{"625055":{"#nid":"625055","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Pediatrics@Georgia Tech Webinar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPediatric device development is an exciting area of innovation that traverses academic and commercial settings. However, it does not come without its own unique challenges and obstacles. In this upcoming Pediatric Tech Talk webinar, Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD will share with attendees his experiences in the field of pediatric device development as a co-founder of two such startup companies, Cellscope and Sanguina.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDr. Lam is a biomedical engineer at Emory and Georgia Tech and a clinical pediatric hematologist\/oncologist at Children\u0026rsquo;s Healthcare of Atlanta. His research involves developing and translating innovative micro-engineered and mHealth technologies to advance research and improve the health of children, especially those with blood diseases. One of the more recent innovations that Dr. Lam helped develop is the app AnemoCheck, which allows patients that are suspected of suffering from low blood levels of hemoglobin to test their levels by using photos of their fingernails instead of having to draw blood.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDr. Lam was the principal investigator for the Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineering Point-Of-Care Technologies\u0026rsquo; Pediatric Device Consortium and received the 2019 Frank A. Oski Memorial Lectureship at the American Society of Pediatric Hematology\/Oncology Conference. He was also awarded the Emerging Investigator Award from the NIH, worth $5 million over the next seven years.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThose who attend this webinar will learn more about the opportunities and challenges of developing and translating biomedical technologies for commercialization in an academic setting, with a focus on pediatric and diagnostic spaces.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThere are various barriers to pediatric device development, ranging from the small numbers of geographically dispersed pediatric patients with a given medical condition to the lack of an overarching entity that can make determinations about the coverage and reimbursement of pediatric medical devices. By sharing his vast experience in the area, Dr. Lam hopes to help innovators better navigate this sometimes difficult and unpredictable development process.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThis webinar will be highly relevant to both researchers and students of pediatric medicine who are interested in clinically translating their inventions or in forming university-borne startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/2507737932315122444\u0022\u003EWebinar Link\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Innovation in Pediatric Device Development\u0022 - Speaker: Wilbur Lam, M.D., Ph.D. - Emory\/Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2019-08-23 13:27:30","changed_gmt":"2019-08-28 13:24:21","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-08-28T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-08-28T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-08-28T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-08-28 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-08-28 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-08-28 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ptc.gatech.edu","title":"PTC Website"},{"url":"https:\/\/register.gotowebinar.com\/register\/2507737932315122444","title":"Register to Attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sheri.russell@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESheri Russell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}