Innovating for Hope: Medical Technology for the Developing World

With Scott Knackstedt

Thursday, October 23, 2025
5:00 p.m.
Franz Hall, Room 120

Free and open to all. 

Drawing on his background in science and international affairs, Scott Knackstedt will share insights on how innovators are working to accelerate health equity in underserved regions of the world.

Scott is a Senior Commercialization Officer at PATH, Seattle, WA, a global health non-profit that helps to improve health equity by developing and advancing affordable, life-saving innovations. He supports programs with a primary focus on formulation and delivery-related products.

Scott is a graduate of UP (B.S. Biology, 2006) and a former Fulbright Scholar (Vienna School of International Studies). He holds a MS of Philosophy from Cambridge University and an MBA from University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. 

For more information: 503-943-7702 or garaventa@up.edu. ADA compliant event.