CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog – December 2008 Archive (34)

Job opportunity for PhD, MD or equivalent with DOD/VA Dataset Experience - Washington DC Area.

Colleagues,

...Another job opportunity from the MedTechIQ on Linkedin group...

From Mike Snedecor, MD, MPH

Snedecor Healthcare Consulting, LLC

Job opportunity for PhD, MD or equivalent with extensive skill with longitudinal health datasets, preferably in the DoD or VA system. Washington DC area.

A colleague's company is looking to hire a full-time manager to work at the VA. Ideally, they would like a someone with health related experience in the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 29, 2008 at 10:18am — No Comments

Strengthening Biodefense Internationally: Illusion & Reality

Colleagues,

See compelling article attached from Marc L. Ostfield, PhD, Senior Advisor for Bioterrorism, Biodefense, and Health Security, U.S. Department of State, Office of International Health and Biodefense. Though the views he expresses in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. government, they are clearly insightful, well articulated and important for the MedTechIQ international audience to consider.… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 29, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

New Member Update & Joyful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Eid Season (Part 2)

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

More new members...

Academia:

Daniel Gottlieb: Neurological rehabilitation & neurology

Ankur Mittal: Consulting - Indian CRO Directory & Industry Tracker

Ye Yue: Medical training

Raymond T. Terrry, Sr., Ph.D: Delivery & Health Systems/Policy Development

Jim Hammond: Telemedicine, Network Topology, Medical Monitoring, TelePsychiatry, UTMB - Electronic… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 24, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

New Member Update & Joyful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Eid Season (Part 1)

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

December is a joyous time for people of all faiths...Happy Holidays all!

In the spirit of the season, lets welcome these new members of the MedTechIQ community...

Academia/Non-Profit:

Babs Soller: Patient monitoring, near infrared spectroscopy, tissue perfusion

David Devore: R&D management, including industrial and academic virtual network organizations; polymer, colloid… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 24, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

President-Elect Obama names Holdren, Varmus, Lander and Lubchenco to Key Scientific Posts

Colleagues,

As reported in Scientific American...President-elect Barack Obama recently named more top science advisors. John Holdren, a 64-year-old physicist and environmental policy professor at Harvard, will be his chief science adviser, as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology. Obama also named chairs of the Presidential Council of Advisers on Science and Technology: Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus and biologist Eric Lander, who heads the Broad Institute, a… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 23, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Healthcare Reform and Connected Health - Your input requested by Dec 31st

Colleagues,

See following post from MedTechIQ member, Dr Joseph Kvedar, Director, Center for Connected Health...

"...there is a possibility that disproportionate emphasis will be placed on increasing access to care through universal coverage and to traditional health information technology, or electronic medical records (EMRs)... I’d… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 23, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Institute of Med (IOM): U.S. Commitment to Global Health - Recommendations for New Administration

Colleagues,

As just released by IOM...GLOBAL HEALTH SHOULD BE KEY COMPONENT OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY...The U.S. should significantly intensify its commitment to global health in the next four years by increasing funding and placing greater importance on health when setting overall U.S. foreign policy, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine written to inform the incoming administration's future policies. To achieve this level of commitment, a White House Interagency Committee… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 17, 2008 at 5:59pm — No Comments

Final Call: World's Best Technology (WBT) Showcase - Technology Submissions, December 22

There is still time to submit a company or technology for the upcoming WBTshowcase. This elite national event showcases prescreened, cutting-edge, first-to-market companies and technologies emanating from the private sector, top universities, federal labs, agencies and research institutions, to an audience of the world's leading seed investors, venture capitalists and Fortune 1000 licensing experts.

There is No Cost to Apply and a $595 registration fee for those selected to… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 17, 2008 at 9:39am — No Comments

Job Listing: Project Manager (PM) position to plan and manage the delivery of business solutions

Title: Project Manager

Reports to: President and Chief Scientific Officer.

Based at: Health Analytics, LLC , Columbia, MD

Job purpose:

The primary purpose of the Project Manager (PM) position is to plan and manage the delivery of business solutions in the form of client project completion. This includes project planning, estimating, execution, implementation and ongoing support. Individual will work closely with the CSO to ensure the efficiency and… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 14, 2008 at 10:31pm — No Comments

Seeking Combination of Intelligent Antenna Technology for TD-SCDMA System and MIMO (#N-1)

Colleagues,

Please see newly posted Technology Search

Search Title: Combination of Intelligent Antenna Technology for TD-SCDMA System and MIMO

Search #: N-1

Issue Date:14 Dec 2008

"NextTechs" Technology or Patent Search Program Description

Overview

NextTechs is looking for technologies that will help evolve the current intelligent antenna… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 14, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Next NIH Director Faces Budget Issues ... Health Agency Has Seen Funding Stall

Colleagues,

As reported in today's Washington Post...The director of the National Institutes of Health may be the least political of a president's political appointments.

The director's job is not to promote administration priorities -- in fact, it's the opposite. The chief, if unwritten, task is to keep the president and Congress from meddling with the agency.

The NIH this fiscal year will spend just under $29.5 billion on basic and applied medical research.… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 13, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

New Member Update - 13 December 2008

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

We have been joined by new MedTechIQ members. They include:

Academia/ Not For Profit:

Eric Rasmussen, MD, MDM, FACP: Humanitarian medicine, Disaster medicine, public health, outbreak epidemiology, austere communications, collaboration techniques, cross-functional team dynamics

Ron Marchessault: Medical Device Research and Development, Technology Commercialization

Phil Weinfurt:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 13, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Healing with Laser Heat Surgical lasers could soon heal cuts as well as make incisions.

Colleagues,

As reported in MIT Tech Review ... The promise of medical lasers goes beyond clean incisions and eye surgery: Many believe that lasers should be used not just to create wounds but to mend them too. Abraham Katzir, a physicist at Tel Aviv University, has a system that may just do the trick and is proving successful in its first human trials.

In principle, "laser-bonded" healing offers certain advantages over classic needle-and-thread sutures, including faster… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 11, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation gives $8M to Kansas University

Colleagues,

As reported in the Kansas City Business Journal...The University of Kansas has established an organization aimed at accelerating the development of new drugs and medical devices, helped by an $8.1 million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation is being hailed as a unique collaboration among higher education, philanthropy and industry. ...

Read on at:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 10, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

2 Weeks Left to Apply to Present at the 2009 World's Best Technologies (WBT) Tshowcase

Colleagues,

As related by MedTechIQ member, Paul Huleatt, CEO, Development Capital Networks (DCN),...

Anyone can reserve a conference room and sell exhibit space. But if you are serious about connecting with investors and licensees, the WBTshowcase is a competitive, proven, and must-attend event.

Applications have now been received from over 37 states and 19 countries including submissions from Johns Hopkins, Auburn University, National Research Council Canada,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 10, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

University-Private Sector Research Partnerships in the Innovation Ecosystem

Colleagues,

Excuse the 3rd message on this subject.

But, I have received 2 emails indicating that members were unable to find the link to the Presidential Council on Science and Technology report. It is an excellent and recent, November 2008, White House Report on Open Innovation and "Triple Helix" academic, industry, government partnerships.

In case you were unable to find the link, it… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 9, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

US, Saudi Arabia Agree to Joint Research on Biotech and Genomics

Colleagues,

As reported in GenomeWebNews...The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have formed a pact that will enable greater cooperation between the two nations across a range of scientific research programs, including plant genomics and biotechnology, health, agriculture, water purification, and other areas, the US Department of State said this week.

The agreement will give US researchers “greater access to new research opportunities, provide US academic… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 9, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Free Webinar...Startups in Uncertain Times, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer(NCET2)

Colleagues,

I know many of you do not need this seminar...you have already started your own, highly successful enterprises. In those cases, you may know an associate that may find this free webinar of use.

ENJOY!

CC

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Startups in Uncertain Times

An examination of emerging business and legal developments

in the startup market from the… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 9, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Kansas Wins Competition for $450 million Federal Biodefense Laboratory

Colleagues,

As reported in the Associated Press...Kansas has won a three-year competition to land a new $450 million federal laboratory to study livestock diseases and some of the world's most dangerous biological threats. The Homeland Security Department's choice of a lab site at Kansas State University in Manhattan beat out rival bids from Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas. Kansas' new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility would replace an aging 24-acre research… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 8, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Obama Says Health IT Included in Economic Stimulus Package

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

As reported in iHealthBeat....In a radio address last Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama said health IT would be included in an economic stimulus package being drafted by members of Congress, Government Health IT reports.

Obama said that modernizing the country's hospitals would be part of a major effort to finance an upgrade of the U.S. broadband infrastructure. He noted that the U.S. has dropped to 15th in… Continue

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