Pitt/CMU student’s health startup company wins $1M social entrepreneurship prize
Summary
Anna Li, a joint MD/PhD student, presented alongside her business partner on behalf of Korion Health.Li, who serves as CEO, and her team developed a USB-compatible electronic stethoscope and a mobile application that allows patients to monitor their health from home. The accompanying app uses augmented reality software to help users locate essential organs and obtain accurate readings.Li was joined in London by Akshaya Anand, a University of Maryland computer science and microbiology graduate, who serves as the companys CTO. Li and Anand emerged as one of six finalists chosen from a pool of 10,000 startups from 120 countries.According to Hult Prize CEO Lori van Dam, the competition is guided by a vision for social entrepreneurship.We really see ourselves as an educational program. And so we want to give young people the ability and the belief in themselves that they can take agency and make a difference in their own communities by starting for-profit businesses, van Dam said.Korion Health made one last pitch to a group of judges for the chance to win $1 million . Our reporters will be fanning out across the region, talking with voters, covering local and national candidates, and cutting through the misinformation to bring you essential news coverage.