Christina Vaschuk
Engagement Manager
Christina has recently joined the team in September 2024 as part of the AgBio Practice with a focus on healthcare. She is excited about creating positive impacts within the healthcare industry and bringing life-saving and accessible technology to the market. A particular interest of hers is FemTech and accelerating the commercialisation and distribution of medical devices and therapeutics for women. She graduated in July 2024 from the University of Warwick with a First Class Honours in Life Sciences and Global Sustainable Development and completed two dissertations – one on the perceptions of vaping amongst young adults, the other on sustainability in Ukraine.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading books, baking and doing DIY and crafts.
The Potential of Fungi
https://www.rapidinnovation.co.uk13 Jul 2022
The global mycelium market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.3% to reach $5.5 Billion by 2030, according to InsightAce Analytic. The market is booming, with biotechnology startups and investors entering the space due to its various applications for the Food & Beverage, Animal Feed, Packaging, Clothing and Apparel industries. Rapid Innovation’s AgBio team envision a fundamental shift in the Food & Beverage and Animal Feed industries in this decade on the back of emerging applications and products from the fungi kingdom.
“We know more about space than we know about the ocean"
https://www.rapidinnovation.co.uk04 Jul 2022
Getting into the (sea)weeds (Sorry, we couldn't kelp ourselves).
Innovation in healthcare is hard, but not impossible
https://www.rapidinnovation.co.uk26 Sep 2024
Healthcare innovation has some notoriously hard barriers to overcome - here's how RIG tackles them