Paratus Digital Health Hub — Accelerator 1
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Seeking Digital Health Medical Countermeasures
Focus Areas
The Paratus Digital Health Hub, part of the BARDA Accelerator Network, works in collaboration with BARDA, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. Together, they are responsible for ensuring the nation is equipped with the proper medical countermeasures needed to respond to health security threats.
Areas of focus for the accelerator include digital health tools that enhance preparedness and response to public health emergencies due to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) incidents, pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases. These tools should increase access, reduce cost or more rapidly disseminate medical countermeasures (MCMs).
Across these areas, we are interested in digital health solutions that can support preparedness, health readiness and mobilization. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Tools to enhance MCM readiness and clinical capacity
- Technologies to enhance clinical trial diversity
- Capabilities that promote more equitable access to MCMs
- At-home diagnostics and telemedicine solutions
- Risk assessment and patient stratification capabilities and tools
- AI and machine learning innovations to enhance preparedness and response to public health emergencies
- AI and machine learning innovations to increase the efficiency of pre-clinical development of MCMs
- Novel ways to collect and validate real-world evidence
Who should apply?
We’re seeking entrepreneurs and university-backed researchers who are developing digital health solutions that will empower the nation to prepare for and respond to health security threats and improve the continuum of clinical care.
This global call for solutions is open to startups from across the innovation ecosystem with an established proof of concept, evidence of product-market fit and business model potential.
This program is conducted fully virtually. Participants must be available to spend approximately five hours each week from January 6 to March 14.
Timeline
September 30, 2024: Applications open
November 22, 2024: Applications close
December 2024: Cohort announced
January 6, 2025 – March 14, 2025: 10-week accelerator
Week of March 17, 2025: Final Showcase
Deadline to apply is November 22, 2024 at 11:59pm CT.