{"id":6491,"date":"2021-06-10T16:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&p=6491"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:11:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T21:11:41","slug":"uw-parkside-undergrad-wins-wisconsin-big-idea-tournament","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/uw-parkside-undergrad-wins-wisconsin-big-idea-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Parkside undergrad wins Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo<\/a>Gabrielle Richardson, a UW-Parkside pre-med undergraduate majoring in Spanish and Criminal Justice, is the winner of the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament.<\/p>\n

The tournament was sponsored by UW System and the Wisconsin Economic Development Council (WEDC) and part of the 2021 WiSys SPARK Symposium Virtual Series \u2013 which honors faculty, staff and student research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the UW System.<\/p>\n

Richardson, the first Parkside winner of the tournament, competed against fellow university students from across the state. Like her fellow competitors, she was tasked with developing and pitching an innovative idea to a panel of judges led by WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, who was also the featured guest speaker at the event. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation\u2019s Greg Keenan and the Center for Technology Commercialization\u2019s Idella Yamben also served as judges.<\/p>\n

Richardson developed the idea for the app \u201cLinguaMD\u201d while volunteering at a free health care clinic where many of the patients could not speak, read, or write in English, causing challenges to their treatment.<\/p>\n

“My intended goal for this app is to help patients understand their diagnosis and course of treatment through the use of verbal, written, and visual explanations,\u201d said Richardson. \u201cI had the privilege of developing this app with the support of Dr. Robert Barber and Dr. Zaid Altahat from UW-Parkside. I am so very proud to be a UW-Parkside student as well as grateful for the education and opportunities I am provided through attending school here.”<\/p>\n

Participants in the Big Idea Tournament were nominated by their home campus based on students\u2019 participation in their campuses\u2019 tournament. Richardson won the UW-Parkside Big Ideas Tournament and worked with Parkside\u2019s App Factory and the Computer Science software engineering class on an initial prototype of LinguaMD.<\/p>\n

The first-place finish comes with a $2,500 prize and the potential for additional support to develop the idea.<\/p>\n

WiSys President Arjun Sanga called LinguaMD \u201ca fantastic idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI commend Gabrielle\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit. She saw a challenging problem and worked to come up with a solution with great market potential,\u201d Sanga said. \u201cI look forward to seeing how far Gabrielle can take this innovative idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the leadup to the event, participating teams received mentoring from business leaders including Georgia-Pacific\u2019s Darin Driessen, Titletown Tech\u2019s Aaron Kennedy, Kentucky Commercialization Ventures\u2019 Monique Quarterman, the Small Business Development Center\u2019s Colleen Merrill, and Resourceability\u2019s Kelly Berry.<\/p>\n

WiSys is a nonprofit organization that works with faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the UW System to facilitate cutting-edge research programs, develop, and commercialize discoveries and foster a spirit of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking across the state.<\/p>\n

You can view Richardson\u2019s WiSys presentation on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>, and can learn more about UW-Parkside\u2019s Big Idea Tournament on\u00a0UW-Parkside\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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