UCLA Biodesign Innovation Fellowship

Jessica Wang Lab

What is the UCLA Biodesign Innovation Fellowship?

 UCLA Health clinicians interested in medical technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Biodesign Discovery Fellows are on the front lines of innovation with a team of like-minded healthcare leaders from medicine, engineering, and business.

Announcing the launch of the UCLA Biodesign Innovation Fellowship, a year-long entrepreneurial opportunity from September 2024 to June 2025 for UCLA Health professionals in medicine, engineering, design, and business. We're bringing together a best-in-class interdisciplinary team to prototype and develop technologies to solve challenging health care needs. Biodesign Discovery Fellows are on the front lines of innovation with a team of like-minded healthcare leaders from medicine, engineering, and business. UCLA Health clinicians interested in medical technology innovation and entrepreneurship are encouraged to apply!

UCLA Biodesign Discovery Fellows have the opportunity to:

  • Innovate at the frontier of healthcare with leading researchers and clinicians in multiple specialties
  • Build a novel medical device/digital solution from ideation through venture formation
  • Design novel solutions for today’s most critical medical problems identified through clinical immersion at a world-renowned institution
  • Leverage 24/7 access to creative space and equipment to quickly build, test, and learn
  • Access mentorship and advice from thought-leaders across the healthcare ecosystem

Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree in engineering or computer science (MS/PhD), design (MS), business (MBA), medicine (MD) or equivalent 
  • Industry experience in product / software development, product design or engineering preferred
  • Strong creative interest in technology development and proven record of entrepreneurial activities
  • Open to prospective and current UCLA Health residents and fellows with the support of their Residency Program Director and Department or Division Chair
  • Applications are open for 2024-2025. Applications are considered for prospective and current first year trainees seeking to build the fellowship into their program