Nov 21, 2024
By Charlie Litton, UNeMed
UNeMed concluded its 2024 Innovation Week with its annual Innovation Awards ceremony Nov. 8 at the new Catalyst building in UNMC’s EDGE District.
Awards were presented for Startup of the Year, Faculty Entrepreneur, Innovation Champion, Most Promising New Invention and Innovator of the Year.
- Carecubes Inc., Startup of the Year
- Breanna Hetland, PhD, RN, assistant professor in the UNMC College of Nursing, Faculty Entrepreneur
- Maverick Technology Venture Alliance, Innovation Champion
- Ruggedized Beam Helmet, Most Promising New Invention
- Jingwei Xie, PhD, professor in the UNMC Department of Surgery, Innovator of the Year
Startup of the Year
Alex Laskey, CEO at Carecubes Inc., was presented the award. The startup’s cornerstone technology is the Carecube, a revision of personal protective equipment for health care workers. UNMC infectious disease experts — including James Lawler, MD, Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD; David Brett-Major, MD, and Chris Kratochvil, MD — developed a system that wraps a “cube” of protective equipment around the patient, allowing health care workers to provide the highest standard of care while also minimizing the potential for exposure to airborne pathogens.
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