Kudos to TATRC ... Annual Report 2009

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

Often I bring to your attention, medical technology developments deriving from investments by the military medical research community. Frequently, it has been my experience, that military medical research will push the envelope in ways that develop whole new capabilities that we all end up benefiting from ....

.... Recent examples would be the leadership role Department of Defense research has taken in teleradiology, clinical telemedicine, surgical robotics, electronic health records, tissue engineering, biomaterials, regenerative medicine and nanomedicine technology ...

... Within that context, I take special pride and pleasure in extending a hearty MedTech-IQ congratulations to one of our members, Dawn Petruzzello, Content Manager, for the recently published TATRC (Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center) Annual Report ...

... Here is a link to the report , click here, for MedTech-IQ members. Warning: If you do not have a high speed interenet connection the file is large (19.5MB). With my high speed connection it takes about 1 minute to download...

... The report covers a great deal of ground. It describes how TATRC has managed $1.2 billion in research funds from 2006 thru 2009 to advance medical technology basic and applied research, prototyping, demonstration, validation and translation into clinical use... The research Portfolios covered in the report include:

Simulation & Training Technology
Biomonitoring Technologies
Medical Robotics
Computational Biology at the DoD Biotechnology High Performance
Computing Software Applications Institute (BHSAI)
Health Information Technologies (HIT)
Medical Imaging Technologies
International Health
Infectious Disease
Human Performance Optimization
Psychological Health/Resilience & Reintegration
Trauma
Neurotrauma
Advanced Prosthetics
Regenerative Medicine
Nano-Medicine

The report also covers some of the Key Programs & Triple Helix (Academic, Industry, Government) Partners they have supported over the period, including:

The Alliance for NanoHealth (ANH)
The Cancer Center of Excellence & National Functional Genomics Center
The Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT)
The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
Hawaii Federal Health Care Network (HFHCN)
Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson’s Research Program (NETPR)
Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE)
Samueli Institute
Vision Research Program

Some of the Highlighted Projects in the report include:

Copper Antimicrobial Project
Portable X-ray Project
Health Disparities Projects
Hibernation Genomics (HG)
Hospital of the Future (HOF)
Handwashing Compliance Reminder and Documentation System
Pharmacovigilance
Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) Technology Development
Virtual Humans
Video Laryngoscope
Pathogen Inactivation System
Rugged Mobile Logistics System (RMLS)

The report also covers Significant TATRC sponsored Meetings, Special TATRC Funding Programs, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR), (TATRC funded over $20 miliion in SBIR/STTR last year), and special awards and recognitions received by TATRC personnel including the Maxwell Thurman Award for Excellence in Military Telemedicnine, the G. Rufus Sessions Award for Advances in Military Medical Mobile Technology, the Flemming Award, and Computerworld Honors.