S&T students advance to health challenge semi-finals
Posted by Kimber Crull
The three teams at Missouri S&T do “pitch practices” in the lead-up to the Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge semi-finals. From left: S&T students Meredith Long, Zoe Oakes, Anna Gilbertson, Justin Chadwell, Stephen Payne, Drake O’Leary and Connor Peterson. Photo submitted by Julie Semon.
Three teams of Missouri S&T students and alumni have advanced to the semi-finals of the Global Health Innovation Grand Challenge hosted by the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
The semi-final event will be held April 10-12 at the 2026 Global Summit in Taipei, Taiwan. The winning teams compete for funding to translate the development of their ideas into clinical use. Each team is competing in different categories to solve problems that represent pressing global health challenges.
Read more about the teams advancing to the 2026 Global Summit.
Posted by Kimber Crull
