WELCOME TO CARDSTART
University of Louisville's Healthcare Innovation Weekend for Students
Finals Pitch Competition: April 17, 2021

WHAT IS CARDSTART?
CardStart is UoL's own version of a startup competition! It is a 48-hour event where University of Louisville students come together to form interdisciplinary teams to brainstorm and develop new technologies to solve real world problems in the healthcare sector. Teams will then pitch, Shark Tank style, to a panel of judges who will decide which four teams will progress to the finals in Spring 2021!

CARDSTART DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Who We Are

SAMANTHA MEGAN MORRISSEY
School of Medicine
Graduate Chair
Samantha is a 7th year MD/PhD student who recently received her PhD from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the lab of Dr. Jun Yan. She participated in the Spring 2020 cohort of LaunchIt. In March 2020, using NSF I-Corps funding, she started her own biotech company, Autogen Therapeutics, which focuses on the development of personalized cell therapies for the treatment of autoimmunity.

DANIEL ROBERT MILLS
School of Engineering
Undergraduate Chair
Daniel is a senior in Bioengineering. He is currently working in the Bioinstrumentation and Controls Research and Development lab under the direction of Dr. Roussel. He has worked on developing a therapy device for elderly patients with osteoporosis and a system that simulates breathing to test other devices.
