HealthTech Linkage
HealthTech Linkage
- how the health sector works from a commercial perspective, and how to make an impact and get innovations implemented in that sector
- meeting and working with key decision-makers, experts, and changemakers from the health sector
- working with like-minded, ambitious students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds.
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About the Course
This course is a unique learning experience, limited to 20 participants and by application. It is open to all Master’s and PhD level students from Aalto University and University of Helsinki and worth 10 ECTS credits. It is taught by a teaching team that combines academic and practical knowledge how the health sector works and how to successfully innovate.
- taking into account different stakeholders, including patients, provider and payers, in commercializing innovations
- how to innovate by observing and solving actual problems in a clinical setting
- go-to-market strategies and how to deal with regulation for medical devices and digital therapeutics
- how diagnostics and monitoring create new opportunities to create value and better health outcomes.
In previous years during the course students met people who shared insights from the following companies, among others: Apple, Oura, Orion, Terveystalo, Planmeca, Bayer, Nordic Healthcare Group, Veri, Disior, HeiaHeia, and Blueprint Genetics.
The course is set to run from mid-January to the end of April. During these 3.5 months we will spend every Tuesday afternoon from 14:15 to 18:00 together. The course has mandatory in-person attendance, with only a couple of absences allowed. We will have many guests from different parts of the industry. You will also work outside of the weekly sessions, mainly in teams to solve innovation challenges, and to prepare and reflect on the guest lectures.
There will be a hackathon in the beginning of the course, a two-week challenge that allows you to be creative, and a seven-week challenge where you solve a problem and innovate for a company. The course culminates in a community event where you present your solution to the seven-week challenge to a panel and an audience from industry experts and decision-makers.
The course will be a highly intense but highly rewarding experience!
If you still have questions about the course, please send them to the address healthtech-linkage [at] aalto.fi. We are happy to help you with any questions you might have.
Participants are selected
based on the following criteria:
Prior experience and accomplishments
Please submit your study transcripts and CV, more details below.
Motivation
Tell us why you want to take part in the program. Please submit a motivation letter, see below.
Diversity
We want to have a good mix of students from different backgrounds, all sharing an interest in the industry.
Your application should consist of the following:
1. Copies of your Bachelor's and Master's transcripts, and a copy of your CV
These we ask so we can undestand your academic background, and we are equally, if not more, interested in what you have done and achieved outside of your studies too. Therefore we ask you to make sure that relevant prior experiences are visible from your CV.
2. A short letter explaining your motivation to attend this course
- Describe any previous experiences that have inspired you to pursue this course. How did these experiences shape your interest in the field?
- What are your career goals, and how will this course help you achieve them?
- What is the unique experience or insight you bring to the course?
Write a motivation letter of max. 250 words that answers the above questions. We are interested to get to know you as a person from your motivation letter (so using ChatGPT to write the letter or parts of it might not be a good idea).
healthtech-linkage [at] aalto.fi
Important dates
Friday 15.11.2024 - Application deadline.
Early December - Applicants are informed of the selection. Selected participants will be informed on how to register for the course in Sisu.
Tuesday 14.01.2025 - Course kickoff event.
Saturday 25.01. to Sunday 26.01. - Weekend-long hackathon event.
Tuesday 15.04. - Final presentations & community event.
Course Alumni
Backgrounds of the participants include:
- Computer science
- Translational Medicine
- Econimics
- Medicine
- Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art
- Life Science Informatics
- Life Science Technologies:
- Bioinformatics and Digital Health
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biosystems and Biomaterials
- Complex Systems
- Automation and Electrical Engineering
- Neuroscience and Physiology
- Industrial Engineering and Management
- Mechanical Engineering
Not on the list?
Apply and diversify the alumni network!
HealthTech Linkage was a great choice to acquire an entrepreneurial, more strategic view on the healthcare sector. It was also an amazing opportunity to interact directly with innovative companies and to build an international and multidisciplinary network with other students.
Ada Junquera Mencía, TRANSMED MSc - 2022 Alumni
Course Staff and Contacts
MSc (Tech), MBA
Jouni is a former startup executive currently working at the New Children's Hospital Foundation
Märt Vesinurm is a doctoral candidate in the IEM department at Aalto University
Iqra is a second-year Master's student specializing in Translational Medicine, with a focus on Industry and Innovation
Aalto University
Jens Schmidt is a strategy professor at Aalto University, currently working as the head of the department of IEM
Translational Medicine
Tiina Immonen works as a lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Helsinki
healthtech-linkage [at] aalto.fi
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