YOUR IDEA. YOUR VOICE.
Six finalists. Two challenging questions. One stage where evidence, ethics and persuasion meet.
MORE THAN HAVING THE RIGHT ANSWER.
Can you defend an idea when the answer is not obvious?
iPitch challenges Health Sciences students to build persuasive arguments around complex medical and scientific questions.
Participants submit a short video pitch before the strongest candidates advance to a live presentation at iMed Conference®.
FROM CAMERA TO THE STAGE.
PITCH SUBMISSION
Candidates recorded and submitted their arguments.
INITIAL SELECTION
Pitches were evaluated to select the strongest candidates.
FINALISTS
Three Clinical and three Research finalists were selected.
FINAL PITCH
The six finalists take their arguments live to the iMed stage.
TWO QUESTIONS. NO EASY ANSWERS.
BETWEEN HOPE AND HARM: WHO DECIDES?
A newborn with Trisomy 18 places parents and physicians on opposite sides of an extraordinarily difficult decision.
At what point does “doing everything” become doing harm?
READ THE CLINICAL CASE ↗PRIVATE GENES, PUBLIC CONSEQUENCES.
A genomic study uncovers information that could transform several lives — but the participant explicitly asked not to receive it.
Does the right not to know end when genetic information directly affects others?
READ THE RESEARCH CASE ↗SIX VOICES. TWO DEBATES.
The strongest pitches now move from video submission to live argumentation.
CLINICAL
Between Hope and Harm: Who Decides?
Jorge Borbinha
NOVA Medical School, Lisbon
João Mendes
NOVA Medical School, Lisbon
Laura Ferros de Azevedo
NOVA Medical School, Lisbon
RESEARCH
Private Genes, Public Consequences
Sara Conceição
NOVA Medical School, Lisbon
Margarida Peixeiro
NOVA Medical School, Lisbon
Macy Keneisha
New Vision University, Georgia
SPEAK UP. STAND OUT.
The live competition does not end when the applause does.
540€ DIOSCOPE
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180€ DIOSCOPE
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360 DAYS
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THE PRIZE THAT TAKES YOU BEYOND THE STAGE.
Each category winner receives the opportunity to undertake an international internship in their respective field.
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY.
Munich, Germany
Cardiovascular surgeon and Clinical Director at the German Heart Centre in Munich.
GENE THERAPY.
London, United Kingdom
Researcher at UCL's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health in London.
WANT THE FULL STORY?
SIX FINALISTS. ONE LIVE STAGE.
The argument has been prepared. Now it is time to defend it.
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