The AAMI/FDA/BSI International Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation will take place virtually on 18-20 October 2021 with an expanded program of sessions. For over 30 years, the ISC has been the key conference for our sector, providing updates and information on changing regulations and standards for medical devices and related healthcare products across the globe.
Join our Illumina Genomic Discoveries Industry Speaker series designed for K-12 life science and biotech educators. Our next speaker series will be on Wednesday, October 20th from 4:00-5:00pm PST. We are excited to have the Global Agrigenomics Segment Manager at Illumina, Inc. Kahlil Lawless as our guest keynote speaker.
Medical Design Briefs: Sensors, Apps, and Wearables: The Future of Medical Diagnostics Wearables and medical apps have evolved from simple accessories to real-time and noninvasive biosensors, allowing for the continuous monitoring of individuals and providing information for determining health status and even preliminary medical diagnosis. In addition, wearable biosensors allow healthcare providers to monitor the physiological traits of patients after therapeutics or treatments. This 60-minute Webinar from the editors of Medical Design Briefs examines some of these solutions and explores their role in the future of healthcare. Topics include: Low-cost rapid manufacturing of diagnostic sensors Wireless, self-powered diagnostic systems Portable, wearable point-of-care devices for cell, protein, and small molecule quantification Al-enabled biosensors Designing for Digital First Encounters Downstream impact of [...]
Join Jennifer McCaney, PhD, Executive Director, at UCLA Biodesign and other industry leaders at MedTech Innovation Forum 2021 In a year that changed the perception of health and technology and resulted in innumerable breakthroughs across the field, MedTech Innovation Forum is poised to help you discover the wide-ranging impact of these innovations and what they mean for your medtech business. MedTech Innovation Forum will feature industry experts, including Barry Arbuckle, MemorialCare President and CEO, strategics, physicians, and entrepreneurs who have made major headway and continue to make massive strides towards an accelerated future. The conference will also host an all new feature, Fast Pitch! This is a series of quick pitches from emerging medtech startups. For more on this year’s [...]
UCLA Biodesign Fireside Chat Monthly Series: An Entrepreneur's Journey - From Concept to Acquisition with Barrett Larson, MD Register here to join Barrett Larson, MD on Thursday, 10/28/2021, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT Join Dr. Barrett Larson as he discusses how he went from uncovering an unmet clinical need to preventing pressure ulcers and pressure injuries and developing a solution through a business he subsequently sold to Smith & Nephew. Barrett will be sharing how corporates think about acquisitions and how he went from an entrepreneurial spark to identifying requirements for an unmet need, qualifying that unmet need to developing a solution, and launching it in the market. About the Speaker: Barrett Larson, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist with [...]
UCLA Biodesign Fireside Chat Monthly Series: An Entrepreneur's Journey - From IPO to NewCo with Candesant Biomedical CEO Niquette Hunt Register here to join Niquette Hunt on Thursday, 11/16/2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PT Join Niquette Hunt as she shares her journey and lessons learned along the road to IPO and commercialization, where she uncovered an unmet need and started a new company to tackle that need. About the Speaker: Niquette Hunt is CEO & President of Candesant Biomedical. Niqui has over 25 years experience in developing, launching and commercially scaling 20+ products in both large corporations (P&G, Warner Lambert) and early stage companies across multiple verticals in the consumer medicine market. Every business she managed has increased [...]
Healthcare Innovation Networking Event Thursday November 18th 7 -8pm PT Join UCLA Biodesign, Easton Technology Management Center, Anderson Healthcare Business Association and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department for a virtual innovation networking event to find teammates and potential new technologies for the Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge. The Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge invites UCLA students to develop solutions that will significantly improve accessibility, affordability, health outcomes or care delivery in U.S. healthcare. UCLA Biodesign brings frontline clinical and engineering innovators to Anderson and Samueli students looking to meet future collaborators, advisors, and co-founders. Teams can advance their value proposition and business model by enrolling in MGMT298D Healthtech Entrepreneurship in Winter 2022. Register here: https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6nRnrF_jR_yi58-CqIM_Ig
UCLA Biodesign Fireside Chat Monthly Series: Corporate Insights - A Leading Biopharmaceutical Company's Lens into Digital Health, Investments & Innovation Tuesday, 12/14/2021, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT Join Dr. Debbie Lin as she sits down for a Fireside Chat with UCLA Biodesign's Medtech and Digital Health Innovation Hub, AILA, and BioscienceLA to discuss corporate innovation, board management, how she thinks about investment decisions, trends in digital health, and shares her experiences across the biopharmaceutical landscape during her exceptional 20 plus years of leadership. About the Speaker: Dr. Debbie Lin is Executive Director at Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund in the US and started and leads the Fund’s North American investment efforts in Digital Healthcare. She led the investments [...]
Healthcare Innovation Networking Event Thursday December 16th 7 -8pm PT Join UCLA Biodesign, Easton Technology Management Center, Anderson Healthcare Business Association and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department for a virtual innovation networking event to find teammates and potential new technologies for the Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge. The Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge invites UCLA students to develop solutions that will significantly improve accessibility, affordability, health outcomes or care delivery in U.S. healthcare. UCLA Biodesign brings frontline clinical and engineering innovators to Anderson and Samueli students looking to meet future collaborators, advisors, and co-founders. Teams can advance their value proposition and business model by enrolling in MGMT298D Healthtech Entrepreneurship in Winter 2022. Register here: https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SuPRnhTlTvap2J-d1X2ntw
UCLA Biodesign Fireside Chat Monthly Series: With Global Chief Medical Officer Dr. Atul Gupta at Philips Image Guided Therapy Thursday, 1/27/2022, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT About the Speaker: Atul Gupta, MD is global Chief Medical Officer and member of the management team for Image Guided Therapy (IGT) at Philips. He is responsible for our clinical strategy and is a key voice to our product roadmap and vision, supporting IGT systems, IGT devices and EPD Solutions - the three businesses of IGT. As an actively practicing interventional and diagnostic radiologist with over 20 years clinical experience, he serves as the key external clinical voice of Philips IGT. He also sits on the leadership team of our Royal [...]
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Healthcare innovation continually improves patient outcomes and the way medicine is approached. Despite the variety in technology and medicinal approaches, these innovations all have one fundamental commonality -- they all start out with an idea. CTSI-RAP invites you to pitch YOUR idea to leaders of innovation and entrepreneurship at our Innovation in Care Conference on January 28th, 2022 via Zoom from 1-4PM PST! The Innovation in Care Conference will feature industry and professional guest speakers on topics of healthcare and technology, along with a student-lead healthcare hackathon with prizes, where students will work in teams to pitch ideas to our panel of judges. The deadline to register is Thursday January 27th at 5pm. Event Schedule: Welcome & Hackathon [...]
