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Center for Innovation

Connecticut Children's

Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
Connecticut Children's Center for Innovation supports pediatric innovation by building an ecosystem that links the health system's roughly 3,000 team members with entrepreneurs, investors and academic partners. It helps translate ideas into clinical solutions by providing resources, education and validation services aimed at improving child health outcomes.
Organizational model
Children's · Nonprofit
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Program types
Innovation centerEntrepreneurship
Commercialization pathways
InvestmentStrategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalPediatricOperational
Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

Connecticut Children's Center for Innovation supports pediatric innovation by building an ecosystem that links the health system's roughly 3,000 team members with entrepreneurs, investors and academic partners. It helps translate ideas into clinical solutions by providing resources, education and validation services aimed at improving child health outcomes. Innovators submit proposals through an online application that moves through a three-phase review evaluated by the Center for Innovation Advisory Committee. Its portfolio includes care delivery work such as the Care Coordination Collaborative Model and translational science such as regenerative medicine and tissue engineering for premature lung disease led by Christine Finck, MD, FACS. Outside parties engage as collaborators and investors, including partnerships with Trinity College, the University of Connecticut, the Accelerator for Biosciences in Connecticut and Biotechnology Business Consultants.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalPediatricOperational

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

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Program phone
833-733-7669
Official contact page
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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. Center for Innovation official source connecticutchildrens.org. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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