Student ventures for better health awarded $40,000

From an app that addresses biases among physicians, to another that uses stories instead of traditional health messages to teach sexual health topics to middle schoolers, five student teams have received a total of $40,000 in grants to create technological solutions to health challenges that disproportionately impact low-income communities.InnovateHealth Yale, a program at the Yale School of Public Health, launched its Seed Stage Award Program early this year to encourage students to devise innovative approaches to pressing challenges.

Yale School of Public Health student Nya Holder’s team, BE ART, won a $5,000 grant to develop an after-school program for young women.

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