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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/bme-leadership-seminar-cata
 lyzing-bme-innovation-in-the-knight-campus-for-accelerating-scientific-imp
 act/
SUMMARY:BME Leadership Seminar: “Catalyzing BME Innovation in the Knight 
 Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact"
DESCRIPTION:Robert E. Guldberg\, Ph.D.\nRobert and Leona DeArmond Executive
  Director\nPhil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
 \nDirector\, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon\nProfessor\, Dep
 artment of Bioengineering\nVice President\, University of Oregon\nAbstract
 : The Knight Campus is a $1B+ initiative at the University of Oregon with 
 the mission to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into imp
 act with an initial focus on biomedical science and technology. Strategies
  to catalyze innovation include next generation academic programs that pro
 vide science communications and entrepreneurship training\, embedded incub
 ator spaces for start-up companies\, formation of strategic partnerships\,
  tenure and promotion policies that reward translation activities\, and a 
 continuum of investment and mentorship support opportunities. This present
 ation will highlight outcomes from these initiatives\, including examples 
 of startup companies emerging from the Knight Campus as well as clinical t
 ranslation studies that integrate advancements in immune biology\, mechano
 biology\, machine learning\, and musculoskeletal regenerative medicine.\nB
 io: Robert Guldberg is Executive Director of the Phil and Penny Knight Cam
 pus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and Vice President of the Universit
 y of Oregon. A serial entrepreneur and bioengineer\, Guldberg’s research
  is focused on musculoskeletal mechanobiology\, human performance\, regene
 rative medicine\, and orthopaedic medical devices. His work has resulted i
 n 280+ publications and six start-up companies. Dr. Guldberg is past Chair
  of the Americas Chapter of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medici
 ne International Society (TERMIS) and is a founding member of the Leadersh
 ip Council of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance\, a $220 million init
 iative to promote peak performance through scientific discovery and innova
 tion. In 2024\, he served as conference chair for the inaugural Global Spo
 rt Universities Network (GSUN) summit. Dr. Guldberg is an elected fellow o
 f TERMIS\, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)\, the Ameri
 can Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)\, the Orthopa
 edic Research Society (ORS)\, and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Communicore Room C1-4\, 1249 Center Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 
 32610\, United States
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