Japan-America Innovators of Medicine

jaim is the world’s first-ever intercultural health-technology hackathon, produced in collaboration between inochi which runs the biggest healthcare hackathon in japan, and stanford university health++ which runs the biggest health-technology hackathon in the west coast. some of our sponsors include stanford university byers center for biodesign, ucla biodesign, ucla health, pasona, and more. the 4-month long program to solve the world’s pressing issue of dementia and elderly care will start off with a boot camp @ stanford hosted by stanford biodesign on august 19, a boot camp @ ucla hosted by ucla biodesign from aug. 20, and then a week-long trip to japan from aug. 21-30 where participants invent innovative health technology solutions to dementia-related issues they have identified while conducting clinical visits there and later present their prototypes to stakeholders such as staff from the ministry of health, labour and welfare of japan. these are later followed by a 3-month perio