UR Health Lab Events

Pitch Competition 2026 Nurses Week Hackathon

Pitch Competition 2026

How can we reimagine healthcare at University of Rochester Medicine?

What breakthrough could meaningfully improve patient outcomes? How might technology help us deliver smarter, more connected care?

We want to hear your ideas!

The UR Health Lab Pitch Competition invites you to form a team, develop your concept, receive mentorship from UR Health Lab leaders, and compete for $1,000 in seed funding to bring your solution to life.

The winning team receives the $1,000 along with resources from the UR Health Lab to build proof of concept/minimum viable product to pilot at URochester Medicine.

Applications are closed as of Friday, March 20. 

Congratulations to Dr. Robert Stone on winning the UR Health Lab's inaugural Pitch Competition!

Dr. Stone, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, is developing InstaEval, an innovative AI-assisted mobile application designed to improve the quality, specificity, and efficiency of trainee assessment in medical education. The platform enables faculty to capture real-time clinical observations and record trainee feedback sessions to autogenerate structured narrative summaries that support more meaningful learner feedback and evaluation. By reducing documentation burden while improving evaluation specificity, InstaEval aims to transform how medical trainees are assessed in clinical learning environments.

Nurses Week Hackathon

Join the UR Health Lab, Nursing Practice, and Nursing Informatics for a Hackathon in celebration of National Nurses Week 2026.

This event brings together multidisciplinary teams to tackle a critical challenge: how can Artificial Intelligence (AI) improve acuity-based staffing?

Come collaborate, share ideas, and help shape practical solutions.

All clinical backgrounds are welcome.

Event Details

Monday, May 4, 2026 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Location: Hybrid, Helen Wood Hall, 4th Floor