Sight and Life Elevator Pitch Contest

Speaker(s)

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  Maryam Hashemian

  post doc
  NCI
  Rockville, Maryland
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  Andrea Spray

  Doctoral Student
  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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  Anne-Julie Tessier

  Doctoral Student
  McGill University, Canada
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  Eleanor Shonkoff, PhD

  Postdoctoral scholar
  ChildObesity180, Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  Boston, Massachusetts
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  Ethan Braun

  Graduate Student
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana
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  Chikumbutso Chibwinja

  Undergraduate Student
  Lilongwe University
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  Timur Osadchiy

  Doctoral Student
  Newcastle University

An elevator pitch is a critical part of the entrepreneurial process. As competition for research and investment funds increases, young scientists will need to effectively articulate their idea and do so in a manner that is persuasive and precise. Sight and Life Foundation is conducting an elevator pitch contest on disruptive ideas to stimulate networks and dialogue, especially among innovators, to improve existing approaches to measure nutrition.

Nutritional deficiencies are major public health concerns in many low- and middle-income countries, but accurate and actionable information on their status is often lacking due to high costs, complexities and logistical challenges associated with assessing nutritional status. Precise, user-friendly, and low-cost analytical tools are needed.

The Elevator Pitch Contest’s goal is to identify and support such projects that have a high potential to be implemented and produce a meaningful impact on the target problem in relatively near term.

Seven finalists have won a trip to Boston to participate in Nutrition 2018 and pitch their idea to a panel of experts and potential investors. Winners receive a cash award of up to US $ 2,000.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand innovative idea for measuring food consumption,
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