Hello: For those who are interested applying to join a public health innovation accelerator... Stay safe and healthy. Best regards, Ying Zhou Executive Director Tech Incubator at Queens College ying.zhou@qc.cuny.edu https://www.tiqcevents.com/ https://techincubatorqc.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/tiqc/ ________________________________ From: Alessandro Ciari <Alessandro.Ciari@sph.cuny.edu> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2021 10:19 AM To: SPH FireflyInnovations <FireflyInnovations@sph.cuny.edu> Subject: 2021 Public Health Innovation Accelerator Dear Change Agents, It is more clear now than ever that we need to accelerate public health innovation. I invite you to participate in the 2021 Public Health Innovation Accelerator: Reaching Health Equity: https://www.firefly-innovations.com/phia where 8 teams with novel ideas that could create public health impact are selected to experience a 10-week hands-on venture-building program consisting of both learning and doing. Participating venture teams are introduced to a community of interdisciplinary experts, systems change agents, and investors through a series of speaking and mentorship sessions to help transform early-stage ideas and prototypes into market-ready solutions. The Public Health Innovation Accelerator comes at no cost to apply or participate and is delivered entirely online. If you know someone who has an interesting idea, please share this opportunity. In light of so many events that have further magnified health disparities, the Accelerator is a great way for people inside and outside of the public health field (regardless of background) to refine and implement their early-stage solutions. Learn more about the program via the attached flyer and apply to the program as a venture team by May 16th. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions and more details. Thank you and all the best, Alessandro Ciari ______ Alessandro Ciari Assistant Director, Center for Systems & Community Design Head of Growth and Partnerships, Firefly Innovations CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy alessandro.ciari@sph.cuny.edu<mailto:alessandro.ciari@sph.cuny.edu> | (201) 417-1788