Introducing our five finalists for our Student Challenges Competition

Join us on 19th March as our finalists pitch to win up to £5,000 towards the development of their global health innovation.

Five lucky students have been shortlisted to present at our Student Challenges Dragon’s Den event on Monday 19^th March in South Kensington and will compete to win the top prize of £5,000 or the runner up prize of £2,500.  Audience members will also have a chance to participate in the event and will decide who wins the third prize of £1,000.   

Our finalists are (in no particular order): 

QuickCount, Pashiini Supramaniam 

Debac spray: early detection of surgical site infections, Thomas Caganek, Kim Ngan Luu Hoang, Mingke PanMitt- Accessible, comfortable, plug-and-play prostheses, Joshua Chidwick, Nathan Macabu

Majico

Level, Ben Walker

The finalists will pitch to our four esteemed Dragons:

• Dr Richard Smith - IGHI Adjunct Professor, Chairman of Patients Know Best, Director of the UnitedHealth Chronic Disease Initiative, former Editor of the British Medical Journal and Chief Executive of the BMJ Publishing Group;
• Professor Margaret Dallman OBE - Associate Provost (Academic Partnerships) and Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London;
• Dr Will Cavendish, Director, Cities and Transformation at Arup, former Strategy Lead at Applied at DeepMind and former Director General of Innovation, Growth and Technology at the Department of Health.
• Daniel Dickens, Managing Director, HELIX Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation 

The event is free, open to all and will be followed by a celebratory drinks reception.  Register now via Eventbrite here.