Challenge
Future Health Challenge: Building Anticipatory Health Systems through Population Sensing
How can technology-powered sensing shift health systems towards anticipatory models of care that improve outcomes at scale?
Presented with
Timeline
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Applications Open
January 29, 2026 9:00am EST -
Application Clinic
February 17, 2026 10:00am EST -
Solution Deadline
February 23, 2026 12:00pm EST -
Screening & Reviews
February 24, 2026 - March 11, 2026 -
Semifinalists Notified
March 24, 2026 -
Finalists Announced
April 7, 2026 -
Finals & Winners Announced
May 19, 2026
Solutions
Judges
Asma Al Mannaei
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Executive Director of the Health and Life Sciences Sector
Alex Shalek
MIT, Director, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science; Health Innovation Hub; J. W. Kieckhefer Professor in IMES and the Department of Chemistry
Toyin Ojora Saraki
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Founder-President; Global health advocate across international platforms (WHO, Save the Children)
Erik Koornneef
Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi (IHLAD), Executive Director Research
Rafael Romanini
M42, Chief Operating Officer, Europe & Latin America, M42, and Group CEO, Diaverum
Maaz Shaikh
M42, VP of Product Management
Uliana Shchepelina
PureHealth, Director – Strategy
Sadia Khuram
PureHealth, Group Chief Strategy Officer
Emily Hill
Mubadala Bio, Group Strategy Director
Sara Alom Ruiz
Mediclinic, Chief Commercial Officer
Pankaj Paul
Burjeel Holdings, Advisor to the Founder and Chairman; Executive Director of the Burjeel Institute for Global Health
Mohammed Al-Bitar
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Advisor - Health and Life Sciences Sector
Francesco Branca
Institute of Global Health, Geneva University, Professor
Carolina Batista
Baraka Impact Finance, Partner & Head of Global Health
Jacklynne Anyango Ogutu
World Diabetes Foundation, Head of Digital Health Solutions
Ola Brown
HealthCap Africa, Founder & Managing Partner
Gajanan Devidas Sakhare
Briota, CEO and Founder
Helena Samsioe
Globhe, CEO and Founder
Marasi Mwencha
The Global Fund, Head of Supply Chain at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Lisa Leenhouts-Martin
Flowminder Foundation, Board Member