Medical school student and entrepreneur Joy Xie won the top prize in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards event recently held at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park hosted by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization New Jersey Chapter (EONJ).
Xie, a second-year medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and co-founder of Clinisynq, a digital platform designed to support clinical trials, was one of seven student entrepreneurs competing to win $5,000. Xie will represent the Garden State in the GSEA U.S. Nationals on Jan. 26, 2026.
Xie, who holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Princeton University with minors in finance and global health, co-founded Clinisynq with three other medical students. This platform aims to improve clinical trial efficiency by supporting medication adherence, enabling real-time adverse event reporting and improving communication between patients and research teams.
During her presentation, Xie emphasized that missed doses and unreported events can jeopardize data integrity – delaying and even derailing potential future treatments.
Beyond the cash prize, Xie can also take advantage of services provided at no cost by members of the EONJ community, such as logo design and tagline development, intellectual property legal services and access to lessons and mentoring from entrepreneurs Zach Schofel and Lawrence Prager.
Second place recognition and a $500 prize went to Cade Padilla. The Rowan University student founded and operates “Cadence Creative Studios,” a full-service production hub in Pitman that empowers creators and businesses with the tools, team and strategy needed to grow their personal brands and stand out in their industries.
“EO New Jersey has supported GSEA for years because young entrepreneurs are the future of innovation. By giving them access to mentorship, community, and opportunity, we help them turn promising ideas into real, scalable impact,” said Steve Schneider, an EO New Jersey member who is the 2025-26 New Jersey GSEA chair.
