University of Pittsburgh Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

06/16/2026

Interested in turning your healthcare innovation into real-world impact?

Join us for an upcoming Wells Student HealthTech Challenge virtual info session to learn more about the competition, eligibility requirements, application process, and available resources.

📅 Tuesday, June 16 | 1–2 p.m.
📅 Tuesday, August 25 | 12–1 p.m.

The Wells Student HealthTech Challenge helps Pitt students transform innovative health technologies into real-world solutions through mentorship, entrepreneurial guidance, and the opportunity to compete for a share of $40,000 in awards.

Learn more: https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/wells/

06/12/2026

Join us next Tuesday on June 16 at 1 p.m. for a virtual information session to learn more about the Wells Student HealthTech Challenge, a competition that helps Pitt students advance promising health technologies through mentorship, entrepreneurial support, and the opportunity to compete for a share of $40,000 in awards.

During the session, you'll learn about:
• Eligibility requirements
• The application process
• Available resources and mentorship opportunities
• How the competition can help move your innovation toward commercialization

Whether you're an undergraduate, graduate student, professional student, or postdoctoral trainee, we encourage you to attend and explore what's possible.

Learn more and register: https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/wells/

06/08/2026

The Wells Student HealthTech Challenge helps Pitt students transform innovative health technologies into real-world impact. Open to Pitt students from undergraduate through postdoctoral training, the competition provides mentorship, entrepreneurial guidance, and the opportunity to compete for a share of $40,000 in awards to help advance promising healthcare innovations toward commercialization.

Interested in learning more? Join us for a virtual info session June 16 to hear about the competition, eligibility requirements, application process, and resources available to help you succeed.

Learn more here:
https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/wells/

04/26/2026

Today is 🌍 Intellectual Property Day, a chance to recognize the ideas, creativity, and hard work that drive innovation forward.

Behind every breakthrough is someone turning an idea into something real, and intellectual property helps make that possible by protecting those ideas and helping them grow into impact.

A big shoutout to the OIE staff who make this work happen every day, supporting innovators as they move from concept to reality and helping build the systems that keep ideas moving forward!

04/23/2026

We’re also excited to welcome David Satina to the Ventures Team at the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship as an EIR (Medical Devices & Life Science).

David brings deep experience across medical devices, digital health, and healthcare innovation

Welcome David! 🚀

04/22/2026

We’re excited to welcome Peter Sobotta as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) focused on Software & AI at the University of Pittsburgh.

Peter brings more than 20 years of experience building and scaling data-first software companies — from bootstrapping a startup to $15M ARR to leading a venture-backed company that raised over $15M. His expertise spans AI-native product development, data infrastructure, predictive analytics, and marketplace platforms.

In addition to his entrepreneurial background, Peter served for a decade as a U.S. Navy Supply Corps Officer, where he led large-scale logistics operations and enterprise software deployments.

Originally from Central Pennsylvania, Peter maintains strong ties to the region and will support Pitt innovators both virtually and on-site. We’re excited for the perspective and experience he’ll bring to our startup community.

Welcome Peter! 🚀

04/16/2026

04/12/2026

💛 Reminder! Catch a Pitt Startup on TV this morning! 🎥 💙

CEO Nathan Liang at 11 a.m. on Our Region’s Business on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh with Bill Flanagan 👀discussing Aneurisk Inc!

Aneurisk develops advanced, image‑based tools to help doctors identify dangerous blood vessel bulges before they become life-threatening.

It's born out of the research of experts David Vorp Swanson School of Engineering and Timothy Chung, PhD.

Learn more about Aneurisk and other innovators from Signing Day here 👇
https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/

04/09/2026

Our “signed” startup Aneurisk hits the screen 🎥

Catch CEO Nathan Liang from Pitt Surgery this Sunday at 11 a.m. on Our Region’s Business on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh with Bill Flanagan 👀discussing Aneurisk Inc!

Aneurisk develops advanced, image‑based tools to help doctors identify dangerous blood vessel bulges before they become life-threatening.

It's born out of the research of experts David Vorp Swanson School of Engineering and Timothy Chung, PhD.

Learn more about Aneurisk and other innovators from Signing Day here 👇
https://www.innovation.pitt.edu/startup-signing-day/