Biomedical Innovation Research
September 27, 2021OHSU startup, Inherent Targeting, is among the Pacific Northwest-based startups selected to present at the Pacific Northwest Startup Showcase & Social on Tuesday, October 12 from 10am-12pm. Inherent Targeting improves surgical outcomes with high contrast, nerve-specific fluorescent dyes that help surgeons visualize buried nerves and distinguish them from surrounding tissue. This reduces patient
September 02, 2021In 2020, the Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) awarded Jessica Grant, an OHSU speech therapist, and David Sheridan, MD, an OCTRI Scholar and OHSU associate professor of emergency medicine, a Biomedical Innovation Program award for their device called the Koala Kushion. This week, the duo was interviewed for OHSU's Innovator Spotlight series. Read more about their progress
July 26, 2021In collaboration with the Technology Transfer and Collaborations & Entrepreneurship offices at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) announced three new funded projects for the 2021 drug discovery track of the Biomedical Innovation Program. This program supports drug discovery platforms and early-stage therapeutic technology
March 08, 2021OCTRI Scholar Dr. David Sheridan (left) and Dr. Matthew Hansen (right), both OHSU Emergency Medicine physicians, were awarded OCTRI Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) funding and project support in 2018 to develop a new bedside technology for quickly detecting sepsis using an accurate and objective measure of capillary refill time (CRT). In the last 3 years, Drs. Sheridan and Hansen leveraged
December 22, 2020In collaboration with the Technology Transfer and Collaborations & Entrepreneurship offices at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) announced four new funded projects for the 2021 device and diagnostics track of the Biomedical Innovation Program. This program cultivates, evaluates, and funds promising translational projects
August 07, 2020The Oregon Clinical & Translational Clinical Research Institute (OCTRI) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) funded three projects for their 2020 Biomedical Innovation Program drug discovery track. The funded research covers pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and SARS-CoV-2. This category of funding supports drug discovery platforms and early-stage therapeutic technology projects
June 18, 2020OCTRI announces six awardees to two tracks of the Biomedical Innovation Program: COVID-19 Rapid Response and Digital Health.
Washington UniversityWashington University in St. Louis is recruiting for the fall program of our NIH-funded Entrepreneurship for Biomedicine (E4B) training program. E4B is free and taught fully online through Washington University in St. Louis. As an E4B trainee, you will work with biomedical research trainees from across the nation to innovatively solve problems in these challenging times, and develop skills in
Are you interested in a career at the nation’s primary resource for diverse biomedical literature, data, and information, and with the world’s largest biomedical research library? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland seeks applications from exceptional candidates for the exciting and challenging position of Associate Director for Library Operations (ADLO), National Library
January 29, 2020Dr. David Sheridan, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, and his team at Oregon Health & Science University are developing a wearable device that assesses and reports the physiological measures associated with stress dysregulation and worsening suicidality. The goal is to help adolescents identify these symptoms and therefore allow time for interventions that can help prevent emergency
University Of PennsylvaniaAcademic Entrepreneurship for Medical and Health Scientists, is a free open education resource that can be used asynchronously in courses, workshops, pilot grant programs, and by individuals. Who is an academic entrepreneur? Faculty, staff, or students turning observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public and seeking