1*qmhdHAQTHJvWaasQH3hQTg.jpeg Hannah Spector PennHealthX: An Innovation Program Run By Students, For Students Since its founding in 2013 by Dr. Roderick Wong, PennHealthX has grown into a fully-funded program that provides… Read More
1*37AsrWcqjPkN2Krz-tRweg.jpeg Hannah Spector The Bio-MakerSpace — Fostering Learning and Innovation Across Many Disciplines Educational labs can teach specific laboratory techniques and experimentally demonstrate key theoretical concepts, but… Read More
1*-N-f3M-eJ_78pTYynfjGMQ.jpeg Hannah Spector The Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry — a new catalyst for cutting-edge innovation The Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) launched on January 22nd with a virtual program to celebrate… Read More
delafuente-cesar-phone-sensor-teaser.JPG Michele W. Berger One step closer to an at-home, rapid COVID-19 test The lab of Penn’s César de la Fuente sits at the interface of machines and biology, with much of its work focused on… Read More
pht-news-update-graphic Penn Almanac Gift from Ofer Nemirovsky Establishes NEMO Prize, César de la Fuente: Inaugural Recipient Earlier this year, Ofer Nemirovsky (EE’79, W’79), a managing director of HarbourVest Partners, LLC, a global private… Read More
cesar_delafuente_headshot Penn Engineering César de la Fuente Wins Inaugural NEMO Prize, Will Develop Rapid COVID Virus Breath Tests When Penn Health-Tech announced its Nemirovsky Engineering and Medicine Opportunity, or NEMO Prize, in February, the… Read More
wang 22.jpg Melissa Moody High Sensitivity Tech Offers a Potential COVID-19 Testing Solution Many of the latest developments in the global coronavirus pandemic revolve around testing — for active infection and… Read More
3DP_image Erica K. Brockmeier Rapid response to COVID-19 puts the power of innovation to the test As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, healthcare workers on the front lines of the pandemic are in crucial… Read More
shreya_parchure_headshot Penn Engineering Junior Shreya Parchure Named Goldwater Scholar Shreya Parchure is one of four juniors at the University of Pennsylvania who have been selected as Goldwater Scholars… Read More
pht-news-update-graphic Penn Almanac Haim Bau, Ian Henrich: QED Proof-of-Concept Program Awardees The University City Science Center has announced three awardees in the latest round of its QED Proof-of-Concept Program… Read More
respiratory_graphic Iqra Mumal, MSc New Assisted Breathing Device May Soon Be Available for Patients with Trouble Breathing A newly developed assisted breathing device, based on the principles of older mechanical respirators but with more… Read More
copd-jake-brenner Rachel Ewing How a wear-anywhere vest for COPD evolved The original idea was an old one. An iron lung is a classic form of mechanical respirator that used both negative and… Read More
pexels-thisisengineering-3861457 Glory Durham Joint Call for Proposals Awards 12 Development Projects for Medical Device and Health Technology Philadelphia, PA – December 6, 2019 – Penn Health-Tech has selected the awardees for its annual Pilot Award Program for… Read More
pht-news-update-graphic Ophthalmology360 New Eye-on-a-Chip Models Dry Eye Disease and Tests Drugs Dry eye disease (DED) has few FDA-approved treatment options because of difficulties modeling the pathophysiology in… Read More
impactpanel Erica K. Brockmeier JPOD @ Philadelphia, 365 days later A year after the official launch of JPOD @ Philadelphia, the Pennovation Center celebrated the first 365 days of a… Read More
catalyzeratpenn_teampitch1 Taylor Durham Penn's Hidden Gem of Student Innovation The Catalyzer at Penn is shaping the future of healthcare for the better. Innovation is spurred by creative problem… Read More
Greppo-Sasha-Schrode-900-600.jpg Verix Health Verix Health Raises $8 Million To Advance Steerable Surgical Device Technology SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Verix Health, formerly Greppo Technologies, announced today the… Read More
Eye on a Chip teaser.jpg Nora Laberee Organ-on-a-Chip Technology Transforms Ocular Disease Modeling and Drug Testing In August 2019, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine; Bioengineering and Material… Read More
P-100717-Master-V1-015X.jpg Michele W. Berger A wearable new technology moves brain monitoring from the lab to the real world Imagine if a coach could know which moments of competition a certain player might peak, or if a truck driver had… Read More
assets.newatlas.com_.png Ben Coxworth Eye-on-a-chip drug-testing device blinks like the real thing Despite the fact that dry eye disease (DED) is a relatively common condition, there are relatively few drugs approved… Read More
1*f1Mv_ddbVbTIi-CmugJ95A_0.jpeg Penn Engineering Blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry,… Read More