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Topic: Ohio State University

Defaulting on student loans bars dentists, doctors from federal reimbursements

Defaulting on student loans bars dentists, doctors from federal reimbursements

December 17, 2012 6:25 am by | 0 Comments

Lawyers and health-care professionals carry the largest student-debt loads in the country. But doctors, pharmacists, dentists and others working in medical fields face additional government sanctions if they default on ... Read more
PCORI grant funds Ohio State researchers using Kinect for at-home stroke rehabilitation

PCORI grant funds Ohio State researchers using Kinect for at-home stroke rehabilitation

November 27, 2012 10:48 am by | 1 Comments

Two-thirds of the 700,000 Americans who have a stroke each year survive and require rehabilitation. But fewer than one in three post-stroke patients undergoing physical therapy perform the at-home exercises ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic, OSU partnership puts initial focus on neuromodulation, HIT

Cleveland Clinic, OSU partnership puts initial focus on neuromodulation, HIT

July 24, 2012 4:02 pm by | 0 Comments

Two of Ohio’s medical research powerhouses are forming an alliance to bring new medical technologies to the market faster.Cleveland Clinic Innovations and Ohio State’s technology transfer office announced today they ... Read more
Top Ohio State neurosurgeon leaving for Brigham & Women’s

Top Ohio State neurosurgeon leaving for Brigham & Women’s

May 29, 2012 9:03 am by | 0 Comments

A key doctor who was recruited to Ohio State University nearly a decade ago to build the university’s neurosurgery department is leaving for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. E. Antonio Chiocca ... Read more
Cell culture startup gets $500K investment, looks to artificial organs

Cell culture startup gets $500K investment, looks to artificial organs

April 24, 2012 3:50 pm by | 0 Comments

A cell culture startup that attracted attention last year for providing the scaffold used in the world’s second-ever artificial trachea implant has landed a $500,000 investment.Columbus, Ohio-based Nanofiber Solutions has ... Read more
Migraine or stroke? Diagnostic test could provide answer

Migraine or stroke? Diagnostic test could provide answer

April 24, 2012 10:59 am by | 0 Comments

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati are behind a startup that’s developing a medical device to help emergency doctors diagnose a severe type of headache that could be a warning ... Read more
Why NASA needs low-cost, simple medical devices

Why NASA needs low-cost, simple medical devices

April 23, 2012 3:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Astronauts can encounter lots of potential health risks during long space flights.And those risks are exacerbated by a lack of access to physicians, limited medical supplies and a small amount ... Read more
Ohio State, Ohio University partner on $35M venture fund

Ohio State, Ohio University partner on $35M venture fund

April 5, 2012 3:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University and Ohio University are creating a $35 million venture capital fund aimed at commercializing research that comes out of universities in the state.California-based Dominion Ventures will be ... Read more
Ohio State to collaborate on pancreatic cancer research with Taiwanese university

Ohio State to collaborate on pancreatic cancer research with Taiwanese university

March 21, 2012 3:16 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University‘s college of pharmacy has entered into a pancreatic research collaboration with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.The aim of the partnership is to develop new diagnostic biomarkers ... Read more
Ohio accelerators get $760,000 in latest round of Ohio Third Frontier grants

Ohio accelerators get $760,000 in latest round of Ohio Third Frontier grants

February 23, 2012 11:06 am by | 0 Comments

Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus accelerators that invest in healthcare startups are recipients of some of the $760,000 in new grant funds approved by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission this week.Shaker ... Read more
Cell culture company sees promise in making scaffolds for artificial organs

Cell culture company sees promise in making scaffolds for artificial organs

January 23, 2012 10:15 am by | 0 Comments

Fresh off supplying the scaffold for the world’s second-ever artificial trachea implant, Ohio State University spinoff Nanofiber Solutions is hoping to expand its work with artificial organs.The Columbus, Ohio-based company’s ... Read more
Cell culture startup’s scaffold used in 2nd-ever synthetic trachea transplant

Cell culture startup’s scaffold used in 2nd-ever synthetic trachea transplant

November 30, 2011 4:55 pm by | 0 Comments

A two-year-old Ohio State University spinoff’s nanofiber scaffold was used to grow a patient’s own stem cells and then implanted into the patient after his trachea was removed — in ... Read more
EXCMR readies clinical pilot of MRI-compatible heart-test treadmill

EXCMR readies clinical pilot of MRI-compatible heart-test treadmill

October 3, 2011 10:23 am by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University spinoff EXCMR is preparing for a fourth-quarter launch of a four-site clinical test of its MRI-compatible treadmill for heart-stress testing.The clinical test’s chief goal is to compare ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic and Case medical school gets $1M grant for minority students

Cleveland Clinic and Case medical school gets $1M grant for minority students

September 22, 2011 9:09 am by | 1 Comments

The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University has received a five-year, $1 million grant to support fellowships for minority medical students.The grant comes from the ... Read more
Ohio State gets $1.7M federal grant for spine injury research

Ohio State gets $1.7M federal grant for spine injury research

September 15, 2011 2:06 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio State University has received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the federal government for a study into spinal cord injuries.Specifically, OSU researchers will study the chemical signals that drive ... Read more