Heal.LA
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
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.
Larta Institute
Judy Hsieh
USC MESH
Vasiliki Anest
BioLabs at the Lunquist
Lindsay Bourgeois
City of Hope
Daniela Castanotto
LAEDC and WTCLA
Stephen Cheung
CTIP
Juan Espinoza
Noblespace
Stephanie Hsieh
Cedars-Sinai
Monica Jain
The Lundquist Institute
Rubayath Mohsen
WuXi Biologics
Lan Nguyen
MedTech Color
Kwame Ulmer
BioScience LA
David Whelan
UCLA Technology Development Group
Mark Wisniewski
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.
Larta Institute
Rohit Shukla
The Lundquist Institute
Keith Hoffman
Continental Development Corporation
Richard Lundquist
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.
