Left to right: Takeshi Machino, Koji Todaka, Yoshihiro Arakawa, Kenji Konomi We are thrilled to announce that three SPARK Japan universities—University of Tsukuba, Keio University, and Kyushu University—have been selected as medical startup support centers through a new 5-year government program. Each university will receive over $20M from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and […]
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10th Annual SPARK Global Meeting
The 10th Annual SPARK Global Meeting was held at Stanford University from September 16-17, 2024, in the Li Ka Shing Center. Over the course of 1 ½ days, attendees explored the transformative role of AI in medicine through insightful presentations and engaged in dynamic roundtable discussions addressing challenges and solutions in launching and running SPARK […]
SPARK Gorongosa Launches in Rural Mozambique
From April to August 2024, the SPARK Gorongosa program brought together Mozambican students, teachers, and medical professionals to address the region’s unmet health challenges. Beginning in April with weekly Zoom lectures led by Dr. Peter Santa Maria, Director of SPARK Global, and featuring guest lecturers like Dr. Daria Mochly-Rosen, President and Founder of SPARK Global, […]