Six winners have been selected for the 2025-2026 Big Ideas Competition award!
Sponsored by the Healthcare Innovation Lab (the Lab) and Washington University Institute for Informatics, Data Science and Biostatistics (I2DB), the Big Ideas Competition was created to identify and support high-priority, novel projects from collaborative clinical, operational and research teams that are developing innovations in informatics and health care delivery. The competition was judged by leadership of BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine including Charles Albach, Theresa Eckman, Dr. Vicky Fraser, Dr. John Lynch, Dr. Nichole Mercier, and Angelleen Peters-Lewis. Dr. Thomas Maddox (Healthcare Innovation Lab) and Dr. Philip Payne (I2DB) would like to thank Dr. Hilary Babcock, Dr. Mackenzie Hofford, and Dr. Michele Thomas for their assistance in reviewing the finalists’ applications.
Each of the six winning teams listed below will be awarded a grant of $50,000 in research funds.
Learn more about the Big Ideas Competition at https://bigideas.med.wustl.edu/
