The 11th Annual Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge wrapped up with another amazing Final Round and Awards presentation. Read about the incredible prize-winning teams and how this year's competition continued its history-making streak right now at uwbuerkcenter.medium.com
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Congratulations to team CPRight for winning the $15,000 Hollomon Family Grand Prize at the 2026 HIC! CPRight is a real-time CPR feedback device that provides data on compression rate and depth to ensure bystanders perform high-quality, life-saving chest compressions during an emergency.
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Congratulations to team TheraT for winning the $10,000 WRF Capital Second Place Prize at the 2026 HIC! TheraT is a drinkable, non-invasive therapy that removes toxins at their source in the gut, allowing Chronic Kidney Disease patients to lower their reliance on dialysis.
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Congratulations to team LegUp Prosthetics for winning the $5,000 Scale LLP Third Place Prize at the 2026 HIC! LegUp Prosthetics created a low-cost system that uses smartphone-based 3D scanning to enable accurate fitting from home, reducing costs and expanding access to prosthetic care.
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Congratulations to team ShiftSpark for winning the $2,500 Mindful Therapy Group Best Idea in Digital Health Prize at the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge! ShiftSpark is a workflow-embedded support platform that helps nurses process stress in real time during a shift.
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Congratulations to team CPRight for winning the $2,500 Naturacur Wound Healing Best Idea for a Medical Device Prize at the 2026 HIC! CPRight is a real-time CPR feedback device that ensures bystanders perform high-quality, life-saving chest compressions during an emergency.
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Congratulations to LegUp Prosthetics for winning the $2,500 Population Health Initiative Best Idea for Addressing Health Access and Disparities Prize at the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge! LegUp Prosthetics is creating a low-cost system to expand access to prosthetic care.
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Congratulations to team TPT-Finder for winning the first-ever SoundBio Lab Ignite Prize (six-month biomakerspace membership) at the 2026 HIC! The TPT-Finder is a handheld, AI-powered surgical tool that helps surgeons instantly distinguish parathyroid tissue during thyroid surgery.
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Congratulations to team ColoGuide for winning the $1,000 Connie Bourassa-Shaw Spark Award at the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge! ColoGuide is an AI-powered colonoscopy navigation system building its proprietary data set to automate scope insertion w/ real-time visual guidance.
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Thank you to our Innovator Level sponsors for helping make the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge happen: A-Alpha Bio, the UW Dept. of Bioengineering, Fenwick & West, Microsoft, Naturacur Wound Healing, Pack Ventures, Perkins Coie, UW Population Health Initiative, and Scale LLP.
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Thank you to our Game Change level sponsors for supporting the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge student competition today! We couldn't do it without the Hollomon Family, Mindful Therapy Group, WRF Capital, and the UW College of Engineering.
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The 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge would not be possible without the support of the community and our partners across the University of Washington. We want to thank each and every one of you for powering student entrepreneurship and innovation!
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We want to thank our Friends & Family Level sponsors for helping make the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge happen: SoundBio Lab and the UW Science & Engineering Business Association (UW SEBA)
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The Final Round of the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge is today! Read about all 21 student teams at uwbuerkcenter.medium.com. We'll share a behind-the-scenes look at the competition all day long and announce $35,000+ in prizes tonight!
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Over 12 hours, more than 300 students at this year’s Women in Informatics (Winfo) Hackathon designed prototypes for apps that would bring a positive effect to the realm of technology. The annual event highlights the iSchool's inclusive approach to education. ischool.uw.edu/news/2026/01...
There's still time to finish your application for the 2026 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge student competition! Submit your team by Noon on Monday, February 2 (that's tomorrow) at startup.uw.edu or by visiting hic.uw.edu
Students interested in climate tech, sustainability and/or innovations that impact our planet should enroll in the Environmental Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Students medical devices, biotech, public health, and other related innovations should enroll in the Health Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 445/545, PHARM 595) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Students interested in climate tech, sustainability and/or innovations that impact our planet should enroll in the Environmental Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Undergraduate and graduate students interested in medical devices, biotech, public health, and other related innovations should enroll in the Health Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 445/545, PHARM 595) for fall quarter 2025. Learn more at hic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Students interested in climate tech, sustainability and/or innovations that impact our planet should enroll in the Environmental Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Two University of Washington students are taking on a tech giant with an AI-powered browser -- and they just landed a spot in Y Combinator to do it. Meet Meteor, a startup rethinking how we interact with the internet, one automated task at a time. Read more at geekwire.com
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After five decades of inspiring and empowering student entrepreneurs and innovators, Ed Lazowski opens up to Geekwire about his future and the ever-changing landscape of innovation coursework. This is a must-read for students, alumni, and the community.
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Smaller, cheaper, and more scalable? Sounds like an incredible innovation coming out of the University of Washington! Read about the amazing new startup based on research at UW in this piece by @Geekwire
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Students interested in climate tech, sustainability and/or innovations that impact our planet should enroll in the Environmental Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
This UW Mechanical Engineering article highlights recent projects that aim to make manufacturing processes more environmentally friendly, improve renewable energy technologies and reduce plastic waste. Read the full story at www.me.washington.edu/news/...
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Students medical devices, biotech, public health, and other related innovations should enroll in the Health Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 445/545, PHARM 595) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
Check out the latest news in the world of startups in this Business Wire release highlighting Kotoba Technologies, co-founded by UW alum Jungo Kasai, for their impressive capital funding. Read the full article at www.businesswire.com/news/h...
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Students interested in climate tech, sustainability and/or innovations that impact our planet should enroll in the Environmental Innovation Practicum (ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495) for fall quarter 2025! Learn more at eic.washington.edu under the PRACTICUM tab.
A generational opportunity? We saw 35% of finalist teams across three major Buerk Center competitions in 2025 use AI-driven innovations as part of their primary focus. Check out this article on how Seattle can own the AI era: www.geekwire.com/2025/can-s...
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