Michael Becich, MD, PhD, director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Commercial Applications of Healthcare Data and project manager for the initiative, developed a metric that ranks the University of Pittsburgh and its associated organizations No. 52 on a list of academic centers nationwide in terms of developing and licensing intellectual property, the Post-Gazette reports. The initiative is part of an effort to commercialize and forward innovations stemming from the Pittsburgh’s community of talent to help improve its ranking. Grant amounts were not revealed, but the companies will be funded for up to six years through UPMC’s commercialization division.
The three selected projects are software programs developed at the University of Pittsburgh that focus on using predictive modeling to reduce falls, using sensors and early detection to prevent pressure ulcers and digital pathology image analytics. Beyond working to jumpstart young companies, the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance is combing through some 10,000 innovations developed by University of Pittsburgh faculty members from the past decade to help further technologies that could make the organization a more prominent player in healthcare innovation.
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