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A UNIT OF THE U-M MEDICAL SCHOOL OFFICE OF RESEARCH
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Therapeutic Innovation: From Idea to IND
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Tuesday,
August 1, 2017
3:00pm-5:00pm
BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC
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Researchers working in the drug development field can attend this free event that gives an overview of the drug development process, along with available services and resources at U-M. CLICK HERE for more information and to RSVP. See below for the full article.
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Researchpalooza
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Wednesday,
August 16, 2017
11:00am-2:00pm
Circle Drive in front of Med Sci I
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Everyone is welcome to join the FFMI team at Researchpalooza, a fun event that spotlights the labs and offices here to serve you at U-M. The entire FFMI team will be available to talk to you about U-M's wide variety of biomedical commercialization programs and funding opportunities, including the MTRAC for Life Sciences Innovation Hub and information on the next round of MTRAC RFPs. CLICK HERE for more information. |
Fast Forwarding Medical Device Innovation
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Friday,
September 29, 2017
1:00pm-5:30pm
BSRB Kahn Auditorium and Seminar Rooms ABC
Networking to follow |
Faculty, staff, and students working on medical device technologies, and those interested in learning about development resources and collaboration opportunities, will learn how U-M is fostering an environment of collaboration to enhance medical device innovation. CLICK HERE to RSVP. See below for the full article. |
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U-M Therapeutic Innovation Fund RFP Coming Soon!
 The Michigan Center for Therapeutic Innovation (MCTI) and FFMI offer a five-year, $2.5 million fund created to accelerate the discovery and translation of therapeutic candidates at the University of Michigan.
The fund supports the discovery and optimization of small molecule lead compounds for projects with a specific, novel, and testable drug discovery hypothesis. Selected projects receive funding and resources from MCTI in the areas of drug design, cell biology, medicinal chemistry, structural biology, and pharmacology (up to $150,000 in value for each award for up to 18 months). The fund is jointly administered by MCTI and FFMI.
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An advisory committee of recognized drug discovery and development experts from industry and academia will review and select projects for funding.
Questions? Contact Dr. Ester Fernandez-Salas, MCTI Managing Director, at
[email protected]
or 734-998-8301, or Visha Krishnan, FFMI Senior Business Analyst at
[email protected]
or 734-764-2891.
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Questions? Contact Michelle Larkin, MTRAC for Life Sciences Tech Mining Specialist, at
[email protected] or 734-615-7886.
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Mi-TRAC RFP Coming Soon
Mid-stage funding for biomedical innovation
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Mohamad Hakam Tiba, M.D.,
Year 1 MTRAC award winner
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Have a hot concept in the realm of biomedical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, or digital health/IT that would be a great candidate for commercialization?
Innovators from all schools at the University of Michigan, other institutions of higher education, non-profit research centers, and hospital systems across Michigan are eligible to submit projects for funding consideration.
Questions? Contact Bradley Martin, Ph.D., MTRAC for Life Sciences Commercialization Program Director, at [email protected] or 734-936-8577.
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Therapeutic Innovation: From Idea to IND*
Event spotlights therapeutic innovation and resources at U-M
 Are you a researcher working in the drug development field? Are you looking for new ideas or have one? Are you interested in learning about funding opportunities and resources?
Join the Fast Forward Medical Innovation team and guest host
Mike Holinstat, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, FFMI Faculty Champion, along with U-M research support service representatives, as they give an overview of the drug development process, as well as the resources, points of contact, and services available to therapeutic researchers at U-M. FFMI is partnering with the Michigan Center for Therapeutic Innovation and the Center for the Discovery of New Medicines to present this event.
Tuesday, August 1
3:00pm-5:00pm
BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC
Refreshments will be served
CLICK HERE to RSVP
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*Investigational New Drug
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Fast Forwarding Medical Device Innovation
Symposium focuses on medical device innovation at U-M
Event highlights:
- A Case Study in Commercialization: Invenio Imaging, Inc., Dan Orringer, M.D., Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
- Expert lecturers from U-M Fast Forward Medical Innovation, U-M Office of Tech Transfer, and U-M College of Engineering covering medical device-specific topics:
- Protecting Your Innovation and the Path to Market
- Gaining FDA Approval
- Funding Your Development Activities
- Promising Technologies and Their Journey
- Acquisition Insights from the Medical Device Industry
- Funding Your Startup: Advice from the Medical Device Investor
Friday, September 29
1:00pm-5:30pm
BSRB Kahn Auditorium & Seminar Rooms ABC
Networking mixer to follow
CLICK HERE to RSVP
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Faculty, staff, and students working on medical device technologies, and those interested in learning about development resources and collaboration opportunities, are invited to join Fast Forward Medical Innovation for an exclusive medical device development symposium to learn how U-M is fostering an environment of collaboration to enhance medical device innovation.
The half-day event is designed to educate and inspire faculty, students, and staff on commercialization principles, highlight promising technologies, and open dialogue with executives from major medical device companies and venture capital firms.
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Sign Up for the FFMI
fastPACE Course
4-week course targets early-stage projects
 Do you have an innovative idea? Are you looking for funding, collaboration, and mentorship?
FFMI fastPACE, formerly the Early Tech Development Course, is launching its 7th cohort starting October 20. To date, 119 project teams have completed this 4-week biomedical commercialization course that is designed for the busy medical academician, with an early-stage project.
During the course, teams work with experienced mentors to share and review projects, provide constructive feedback, and offer peer support. FFMI
fastPACE is tailored to accommodate your busy schedule, blending in-person and online education to help faculty researchers and clinicians prepare a successful business case for funding and development partnerships.
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New Innovation and Entrepreneurship Blog
Stories from the innovation and commercialization trenches by FFMI Executive Director, Kevin Ward
 How can we make innovation and entrepreneurship a natural academic behavior? Are we getting enough lifesaving and disease busting technologies from our major academic medical centers and universities? Kevin Ward, M.D., Executive Director of the University of Michigan Medical School's Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI), explains on his new blog, Fast Forwarding Medical Innovation, where he will highlight challenges in aligning the intellectual talent and culture that exists within academic medical centers and universities with industry, venture, and the market. Read the first post, "Fracking for Innovation."
On the blog, Dr. Ward will share his experience at Michigan Medicine and the U-M in developing strategic programming with a purpose to make innovation and entrepreneurship a natural and expected academic behavior in hopes that great ideas will move more rapidly to patient impact. This will include his very own innovation journey and how these experiences helped in creating FFMI.
Dr. Ward's passion is in developing programs, which encourage strategic, integrative, and disciplined collaborations across medicine, engineering, information sciences, and industry that promote true solutions. In addition to his role with FFMI, Dr. Ward is also the Director of the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care (MCIRCC) and a Professor in the UMMS Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his medical degree from Tulane University and completed his Emergency Medicine training at the University of Pittsburgh.
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FFMI Co-hosts NCI SBIR & STTR Event
Session highlighted funding opportunities for small business early-stage technologies
 On July 10, FFMI, the U-M Department of Surgery, and the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed Michael Weingarten, Director of NCI SBIR Development Center, and Christie Canaria, Ph.D., Program Director of NCI SBIR Development Center, to talk about how NCI SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) & STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) Programs have helped small businesses with funding awards that help advance cancer research. The session covered practical strategies for developing competitive proposals, current funding opportunities, and other programs aimed at facilitating the success of grantees.
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Introducing Our New FFMI Staff Member
 The FFMI team is excited to introduce Sara Johnson, our new MTRAC for Life Sciences Tech Mining Specialist.
Sara comes to us from the OhioHealth Research and Innovation Institute in Columbus where she was a Commercialization Associate. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from Ohio State University. She is originally from Akron, OH, and received her undergrad degree at Kent State University.
Welcome, Sara!
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Latest News from Project Teams Who Received FFMI Funding, Training, and Support
 Kickstart and MTRAC award winner published in Shock Journal
Rodney Daniels, M.D., a previous Kickstart and MTRAC award winner, was published for his research on whole-blood oxidation-reduction and its correlation to oxygen debt as a marker of resuscitation in a swine hemorrhagic shock model.
CLICK HERE to read the article.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Path of Excellence students present their projects
On July 10, six
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Path of Excellence (PoE) students presented their capstone projects to an audience that included Mark Cohen, M.D., Innovation & Entrepreneurship PoE Director, Margarita Sifuentes, Ph.D., Innovation & Entrepreneurship PoE Coordinator, Dan Orringer, M.D., Michael Weingarten and Dr. Christie Canaria of the National Cancer Institute's SBIR Development Center, FFMI representatives, mentors, and other PoE participants. Each presenter pitched their project and reflected on their learning experience with PoE, and how it has affected their career paths going forward. Presenters included Owen Brown, Stephen John, Taylor Novice, Adish Parikh, Elliott Brannon, and Alex Blaty.
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U-M Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program Announces FY 2018 Funding Awards
 The U-M Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program "Coulter Program" is pleased to announce project funding selections for FY 2018.
The Coulter Program funds translational research projects between Engineering and Clinical faculty co-investigators. These projects aim to develop medical devices, diagnostics, and other biomedical products with the goal of investor backed new company formation, or a technology license to an industry partner. Throughout the funding period and beyond, teams receive a high level of guidance and support for new product planning, market opportunity evaluation, patent filing, prototype development, regulatory strategy planning, and sourcing for follow-on funding or licensing.
For the FY 2018 funding cycle, five projects were selected for funding:
Automated Detection and Labeling of High Frequency Oscillations (HFO) in Clinical EEG Systems
Co-PIs: William Stacey, M.D., and Stephen Gliske, Ph.D.
Therapeutic Vibration Device
Co-PIs: Kevin Ward, M.D., and Bogdan Epureanu, Ph.D.
Clot-Buster Catheter for Mechanical Thrombectomy
Co-PIs: Aditya Pandey, M.D., and Albert Shih, Ph.D.
Hydro-Seq: Single Cell Transcriptome Assay Platform for Precision Medicine
Co-PIs: Max Wicha, M.D., and Euisik Yoon, Ph.D.
Autonomous Fluid Responsiveness Monitor for the Resuscitation of Septic Patients
Co-PIs: Ross Kessler, M.D., and Grant Kruger, Ph.D.
For more information about the Coulter Program, visit their website or contact Thomas Marten, Managing Director of the Coulter Program. Look for the next Coulter Call for Proposals in late Fall 2017.
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In Other News...
Registration now open for October 4 Translational Research Symposium, hosted by
George A. Mashour, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director, (MICHR); Executive Director, Translational Research (Office Of Research); and Associate Dean For Clinical & Translational Research (Medical School).
CLICK HERE
for more information and to RSVP.
The NIH SBIR/STTR Program Office FY 2017 Omnibus Grant webinar resources are now available. The next submission deadline is September 5, 2017. For assistance, you can reach out to the central office or the funding Institute or Center of your choice.
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Fast Forward Medical Innovation is accepting proposals for the
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