Let the evidence be your guide
The last course in the summer Innovation Corps program for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began at the end. Edmund Pendleton, a director of the DC I-Corps program started with Q&A. The somewhat shellshocked, 76 bleary-eyed professionals stared back,...
Precision Syringe impresses PA at medical spa
When Donny Suh invented the Precision Syringe, he intended the device to assist him with injecting precise amounts of medicine around the eyeballs of small children. His thought was that children can be squirmy as patients, and he needed one hand to steady them and...
IMPOWER Health’s CEO Hopes to Bring New Treadmill to the Market
Doug Miller had no idea his long career in cellular technology would lead him to run a company responsible for self-pacing treadmills. And yet, here he is, at the helm of IMPOWER Health, a new health tech business in the UNeTech incubator. Miller, who earned a BS in...
UNeMed to Host Tech Transfer Boot Camp in August
When I spoke with Catherine Murari-Kanti, PhD, about her experience with UNeMed’s Technology Transfer Boot Camp I could hear the smile in her voice. Catherine told me she started out as a participant in the program in summer 2015. And now, six years later, she is...
Big Government, Small Business: PART 3-A Guide to the SBIR and STTR Programs
Part 3: A Program so Clearly Successful? In this series, Jace Gatzemeyer discusses the history, legacy, goals, successes, and shortcomings of the SBIR and STTR programs. Dr. Gatzemeyer is UNeTech’s Grant Writer, and one aspect of his job involves creating strong...
Better training, better healthcare
What if the best way to improve healthcare is to improve the caregivers? Medical education, despite the advances in technology, often resembles education from 30, 40, or even 50 years ago. Just like a generation ago, medical students spend years in lecture. Technology...
