October 02, 2024.
Community healthcare, technology and higher education partners, including Mayor Donna Deegan, Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Funds, GuideWell/Florida Blue, Jacksonville University, the Mayo Clinic in Florida and the University of North Florida on Tuesday joined 300 community leaders to celebrate the creation of the Women’s Health Innovation Network (WHIN), a community network focused on leveraging technology and innovation to improve women’s health outcomes.
WHIN is launching a first-of-its-kind “collaboratory” – a collaborative laboratory – that will include an incubator and accelerator for innovators creating products and services to help solve health issues that affect women solely, differently or disproportionately. These innovators will be guided by mentors in early-stage startup formation, and by experts in technology, medicine, health sciences and education in a dedicated, state-of-the-art space on the GuideWell/Florida Blue Deerwood campus.