Event Blog: Our Hike over the KassenGipfel in Berlin
We were not there for the first time, and certainly not for the last. At the KassenGipfel 2022 in Berlin, EIT Health was on board again – and in the front line. As exhibitors, we are allowed to take a look inside the Leonardo Royal Hotel at Alexanderplatz in Berlin the night before. Chairs […]
Jeff Wilkesmann, what is a Collaboration Lead?
EIT Health’s nomenclature: sometimes difficult to understand, but always meaningful. Today we want to explore a term most partners already came across, the “Collaboration Lead”. An organisational role, and a key role in our new Flagship Call. The Collaboration Lead position aims to help partners to navigate and utilize the opportunities our various programs have […]
‘Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority’ – World Mental Health Day
For World Mental Health Day, we made an interview with EIT Health Catapult Semi-finalist edupression.com Whilst the pandemic has and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, the ability to reconnect through World Mental Health Day 2022 will provide us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health. […]
My experience with the Start-ups Meet Healthcare Providers – blogpost with Felix Landmesser, Co-founder and Managing Director at HealthX Future
The Corona pandemic has drawn a lot of attention, at least temporarily, to the problems in nursing care for the elderly. Not only since the beginning of the pandemic have caregivers been pushed to their limits; there has long been a shortage of urgently needed personnel. Nurses in outpatient and inpatient care for the elderly […]
World Kidney Day: Helping patients avoid dialysis
World Kidney Day takes place annually on the second Thursday of March. This global campaign aims to raise awareness about kidney health, prevention, risks and living with kidney failure. For World Kidney Day we are raising awareness on the problem but also the solutions developed in this field. For this, we did a short interview with […]
How to make ideas reality: SarAI – a digital pharmaceutical solution at Startup School
With the aim of lowering healthcare system costs and reducing patient handling delay in an understaffed healthcare system, a team joined Startup School (an innovation program from hei_INNOVATION incubator of Heidelberg University) in July 2021 to get a deeper understanding of how to deliver value to patients whilst developing a viable business. Within the framework […]
“I want to close my €3 M round by the end of the month.” – why funding doesn’t come easy and how to set yourself up for success
Caroline Saï has been the European Coordinator for the EIT Health Investor Network for more than three years now and has led many start-ups through the process. She knows: making your start-up visible and gaining investor’s interest is a process that needs effort and time – often more than start-ups are initially aware of. The […]
Getting started in MedTech – Winner of the Young Talent Award shares her journey
In April 2021, Charlotte Pradel received the Young Talent Award for her bachelor thesis on image processing supporting tissue engineering. Now she is in the midst of pursuing her (M.Sc.) Master’s degree in Health and Medical Data Analytics at the FAU. Read on to find out more about her motivation and unique journey. My […]
The Mentoring & Coaching Network: a Triple Win for Counsellors, Start-ups and EIT Health – Freimut Schliess
The EIT Health Mentoring & Coaching Network (MCN) is a curated, quality assured matchmaking platform bringing start-ups and external experts together. The EIT Health MCN team carefully checks both the track record and the motivation of a potential mentor and coach. I experienced this right before I was elected to the MCN team of Mentors […]
Being an Education Manager at EIT Health: Do Degree Programmes from HEI Require Start-up Creation Support?
You are most certainly aware that Higher Education Institutions (HEI) play a key role in modern society serving as a seedbed, where not only knowledge is produced and transferred, but where the new generation is able to acquire the necessary tools for further technological developments, especially those associated with the basic science and health science. […]
