The 2024 OHSU Innovation Awards
Congratulations to the 2024 OHSU Innovation Awardees Alex Bartlett, Ph.D., Robert Eil, M.D., Michael Riscoe, Ph.D., Joaquin Cigarroa, M.D., Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., and Joe Ness, M.H.A., RPh. These awards recognize innovative scientists in the OHSU community striving to turn scientific ideas into healthcare solutions to improve patient lives.
Read more about the awardees and their innovative science in the 2024 OHSU Innovation Awards announcement.
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OHSU Innovates is proud to support researchers and clinicians at OHSU who are striving to turn scientific ideas into real world solutions.
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Featured News
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President Biden honors OHSU's David Huang
Congratulations to David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., on receiving the United States' highest honor for technological achievement, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation!
“You’re literally changing the world for the better,” President Biden told Huang and other honorees. Huang was a co-inventor of optical coherence tomography, or OCT, which has transformed the way eye disease is diagnosed and managed.
Read more about this recognition and technology.
Featured Event
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Bio on Tap: Celebrating 35 Years
Come join us as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Oregon Bioscience Association! There will be a light program highlighting the history advancing the bioscience trade in Oregon and the greater PNW, followed by networking with our bio-colleagues.
WHEN: June 26 , 2024
WHERE: McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse,
Reception: 5 – 5:45 p.m.
Light Program: 5:45 – 6:15 p.m.
Networking: 6:15 – 8 p.m.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Oregon Bioscience Association site.
Featured funding opportunity
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Regulatory Consultation and Assistance Program (RCAP)
The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) is accepting applications for funding regulatory consultation services for OHSU investigators. A one-time award of up to $7,000 can be used to hire regulatory consultants to provide an overview of FDA rules and procedures specific to moving your technology or project towards commercialization.
Please contact Claudia Nakama for more information at nakama@ohsu.edu
OHSU Innovates collaborative network
Innovate Collaborate Oregon
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OHSU Innovates is a proud partner of Innovate Collaborate Oregon (ICOregon), a collaborative network of Oregon institutions, which aims to further support and encourage the growth of innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. By bringing together resources across multiple institutions ICOregon aims to promote innovative discoveries, establish successful collaborations, form new companies, and increase economic development in Oregon.
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