Pitt Innovation Challenge Fall 2014
![Pitt Innovation Challenge: Challenging creative minds to tackle difficult health issues](/media/uiri2eh1/pinch-banner.png)
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.
![ACL interAction team holding award](/media/adjf1fpo/acl-interaction.jpg)
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
![Nanoketo team holding award](/media/fkibzamz/nanoketo.jpg)
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
![Nebukin team holding award](/media/exkjdfjj/nebukin.jpg)
Team Members: Timothy Corcoran, PhD, Jenna Date, MS, David Orenstein, MD, Daniel Weiner, MD
Description: “Game” to guide children using a nebulizer
![Caring for Cancer Survivors at the Virtual Bedside team holding award](/media/oaaimqoq/caring-for-cancer.jpg)
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
![MAGIC team holding award](/media/cofmxfxj/magic.jpg)
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
![PediaTristan team holding award](/media/ks0pdh33/pediatristan.jpg)
Team Members: Tristan Horan, Jared Gross, Will Zavala
Description: Video series for education of pediatric patients/families
![Psychometabolomics team holding award](/media/j51j3hxe/psychometabolomics.jpg)
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