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NIH selects next round of winners in the RADx® Tech for Maternal Health Challenge
Prizes awarded for promising technologies intended to improve postpartum outcomes
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Webinar - Long Covid: A Crisis for Neurology
Long COVID presents with a multitude of heterogeneous symptoms predominantly neurological in nature.
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Webinar: RADx Tech Accessible Tests Program - Best Practices
Since the Spring of 2022, RADx Tech has been working to make COVID-19 home tests more accessible.
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Webinar - COVID Vaccines: Immunity and Variants
The rapid development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines has been a triumph of biomedical research, and billions of vaccine doses have been administered worldwide.
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Webinar: RADx Tech Accessible Tests Program
This program applied the RADx Tech process to evaluate and support test companies, but at the same time, required new unique resources and capabilities.
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RADx Tech DIVE
The deadline has passed to apply for this cohort.
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WhenToTest.org Launches New Suite of Tools to Help Individuals Manage Their COVID Risks
Online Resource Provides Guidance to Minimize Infection and Make Informed Decisions
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NIH Lauches MakeMyTestCount
A website to anonymously report results of COVID-19 at-home tests
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NIH MedTech program aims to accelerate medical devices to treat, diagnose nervous system disorders
Pilot phase provides funding to seven projects that successfully navigated shark tank reviews
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New Funding Opportunity: Have an innovative solution to detect HIV viral load?
Projects up-to $500k available to accelerate technologies towards use in point-of-care settings
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Webinar - Monkeypox: Emergence of a Global Public Health Threat
Watch the recorded webinar.
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RADx Tech COVID-19 Funding Opportunity High-Performance COVID-19 Rapid Tests
The deadline for this opportunity has passed.
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RADx Tech COVID-19 Funding Opportunity: COVID-19 Home Tests Accessible to People with Disabilities
The deadline for this opportunity has passed.
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NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology (RADx® Tech) for Maternal Health Challenge
The deadline for this opportunity has passed.
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RADx Tech for Maternal Health Informational Webinar
This session has passed. Watch the recording.
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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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3M and MIT Researchers Developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test for COVID-19
The goal is a new, highly accurate, mass-produced low-cost diagnostic device that delivers results in minutes.
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Webinar - RADx® Initiative & COVID-19 Solutions: Bioengineering at Unprecedented Speed and Scale
The deadline to register has passed.
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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.
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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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Up to 100K and Mentorship Available for Innovative Neurotechnologies
POCTRN at CIMIT seeks groundbreaking collaborative research projects in the early stages of translation to improve the diagnosis and/or treatment of disorders of the nervous system.
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RADx Tech: A New Paradigm for MedTech Development
IEEE Special Issue highlighting the insights, lessons learned, and critical components of RADx Tech
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RADx Tech II: Fast-Track Program to Advance U.S. COVID-19 Testing Capabilities
Funding Opportunity
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Acceleration of Sustainable K-12 School Re-openings for In-person Learning
How testing can, and should, be integrated into school re-openings as the final step to build confidence in the safety of in-person learning
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The RADx Tech Process
Accelerating Innovation for COVID-19 Testing
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Returning to In-Person Instruction for K-12 Schools
Strategic Vision and Tactical Tools
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RADx Webinar: The Epidemiology of COVID-19
What can we learn from this pandemic and from past pandemics, like HIV, to help us turn the corner on this one and prepare for the next one?
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binx health Receives FDA CLIA Waiver for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Test, Expanding Critical Access to Single-Visit Diagnoses
First ever 30-minute, CLIA-waived, molecular PCR Test for CT/NG now available for OBGYN, physician offices and retail settings holding certificates of waiver
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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Impact on IVD Testing
Learn more about COVID-19 Variants and their impact on the testing environment
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WhenToTest.org
The calculator compares testing options and gives organizations the data they need to make informed decisions to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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Future potential of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx Tech) in molecular diagnostics
While necessity is the mother of invention, anomalies have formed the basis for most disruptive discoveries that seed innovations in the sciences.
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POCTRN Solicitation 2021
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?
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RADx Tech Webinar Series: A Path to In-Person Instruction
On-Campus Pooling in a Pod Testing for COVID-19
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NIH-funded COVID-19 home test is first to receive over-the-counter authorization from FDA
Ellume USA’s rapid at-home test was developed through the NIH RADx Initiative.
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RADx Pooling Task Force
Pooling Overview, Key Development Challenges for Central Laboratories and Point of Care (POC) Solutions, Regulatory Guidance for Pooling, and Implementation Examples
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Global View of COVID-19: A Pan-African Perspective
Our panelists are leaders in their country's response to addressing the pandemic in the face of limited resources.
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RADx Tech Webinar Series: A Year of RADx Tech
Please join us as we recognize the accomplishments of this past year's RADx Tech program.
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University Lab Partners Selected by CIMIT to Partner in their Project to Support the NIH RADx Initiative
ULP and CIMIT will partner to support the NIH RADx Initiative
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NIH RADx Initiative Advances Six New COVID-19 Testing Technologies
A third round of contract awards for scale-up and manufacturing of new COVID-19 testing technologies
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Overcoming Challenges With the Adoption of Point-of-Care Testing
From Technology Push and Clinical Needs to Value Propositions
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Webinar: Insights from User Discussions on COVID-19 Testing in Non-Traditional Settings
A Northwestern team led by Kara Palamountain will be presenting preliminary findings and takeaways on user needs and opportunities for COVID-19 testing
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NIH Continues to Boost National COVID-19 Testing Capacity
New laboratory and point-of-care tests to enable access and rapid results
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The Forsyth Institute Serving as a Critical Resource for COVID-19 Saliva Diagnostic Test Development
Forsyth Institute to work with the NIH RADx initiative
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Webinar: Covid-19 Testing
Moving from Clinical Settings into the Community
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Webinar: Returning to Normal Activities
A Modeling Tool to Assist in Planning
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NIH delivering new COVID-19 testing technologies to meet U.S. demand
Range of new technologies will meet testing needs in diverse settings
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NIH LIVE QA Session
Watch Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Dr. Bruce Tromberg, NIBIB Director discuss the first seven technologies contracted with the NIH RADx program.
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PathogenDx Receives Federal Grant From the NIH As Part of the RADx Program
The capital will be used to scale up testing capacity of PathogenDx's Microarray Assay for COVID-19 testing nationally
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RADx Tech COVID19 Webinar Series: Regulatory Affairs on the RADx Frontlines
Perspective from a Point-of-Care Technology Research Center with Erika Tyburski
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Rapid Scaling Up of Covid-19 Diagnostic Testing in the United States — The NIH RADx Initiative
Explore this NEJM article on the RADx Initiative
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3M and MIT Researchers Developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test for COVID-19
The goal is a new, highly accurate, mass-produced low-cost diagnostic device that delivers results in minutes.
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RADx Tech COVID19 Webinar Series: As the Coronavirus Pandemic Unfolds...
Andrew J. DiMeo, Sr., Ph.D. discusses user centered design for the rapid acceleration of diagnostics for COVID-19
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RADx Tech COVID19 Webinar Series: As the Coronavirus Pandemic Unfolds...
Yukari Manabe, MD discusses the challenges of COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics
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RADx-UP Funding Opportunities and Webinar
Learn more about RADx-Up opportunities
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Francis Collins Testifies Before Congress, May 7, 2020
Watch Dr. Francis Collins testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions as part of a hearing titled “Shark Tank: New Tests for COVID-19
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Important COVID-19 Survey
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NIH Announces $1 Million Prize Competition to Target Global Disease Diagnostics
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to offer supplementary support for designs that can be developed into products on a rapid timeframe
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POCTRN CRAASH 2020
Check out the scenes from the kick-off session.
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POCTRN Solicitation 2020
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?
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IEEE EMB HI-POCT Conference
Keynote Speakers & Sessions' Agenda Announced
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Webinar: Point of Care Tests
How Can We Learn What Clinicians and Patients Want?
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GLUE Lecture Series: Tales from the ICU
Learn from critical care specialists about ICU opportunities for technological innovation.
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Webinar: Understanding the FDA - Accelerating the Pathway to Approval for Point-of-Care Technologies
Join Susan Tiedy-Stevenson as she discusses how to accelerate your way along the path to FDA approval.
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Use of a Rapid Diagnostic for Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae for Women in the Emergency Department Can Improve Clinical Management
Report of a Randomized Clinical Trial
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Webinar: Ensuring Success of Point of Care Technologies with a Systems Engineering Approach
James Stahl, MD, CM, MPH discusses how a Systems Engineering approach to developing disruptive point-of-care technologies can help overcome the many barriers to successful clinical adoption.
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