Medical Technologies
"Research Summary"
Greatly bolstering Florida's economy, medical technology companies across Florida's High Tech Corridor produce billions of dollars of revenue annually. Research by these companies must be funded and backed, and this year the Council contributed more than $480,000 to six projects involving six corporate partners. This money was matched by nearly $881,000 in corporate and institutional funds for a total of approximately $1.4 million. The specific projects completed are listed below.
For a list of faculty contacts and project leaders visit our faculty database.
University of Central Florida Projects
Spine Mechanics and Hyperextension Orthoses
Project Leader: Jamal F. Nayfeh
Industry Partners: Florida Brace Corp.
Total Allocated Funds: $88,600
Corridor Investment: $44,300
Private Match, Cash: $44,300
Evaluation of a Collaborative Healthcare Research Software Toolkit
Project Leader: Karen Dow
Industry Partners: Global Health Security Network
Total Allocated Funds: $221,000
Corridor Investment: $91,000
Private Match, Cash: $130,000
University of South Florida Projects
Development of Thin-Film HgI2 for Medical Radiography (continuation)
Project Leader: Don Morel
Industry Partners: Constellation Technology Corporation
Total Allocated Funds: $195,424
Corridor Investment: $65,002
Private Match, Cash: $65,002
Private Match, In-Kind: $65,420
Neural Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood
Project Leader: Juan Sanchez-Ramos
Industry Partners: CCEL Bio-Therapies
Total Allocated Funds: $300,000
Corridor Investment: $100,000
Private Match, Cash: $100,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $100,000
A Model System for Cancer Pharmacogenomics
Project Leader: Hong-Gang Wang
Industry Partners: DNAPrint Genomics
Total Allocated Funds: $305,000
Corridor Investment: $99,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $206,000
Sertoli Cell Co-Transplants
Project Leader: Alison Willing
Industry Partners: Saneron Therapeutics
Total Allocated Funds: $255,000
Corridor Investment: $85,000
Private Match, Cash: $85,000
Private Match, In-Kind: $85,000
