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The Hatchery offers space for student entrepreneurs to innovate

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

“Entrepreneurship” has become a buzzword in popular culture. Look no further than the 40% of Americans who’ve started a side hustle, or to the popular show Shark Tank, in which start-up businesses seek investors and get feedback. At Emory, the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well, and there are dozens of resources for the campus community to use – even beyond the business school. One of the largest facilitators of entrepreneurship at Emory is in The Hatchery, Center of Innovation. The Hatchery supports student innovators and entrepreneurs from all Emory schools and covers all stages of innovation, from inspiration and Read More …

Q&A with Annual Celebration 2023 Awardees: Muralidhar Padala, PhD

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

Can you introduce yourself? I am Murali Padala. I’m an associate professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine at Emory. I also direct the Cardiothoracic Research Labs within the division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. I am a mechanical engineer by training, and I obtained my PhD in Bioengineering from Georgia Tech. It was by chance during my doctoral studies that I stumbled into the field of cardiovascular research and device development. My PhD thesis developed into the use of engineering mechanics techniques to assess surgical repairs used to correct leaky valves in the human heart. I got a chance Read More …

Q&A with Annual Celebration 2023 Awardees: Anant Madabhushi, PhD

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

Can you introduce yourself? I am Anant Madabhushi, the Robert Woodruff Professor of biomedical engineering at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology. I also have a joint appointment in Biomedical Informatics, pathology and radiology. Apart from that, I’m also a research career scientist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. My research interest is in convergence AI and machine learning for problems in precision medicine. Specifically, my group is interested in using routinely acquired data – such as CAT scans, MRI scans, and biopsy images – to interrogate with AI/machine vision-based algorithms and identify patterns that will allow us to Read More …

Q&A with Annual Celebration 2023 Awardees: Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN is an Associate Professor, tenured, at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Her research interests include HIV prevention in minority populations and comprehensive sex health promotion, supported by funding from the National Institute on Nursing Research. Can you introduce yourself? I am a professor at Emory in the School of Nursing, and my passion comes first and foremost from being a Black woman. As a healthcare provider, I’m driven by the opportunity to provide care to marginalized women and women of color – listening to them and their needs, and helping Read More …

Q&A with Annual Celebration 2023 Awardees: J. David Prologo, MD

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

Dr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. Can you introduce yourself? I am David Prologo – an Interventional Radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology in the Emory School of Medicine. What did you enjoy about winning an award? This is an amazing honor given the incredible level of innovation and commercialization that comes out of Emory. Can you tell us a little bit more about the technology/innovation you received the award for? My partner Read More …

Q&A with Annual Celebration 2023 Awardees: Cassandra Quave, PhD

Posted onAuthorAsher Alt

Cassandra Quave, Ph.D. is Curator of the Herbarium and Associate Professor of Dermatology and Human Health at Emory University, where she leads natural product drug discovery research initiatives and teaches courses on medicinal plants, microbiology, and pharmacology. Can you introduce yourself? I’m an Associate Professor of Dermatology and Human Health at Emory. I also serve as the Curator of the Emory Herbarium. I cofounded Verdant Scientific in the summer of 2022 and serve as the CSO for the company. What did you enjoy about winning an award? It is always nice to receive recognition for one’s work. I am passionate Read More …

12 Days of “Invents”

Posted onAuthorJessica Beach

The holiday season is upon us yet again! We’re ringing in the most wonderful time of the year by celebrating inventions of all types – even some of Emory’s. We polled members of our office for their favorite inventions of all time – and then had a week full of voting to narrow it down! It was a true team effort to decide on the final 12 inventions. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Office of Technology Transfer. We hope you enjoy our 12 Days of Invents! He knows if you’ve been bad or good… so be good Read More …

Students: My Experience as a Writer for OTT

Posted onAuthorJessica Beach

I joined Emory’s Office of Technology Transfer in the Fall of 2020. I was a junior in college, and it was my first semester of online classes during the pandemic. Before working with OTT, I did not know anything about the field of technology transfer. I wasn’t entirely sure how it would relate to my personal pursuits, but I was still interested in engaging with Emory OTT regardless. I found the field of technology transfer to be interesting, interdisciplinary, and far reaching. Through my four semesters with OTT, I learned a lot about the field, and I was able to Read More …

The Origins of Braille

Posted onAuthorJessica Beach

At the root of accessibility technology lies braille, a code composed of 63 characters that can be depicted using a six-position matrix of raised dots. The inspiration for braille came from a 12-dot system designed by Charles Barbier. His intent was to enable communication between the mostly illiterate soldiers in the French army and to make communication possible at night; the embossed dots represented sounds that could be felt. This system was not a great success in the army, but young Louis Braille recognized the start of an ingenious concept. Louis was blinded at the age of three during an Read More …

A New Facet: Accessibility on the Internet

Posted onAuthorJessica Beach

The Internet is tangled with almost every aspect of daily life, from online learning to accessing banking information to communicating with coworkers. It has become a means for finding general information like bus routes, restaurant menus, and local government contact information. Our general reliance on websites to convey this information can prove problematic when the sites in question are not accessible. Accessibility must address a number of facets. Disabilities that may limit web accessibility include visual, cognitive, and hearing impairments, as well as learning disabilities and mobility restrictions. What makes a website accessible? The Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Read More …