‘Maternal Mental Health Platform Wins Fourth Cohort of Dartmouth Innovations for Digital Health Accelerator’ (Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship – July 13, 2026 – Full article)
Article Excerpt: The fourth cohort of the Dartmouth Innovations for Digital Health Accelerator has concluded, awarding funding to a digital health platform designed to improve postpartum outcomes for mothers by empowering their providers.
“The accelerator was a fantastic opportunity,” said Saanvi Chilakapati, MPH graduate and PhD student, co-founder of DoulaConnect, the winning team. “To bring research outside of academia and into the hands of more users allows us to have more of an impact. The accelerator helped us learn more about the transition between research and a startup.”
The Digital Health Accelerator is a partnership between the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship and the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health. In the four years that the accelerator has run, the potential of AI has meant an explosion in innovations in digital health, according to Barry I. Schweitzer ’82, Associate Director of the Magnuson Center.
“The caliber of projects this year showcased the real and wide-ranging impact that digital health products can have for patients and the population at large,” Schweitzer said. “The potential for digital health innovation is expanding tremendously, and this cohort shows that the Dartmouth community continues to be at the forefront of this wave of life-changing technologies.”