Coulter Translational Partnership Award in Biomedical Engineering (TP)
With this Award, the Foundation formed a working partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Department to promote translational research. The Biomedical Engineering Department Chair is considered the Principle Investigator. Each school established an Oversight Committee, consisting of stake holders in the translational process. Additionally, the grant also provided funding for a Coulter Project Director to oversee the daily operations of the award. These partnerships are intended to increase the number and effective collaborations between biomedical engineers and clinicians, supporting the movement of promising technologies to clinical application, and developing sustainable processes. The Translational Research Partner Institutions worked closely with the Foundation to promote, develop and realize the clinical potential of translational research. The ultimate goal of this partnership was to focus on outcomes which save, extend, and improve patient lives suffering from any disease or condition, in any size market, in any discipline, in any country around the world.
Translational Partnership Phase I
The recipients of this pioneering group, that has come to be known as TP1, are the following:
- Boston University, Boston, MA
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Duke University, Durham, NC
- Georgia Institute of Technology / Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Program Oversight Committee Members
- BME Department Chair
- Clinicians
- Office of Technology Transfer
- Venture Capitalists
- Entrepreneurs
- Industry Representatives
Translational Partnership Phase II
Based on the success of TP1, the Foundation announced the establishment of the TP2 Program. The following six universities are the recipients of the Coulter Translational Partnership Award in Biomedical Engineering: