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Initiatives and Funding Opportunities
POCTRN Solicitation 2022
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?
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Independent Test Assessment Program (ITAP)
To accelerate regulatory review and availability of high-quality, accurate, and reliable over-the-counter COVID-19 tests to the public.
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Webinar: RADx Tech - Two Years in Retrospect and the Future in Perspective
Dr. Bruce Tromberg reflects on the RADx Tech experiment and experiences. He will also share his thoughts about future challenges and opportunities.
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Webinar: Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases
Case Studies in Atlanta, Georgia, Accra, Ghana, and Kolkata, India
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Webinar: Beyond Epitope Mapping
Using Deep Mutational Scanning to Generate a Complete Map of SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Antibody Escape Mutations
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Webinar: Medtech/Lifesciences Manufacturing in the United States
Challenges, Opportunities, and What Lies Ahead - Register by April 4th
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Webinar: Communicating COVID Safety Practices
In this talk we share two related public education initiatives, My COVID Toolkit and WhenToTest
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Webinar: Immune Control and Evasion of Viral Infection
The Walker Laboratory focuses on learning from patients to determine how the body fights back against viral infection.
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Webinar: Pathogen Surveillance for Emergent Epidemics
In this talk, we will discuss how the Rockefeller Foundation's Pandemic Prevention Institute is building a collaborative, global network that will ensure data are translated into public health action and pathogen containment.
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Webinar: The Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Effects on Viral Detection Tests
On February 25, 2022, The RADx initiative created a Variant Task Force (VTF) to assess the impact of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants on diagnostic testing.
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POCTRN Solicitation 2022
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?
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Webinar: The Epidemiology of Omicron
On January 18, 2022, Dr. Bill Hanage will discuss the current knowledge of Omicron epidemiology based on observations from early outbreak areas.
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Webinar: Overview of Long COVID
Jason Maley, MD discusses his work on recovery and long-term outcomes for patients and families after critical illness and COVID-19
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WhenToTest.org Develops Tool to Guide Individuals on COVID-19 Testing
New Online Resource Helps Individuals and Families Gather Safely Based on their Personalized Risk Factors
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Independent Test Assessment Program (ITAP)
To accelerate regulatory review and availability of high-quality, accurate, and reliable over-the-counter COVID-19 tests to the public.
Read More »
Webinar: Lessons Learned from 2020 Provide a Springboard for Increased Telehealth Adoption
Healthcare providers, payers, suppliers and innovators, and patients all have a role, a choice to make telehealth part of the solution.
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COVID-19 Testing Is Here to Stay: The Intersection Between Vaccination and Testing
Mara Aspinall explores the challenges from Delta, vaccination, and COVID-19 testing
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WhenToTest.org Develops Online Tools for Effective COVID-19 Testing
New Resources Help Schools and Businesses Reduce the Risk of an Outbreak
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Webinar: COVID-19 Vaccines: How did we get here and where are we going?
Please join us as we review how the currently available COVID-19 vaccines were developed and the evaluation process that led to their emergency use authorizations.
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More CIMIT Headlines
A Surer Way to Diagnose Ear Infections
- CRAASH Grads, Photonicare, have developed an imaging tool that it says may help better diagnose ear infections.
Space Health Institute Awards Grants to Three Innovative Small Companies
- TRISH, at Baylor College of Medicine, partnered with CIMIT awards three companies for research in AI and point-of-care diagnostics.
Turn Your Bathroom into a Medical Lab
CRAASH Barcelona: An Interview with John Collins
- John Collins explains the benefits of the CRAASH program and the important lessons other innovation ecosystems can learn from Boston.
The Future of Treating ACL Tears: Less Invasive Surgery
- Dr. Martha Murray has an idea for a less-invasive repair.
FitBit Buys Twine Health in a Bid to Become a More Serious Healthcare Tool
- Fitbit announces plans to pickup Twine Health, a HIPPA-compliant, cloud-based health management platform.
Two Pharma Giants, Calif. Hospital to Use Boston Firm's 'Organ-on-a-chip'
- Emulate Inc., which makes so-called organ-on-a-chip systems to test whether drugs are safe and effective, announced partnerships with Takeda, Roche, and Cedars-Sinai.