The DPH 2026 Innovation Award showcases leading-edge contributions that are transforming digital public health. From previous winners to this year’s judging panel, discover how innovation is being recognised and celebrated across the field.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS!
BEST PARTNERSHIP
Oleksandr Khil, Anel Kassymova & Dinara Alimbayeva
“AllergoChat: Scaling AI-Guided Allergy Diagnostics Through a Cross-Border Clinical–Laboratory Partnership”
BEST SCALE-UP
Dewi Nur Aisyah, Suryastri Boni & Isaac Sjahrir Djauhari Jenie
“National Scale-Up of a Digital Preventive Health System: Integrating Cek Kesehatan Gratis (CKG) Within Indonesia’s SATUSEHAT Ecosystem”
BEST AI INNOVATION
Vinitha T, Prof Ashok Harnal, Dr.B G Prakash Kumar & Sunidhi Goel
“AKSI: AI-Enabled Knowledge Systems for India “The Detection That Saves Lives” (पहचान जो जीवन बचाए)”
BEST ENGINEERING INNOVATION
Fernando Malheiros, Raquel Descie, Raiany Carvalho, Jeronimo Faria & Vinicius Vazquez
“Democratizing Early Melanoma Detection Through Low-Cost Digital Total Body Mapping: An Engineering Innovation for Scalable Public Health Surveillance”
LIST OF PITCHING TEAMS
Congratulations to all teams who were shortlisted. This is the list of accepted submissions from the Innovation Award Track:
| Award Category | Time | Author(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best AI Innovation | 13:30 – 13:38 | Vinitha T, Prof Ashok Harnal, Dr.B G Prakash Kumar and Sunidhi Goel | AKSI: AI-Enabled Knowledge Systems for India “The Detection That Saves Lives” (पहचान जो जीवन बचाए) |
| Best AI Innovation | 13:38 – 13:46 | Jessica Ortiz Huerta, Alba Barnés Calle and Alex Izquierdo Domenech | Emotional Artificial Intelligence for Safer Ageing at Home: Closing the continuity gap in healthcare. |
| Best AI Innovation | 13:46 – 13:54 | Elliott Rogers, Valérian Turbé, Dickman Gareta, Carina Herbst, Rachel A. McKendry, Kobus Herbst and Maryam Shahmanesh | Synthetic Data for Equitable Artificial Intelligence in Rapid Diagnostic Test Interpretation |
| Best AI Innovation | 13:54 – 14:02 | Steven Fernandes, Niranzena Panneerselvam, Shreyas Shete, Praveenkumar Kondikoppa, Pooja Srinivas, Dean Magara, Macy Callahan, Erika Germinario and Joy Olusanya | Agentic AI for Dental Imaging: A Self-Critiquing Multi-Tool System for Calcification Detection on Panoramic Radiographs |
| Award Category | Time | Author(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Partnership | 14:02 – 14:10 | Oleksandr Khil, Anel Kassymova and Dinara Alimbayeva | AllergoChat: Scaling AI-Guided Allergy Diagnostics Through a Cross-Border Clinical–Laboratory Partnership |
| Best Partnership | 14:18 – 14:26 | Matt Hudson | MindReset: Cross-Border Integration of Eye-Tracking Engineering and Split-Second Unlearning Clinical Science |
| Award Category | Time | Author(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Engineering Innovation | 14:26 – 14:34 | Giovanna Gomes, Sara Lorena Martins Silva Das Virgens and Nádia Dantas de Brito Rebelo | A Bed-Management System Proposal for the Urgent and Emergency Care System of a Municipal Health Network in Brazil: Technical Proposal and System Architecture |
| Best Engineering Innovation | 14:34 – 14:42 | Fernando Malheiros, Raquel Descie, Raiany Carvalho, Jeronimo Faria and Vinicius Vazquez | Democratizing Early Melanoma Detection Through Low-Cost Digital Total Body Mapping: An Engineering Innovation for Scalable Public Health Surveillance |
| Award Category | Time | Author(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Scale-Up | 14:42 – 14:50 | Dewi Nur Aisyah, Suryastri Boni and Isaac Sjahrir Djauhari Jenie | National Scale-Up of a Digital Preventive Health System: Integrating Cek Kesehatan Gratis (CKG) Within Indonesia’s SATUSEHAT Ecosystem |
| Best Scale-Up | 14:50 – 14:58 | Raquel Descie, Gustavo Borges, Danilo Okimoto, Paula Moreira, Fernanda Desiderio, Larissa Silva, Raiany Carvalho and Vinicius Vazquez | Scaling Technology-Enabled Skin Cancer Screening in a Public Health System: The Retrate Program for Early Melanoma Detection in Brazil |
Check the proud winners and all pitching teams from the previous DPH2025 Innovation Prize competition.
For detailed submission guidelines and a full list of award categories, check Call for Innovation Award – #DPH2026.
Judging panel
University College London & Innovate UK
Pulse Infoframe
Oscar Eduardo Rodríguez-Montes
Adhera Health