UCLA Health Launches Accelerator Program Focused on Health Equity
A health tech accelerator has launched at UCLA. Called the TechQuity Accelerator and run by UCLA Health, this program is aimed at life science companies with innovations for communities underserved with health care products and services.
Founded in response to health care inequities exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the TechQuity Accelerator is a partnership between UCLA Health Biodesign and BioscienceLA, a Culver City nonprofit innovation catalyst for L.A.’s life science industry. The program cost roughly $900,000 to set up, with the principal source of funding coming from a $750,000 grant award from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s SPRINT Challenge.