Launched in Fall 2024, the Clinical Innovation Incubator was designed to bridge the gap between clinical insights and scientific innovation at UC Irvine. Spearheaded by Kristen Kelly, MD, and Aditi Sharma, MD, with strong support from UC Irvine School of Medicine Dean Michael Stamos, UCI Health CEO Chad Lefteris and guidance from Beall Applied Innovation, the initiative emerged from the need to foster collaboration between clinicians who identify real-world healthcare challenges and scientists and engineers who can address them.
While UC Irvine has long been a leader in translational research through programs like the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and Beall Applied Innovation, the Clinical Innovation Incubator is the first program specifically dedicated to connecting these disciplines in the early stages of problem-solving.
