CIMIT Investigators Selected to Present Science Projects at Massachusetts Life Sciences Day

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(Boston) Three CIMIT projects were featured in the Poster Exhibit of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation (MALSI) Day.

The 2nd Annual Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day is a day long event that features the richness of innovation and growing life sciences sector within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2008, this house-full, high-energy, hands-on event brought together legendary speakers and experts to mingle with innovators, post-docs, professors, entrepreneurs, innovators, and venture capitalists. It is the flagship event of life sciences in Massachusetts, jointly and actively put together by all the major organizations that are involved in starting the life sciences startup ecosystem in the Commonwealth.

CIMIT Projects and Investigators participating in Life Sciences Day include:

Poster Title: A Cost-Effective Automated Hand-Hygiene Reminder and Documentation System to Reduce Spread of Infections
Michael K. Dempsey; Ronald S. Newbower, PhD, CIMIT

Poster Title: Cost Effective Asphyxia Intervention in Aceh
Aya Caldwell, Global Health Associate, CIMIT

Poster Title: Biomimetic Spleen for Sepsis Therapy
Chong Wing Yung, Research Fellow in Surgery, Vascular Biology Program, Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School

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