Technology
Transforming
Medicine
Train the next generation of
healthcare transformers
Our mission is to train the next generation of healthcare transformers. The UCLA BIODESIGN ecosystem provides advanced degree candidates, medical residents, and early stage career professionals with a platform to innovate and iterate at one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers.
Process
Identify
Meaningful clinical needs from clinical & industry partners
Diagnostics
Digital health
Med devices
Immerse
Clinical immersion to validate problem statements
Needs filtering
Clinical validation
Market validation
Ideate
Opportunity refinement and interdisciplinary team formation
Design thinking tools
Concept generation
Industry guidance
Invent
Iterative design-build-test phase based on final concept
Rapid physical and wireframe prototyping
Intellectual property generation
Implement
Enter pilot-ready ecosystem for early stage incubation
Business model development
Industry collaboration
Trainee graduation
Interdisciplinary Approach
The interdiscplinary approach partners university resources across medicine, engineering and business with industry partners to narrow the gap between practicum and practice in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
Value Proposition
Thought Leadership
Recognition as leading partner in genesis of Southern California early stage ecosystem
Proof of concept platform to deploy and test new business models
Access to clinical KOLs across multiple therapeutic areas
Ecosystem Impact
Establish emerging hub for early-stage activity with academic clinical partners in Los Angeles
Narrow gap between practice and practicum
Join other industry leaders in mission to accelerate technology and training
Intellectual Property
Responsive framework for addressing unmet industry needs
Ability to drive strategic direction of early stage development
Robust pipeline of intellectual property creation
Talent Generation
Funnel for best-in-class healthcare talent
Emergence of multi-disciplinary talent pool across engineering, business, and life sciences
Natively collaborative skillsets with domain expertise across functions