Heal.LA

Improving the health & wellness of Los Angeles County and beyond.

Heal.LA is a new collaborative initiative to improve the health & wellness of Los Angeles County and beyond.

Heal.LA is an initiative, designed and managed by Larta Institute, which will serve as a development platform for promising bioscience & healthcare startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in underserved communities. The program will also advocate and support innovative workforce initiatives across the Los Angeles region.

Through the Heal.LA Bioscience & Healthcare Accelerator, Larta will leverage its nationally acclaimed and award-winning virtual acceleration program.

Heal.LA Organizational Partners

Heal.LA is supported by leading organizations in the LA region.

Heal.LA Funders

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Applications are now open for our BioScience & Healthcare Accelerator Program.

Heal.LA’s Bioscience & Healthcare Accelerator Program is committed to nurturing and scaling innovations that positively impact the health and wellness of communities in the Los Angeles region.

It is a free, 9-month program that offers entrepreneurs a unique combination of guidance and education backed by world-class experts in the life sciences industry.

Steering Committee

Steering Committee members are domain specialists in the Biosciences & Healthcare. They offer counsel and assistance with proposed programs, including content, speaker recruitment, outreach to, and recruitment of potential collaborators.

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Larta Institute

Judy Hsieh

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USC MESH

Vasiliki Anest

Lindsay Bourgeois
BioLabs at the Lunquist

Lindsay Bourgeois

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City of Hope

Daniela Castanotto

Stephen Cheung
LAEDC and WTCLA

Stephen Cheung

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CTIP

Juan Espinoza

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Noblespace

Stephanie Hsieh

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Cedars-Sinai

Monica Jain

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The Lundquist Institute

Rubayath Mohsen

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WuXi Biologics

Lan Nguyen

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MedTech Color

Kwame Ulmer

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BioScience LA

David Whelan

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UCLA Technology Development Group

Mark Wisniewski

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California State University, Los Angeles

Howard Xu

Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee members are thought leaders and directors of institutions, including in government, industry, donors, and philanthropy. We engage advisors to provide knowledge and networks to help shape the development of the Heal.LA initiative.

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Larta Institute

Rohit Shukla

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The Lundquist Institute

Keith Hoffman

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Continental Development Corporation

Richard Lundquist

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The Lundquist Institute

David Meyer

The 1:1 mentorship provided us with valuable guidance on business strategy and helped us to better understand how to prepare an effective business pitch. This mentorship gave us the opportunity to learn from an experienced domain expert and receive personalized feedback on our ideas and approach.

Hando Kim

2023 Heal.LA BioScience Accelerator Cohort Member
Founder & CEO, Innometive

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.

Initiatives

SBIR Commercialization Assistance Programs (CAP)

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