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Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron awards first R&D grants

Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron awards first R&D grants

February 17, 2010 1:00 pm by | 2 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has made its first round of research and development grants: $680 million to eight projects ranging from a contact lens embedded with a sensor ... Read more
Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute partners with Orthopaedic Research Laboratories

Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute partners with Orthopaedic Research Laboratories

January 28, 2010 7:08 pm by | 0 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has struck a strategic partnership with Cleveland orthopedic device testing and design firm Orthopaedic Research Laboratories to discover, develop and commercialize novel technologies and ... Read more
Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans first grant awards

Night Read (Ohio): Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans first grant awards

January 26, 2010 6:23 pm by | 0 Comments

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron plans to award its first six research grants for $100,000 each by mid-February. ... Read more
NASA’s chief of space medicine looks around Akron for ‘disruptive innovation’ to help astronauts

NASA’s chief of space medicine looks around Akron for ‘disruptive innovation’ to help astronauts

December 10, 2009 8:22 pm by | 0 Comments

NASA's chief of space medicine visited biomedical engineering students at the University of Akron today, as well as doctors and researchers at Summa Health System in Akron, the Northeastern Ohio ... Read more
University of Akron College of Nursing makes ‘remarkable strides’ despite challenging economy

University of Akron College of Nursing makes ‘remarkable strides’ despite challenging economy

September 22, 2009 5:49 pm by | 0 Comments

The University of Akron College of Nursing made "remarkable strides despite daunting and unprecedented economic challenges" last year, Dean N. Margaret Wineman told colleagues, students and friends during her annual ... Read more
BioInnovation Institute in Akron takes name of heart surgeon, retiring Knight Foundation chairman

BioInnovation Institute in Akron takes name of heart surgeon, retiring Knight Foundation chairman

September 14, 2009 9:07 am by | 0 Comments

On its first anniversary, the BioInnovation Institute in Akron added "Austen" to its name, recognizing internationally renown heart surgeon and retiring Knight Foundation Chairman Dr. W. Gerald Austen and his ... Read more
New leader of BioInnovation Institute in Akron: Climbing ‘Mount Everest of social and medical transformation’

New leader of BioInnovation Institute in Akron: Climbing ‘Mount Everest of social and medical transformation’

August 27, 2009 10:00 am by | 1 Comments

Frank L. Douglas was living a comfortable life as a senior fellow at the Ewing M. Kauffman Foundation; senior partner of Puretech Ventures and chief scientific adviser of Bayer Healthcare. ... Read more
BioInnovation Institute in Akron hires former MIT biomedical innovator as first CEO

BioInnovation Institute in Akron hires former MIT biomedical innovator as first CEO

August 26, 2009 12:41 pm by | 2 Comments

The founder and former executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center of Biomedical Innovation has joined the BioInnovation Institute in Akron as its first president and chief executive ... Read more
Helicopters, military and cancer research top Ohio earmark requests

Helicopters, military and cancer research top Ohio earmark requests

June 9, 2009 2:55 pm by | 1 Comments

Altogether, there are easily $50 million in health-related federal earmarks from Ohio legislators that could fund projects from the James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University to a Youngstown company ... Read more