MIT Cost-Effective Healthcare Initiative

11/13/2017

Check out our latest post on the MITCHI Blog! Katerina Mantzavinou and Bryan Ranger, co-founders of the MIT Cost-Effective Healthcare Initiative (MITCHI), members of MIT Hacking Medicine and PhD students in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program discuss the potential of health to drive in the limited-resource setting.

Image: https://www.dimagi.com/blog/mobile-applications-for-healthcare-workers/ The Impact of Mobile Phone Health Initiatives on the Lives of Rural Female Indian Health Workers 7th November 2017 – Niccolò Pignatelli Building new technologies is a worthy and exciting pursuit, no doubt. However, builde...

11/08/2017

Our next speaker event will be held on Tues. Nov. 14 4-5PM in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Building 2-105. We will be featuring Dr. Jason Prapas of the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design. Come learn about impact investing and its implications for social entrepreneurship and innovation in healthcare!

11/08/2017

The MITCHI blog on is now live! Our first post is about initiatives in India, and was written by Niccolò Pignatelli, a recent alumnus of the MIT Technology & Policy Master’s Program and a MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design Fellow. Be sure to check it out! http://mitchi.mit.edu/blog/2017-posts/

We are an MIT student group working to drive cost-effective healthcare innovation on campus and around the world

10/20/2017

Join us at our first informational meeting of the year on Oct. 25 from 4-5PM in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 32-141! Learn more about our exciting work in and get involved!

03/15/2017

Check out our new piece just published in STAT! Written by our co-founding team Katerina Mantzavinou, Bryan Ranger, Emma Katherine Costa, Sam Rodriques, Hok Hei Tam, Rajarshi Banerjee, and Lindsay Brownell, the article discusses the importance of connecting global and local health. https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/14/health-care-global-united-states/

In a world where health issues in rich and poor countries are becoming more and more alike, innovation in health care should know no borders.

02/04/2017

Announcing our next event: A conversation with Bruce Walker, director of the Ragon Institute, followed by a social event for all attendees!

07/23/2016

With over 170 participants from local universities, hospitals, NGOs, and the corporate sector, the MIT Cost-effective Healthcare Initiative's inaugural event - 'Re-thinking Global Health at MIT' - was a huge success! We hosted a phenomenal set of speakers, held a poster session with 34 presenters, and concluded with interactive panel discussions. Check out some photos from our event, and we invite you to join us as we create a bigger movement at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and beyond!