The Oncological Sciences Center at Purdue University’s Discovery Park and Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center are collaborating to create a less invasive means of detecting prostate cancer. The Walther Oncology Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Embedding Program places either a Purdue student or postdoctoral trainee studying the physical and chemical/sciences or engineering… Read more »
Year: 2017
Students showcase entrepreneurial skills in 2017 JagStart competition
Entrepreneurship knows no bounds, least of all age or industrial/educational sector. The 2017 finalists in the JagStart Elevator Competition are proof. JagStart, sponsored by the IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, brought together 15 student entrepreneurial teams who pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges. The students came from a wide range… Read more »
Video: IU School of Medicine collaboration part of larger economic development groundswell in Evansville
Kirk White, Indiana University Assistant Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, spoke to Inside Indiana Business about a collaboration among southern Indiana hospitals – including Evansville’s Deaconess Health System, Jasper’s Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, and Vincennes’ Good Samaritan Hospital – and the Indiana University School of Medicine. The minute-long video and an article can be… Read more »
In Their Own Words: IU-based medical software startup Digital Health Solutions LLC
Digital Health Solutions LLC, founded by Dr. Stephen Downs and Tammy Dugan of the Indiana University School of Medicine, is commercializing software that can help doctors improve quality of care for pediatric patients. Downs and Dugan wrote about the software, called CHICA, and the company for TechPoint, whose mission is to promote and accelerate the… Read more »
IU, other universities receive NSF grant to aid women, other minority entrepreneurs
Indiana University, the University of Louisville, and Missouri University of Science and Technology were awarded a $225,000 grant for a pilot program called AWARE: ACCESS: Building Innovation Capacity through Diversity. The program will help women and other minority faculty, staff and student innovators improve their successes in securing money to commercialize their inventions. “We are thrilled to… Read more »
Dr. Mark Kelley recognized by the American Health Council
We congratulate Dr. Mark Kelley of Apexian Pharmaceuticals and the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has been named to the American Health Council’s Education Board. Dr. Kelley is the Betty and Earl Herr Professor of Pediatric Oncology Research/Professor of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Pharmacology and Toxicology at the School of Medicine. As… Read more »
Regional Campus Grand Challenges Initiative winners announced
Two projects have been selected for Indiana University’s Regional Campus Grand Challenges Initiative. The program focuses on regional campus faculty who are uniquely suited to engage in promising multi-disciplinary efforts to address complex challenges that face Indiana communities. The selected projects address one of the two applied research areas: Making Indiana Healthier, to leverage the… Read more »
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Women Inventors at IU
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re sharing the stories of three women inventors in Indiana University’s campus system whose research has been or soon will be commercialized. Bonnie Blazer-Yost, Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis Blazer-Yost is conducting research on treatments for polycystic kidney disease, or PKD. Between one in 400 and one in… Read more »
New IU Kokomo computer science degree helps fill job growth demand
Indiana University Kokomo will offer a computer science degree beginning this fall semester – allowing students access to a high-paying, fast-growing career field in the state and across the country. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education approved the four-year degree, which will help fill some of the gap for computer science graduates in every sector,… Read more »
IU Bloomington researchers invited to apply for $25,000 translational research project grants
Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington can further develop translational research projects with grants as high as $25,000 from the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research. The Translational Research Pilot Grant Program funds the completion of proof-of-concept projects that will support the development of translational research projects with industry partners, the establishment of new… Read more »