device for monitoring PT after ACL reconstruction
Team Members: James Ellis, David Finegold, MD, Sean Hwang, Gregory Morgan, Alexander Star, PhD James Ellis, David Finegold, MD, Sean Hwang, Gregory Morgan, Alexander Star, PhD
Description: Breathalyzer for measuring acetone for patients in ketosis
Team Members: Timothy Corcoran, PhD, Jenna Date, MS, David Orenstein, MD, Daniel Weiner, MD
Description: “Game” to guide children using a nebulizer
Team Members: Jean Tersak, MD, Aimee Costello, DNP, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, Noelle Conover, MS, Bethany Nugent, BSN, RN, Perry Ankney, MBA, BSN, RN, Kathleen Dempsey
Description: Telemedicine and patients history in pediatric cancer survivors
Team Members: Srihari Bangalore, MD, MPH, Doug Henry, PhD, David Rowe, Julia Bernstein
Description: Monitoring medication adherence in schizophrenia patients and other mental health disorders
Team Members: Tristan Horan, Jared Gross, Will Zavala
Description: Video series for education of pediatric patients/families
Team Members: Lisa Pan, MD, Anna Maria Segreti, BS Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD, David Brent, MD, Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD, Janette Lamb, PhD, Thomas Zimmer, MS and Petra Martin, MS III
Description: Measuring metabolic marker in treatment resistant depression
