The HEEHD 2019 conference theme is Take Lead to Eradicate Economic and Health Disparities by Commercializing HBCU’s BioMedical Innovations. This theme addresses a tactical mission objective for training HBCUs to take the biomedical innovation lead to tech-transfer IP to minority companies that, consequently, achieve the measurable goal of commercializing HBCU’s biomedical innovations that eradicate health & economic disparities with NIH STTR funding.