Firefly Programs
To successfully combat existing health disparities and the social and economic inequities that fuel them, we must remove the barriers that stop innovative and transformative public health solutions from making the leap between the classroom and the community.
Firefly embraces a new model of research and development focused on driving innovation, teaching entrepreneurship, and leveraging strategic science.
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The City University of New York’s annual Public Health Innovation Accelerator helps entrepreneurs transform early-stage ideas and prototypes into market-ready ventures with public health impact embedded in business models. All online. At no cost. Our unique 8-week venture-building program consists of both learning and doing, and is tailored to each venture team’s needs and sector of focus.
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Envisioned and funded by Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Health, Michael Meng, the Fellowship for Healthcare Business Innovation enrolls Health Policy and Management students into an intensive four semester extra-curricular program to build their expertise and knowledge in health business. Fellows will learn directly from respected business executives and leaders, receive premier access to professional development at the Career Skills Academy and experience hands-on training in public health entrepreneurship at Firefly Innovations.
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At the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, we are training a new generation of public health entrepreneurs. Developed by the team at Firefly Innovations, new educational courses were successfully launched including design thinking in public health and experiential public health entrepreneurship within the public health graduate degree programs.
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Firefly Stories explore the frontiers of innovation and illuminate solutions in public health. The team sits down with entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and the leaders needed to create wide-spread systems change.
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Ventures that participated in the City University of New York’s Public Health Innovation Accelerator are included in the Firefly Collective and have access to ongoing services to refine, commercialize, and scale over the long-term.
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Designathons are fast-paced, interactive days where a select group of public health entrepreneurs and contributors come together to generate and refine innovative solutions. Each Designathon is organized around a given theme and the most promising solutions are presented to a panel of judges for awards and are eligible for continued support from Firefly Innovations.
