About the Event

The BARDA Accelerator Network is hosting a 4-week series on the newly launched areas of interest at BARDA DRIVe! Please join us on October 13th from 12-1pm EDT for a Reverse Pitch AOI #9: Digital Health Tools for Pandemic Preparedness. In this live interactive session, experts will discuss the overall scope, timeline and application process for those interested in working with BARDA, and answer any questions about the AOI and the EZ-BAA.

AOI #9: Digital Health Tools for Pandemic Preparedness: will support the development of novel digital technologies that can serve as the first line of defense and augment existing medical countermeasures. Such digital health tools, including smartphone apps, social networks, telehealth, or other web applications, are intended to provide broadly available nowcasting and rapid response solutions

Below is the schedule of the entire 4-week series along with topics being discussed.

9/22: Next Generation Sequencing based agnostics Dx for Respiratory RNA virus pathogens

9/29: AOI 11a/AOI11b : Home-based, OTC diagnostics for the detection of SARS-CoV-2; Enabling Technologies to Support home-based Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 Acute Infection

10/6: AOI 8: Bringing Laboratory Testing to Home

10/13: AOI9: Digital Health Tools for Pandemic Preparedness