NeuroTech Harbor: Our nation's first equitech ecosystem for neuromedical technologies

NeuroTech Harbor：我国第一个神经医学技术的Equitech生态系统

• 批准号: 10707070
• 负责人: Ralph Etienne-Cummings
• 金额: $ 923.18万
• 依托单位: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-30 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10707070
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PROJECT SUMMARY OVERALL The two aims of NeuroTech Harbor are: (AIM 1) to accelerate early development of the most promising neuromedical solutions, and (AIM 2) to increase the number of women & URM innovators through outreach and education, and to improve equity and accessibility of neuromedical solutions. NeuroTech Harbor (NTH), led by Johns Hopkins and Howard Universities, will accelerate the development of highly promising solutions to improve neurological health for all. Solutions for all means also for the underserved, often synonymous with minority groups. Diverse innovators should sit at the table on day one, but very few minority entrepreneurs exist. To address these inequities, we will build NTH with an Equitech philosophy, which is the belief that diversity of teams, leadership, and perspectives is a force multiplier to fuel innovation, producing solutions accessible to all communities. Hopkins & Howard are uniquely positioned to realize this vision. Hopkins brings a foundation of researchers, prestigious research centers, and programs and has a translation track record ($3B invested in start-ups in the last 7 years). Howard complements this with a large pipeline of aspiring under-represented minority (URM) innovators both within and outside the Howard community. Howard has nurtured this community with early-stage mentorship, a successful incubator program, and recently received a $17M grant to create a Center for Entrepreneurship aimed at building resources and support for Black business owners across the country. NTH will solicit proposals from innovators nationwide addressing pressing problems. Although the areas supported will be broad, covering all participating NIH Institutes and Centers, the expertise of NTH will be inclusive but focusing on Neuroprosthesis (cortical, spinal, peripheral, vision, and auditory), Brain Machine Interface, Neuro Sensors and Devices, Neuro Informatics, Neuromodulation, and Mental Health. For funded projects, resources will be provided, and a dream team of specialists will offer mentorship and tools to guide successful translation to first-in-human prototype. Specialists will be drawn from a diverse Steering Committee, Advisory Board, and Consultant Network, composed of highly regarded clinicians, scientists, technologists, commercialization experts, and patient advocates. To expand diversity amongst innovators, NTH has formed strategic Outreach Partnerships with access to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions across the nation. We have created an NTH Institute, a center for innovator leadership development to educate innovators in business development, translation and project management. Importantly, our needs assessments will be guided by the principles of equity and accessibility for all communities and will include the input of underserved stakeholders. Our 5-year goals are to (i) solicit over 500 applications and launch 45 projects, where at least 15 have 1 woman or URM innovator on the team, and (ii) blaze a trail to alleviate suffering from neurological conditions for all, including the underserved...the Equitech way.

项目概要 NeuroTech Harbor的两个目标是：（目标1）加速最有前途的 神经医学解决方案，以及（目标2）通过外展和 教育，并改善神经医学解决方案的公平性和可及性。神经科技港（NTH），由 约翰·霍普金斯大学和霍华德大学将加速开发极具前景的解决方案，以改善 为所有人提供神经健康。为所有人提供的解决办法也意味着为得不到充分服务的人提供的解决办法， 组多元化的创新者应该在第一天就坐在谈判桌前，但少数民族企业家很少存在。到 为了解决这些不公平现象，我们将以Equitech的理念建立NTH，这是一种信念， 团队、领导力和观点是推动创新的力量倍增器，为所有人提供解决方案 社区.霍普金斯和霍华德在实现这一愿景方面具有独特的优势。霍普金斯为我们带来了 研究人员、著名的研究中心和项目，并拥有翻译记录（在 在过去的7年里，（霍华德补充说，这与一个有抱负的代表性不足的大型管道 少数民族（URM）创新者内外的霍华德社区。霍华德培育了这个社区 与早期阶段的指导，一个成功的孵化器计划，并最近收到了1700万美元的赠款，以创建一个 创业中心旨在为黑人企业主提供资源和支持， 国家 NTH将征求全国创新者的建议，以解决紧迫的问题。虽然这些地区 支持将是广泛的，涵盖所有参与NIH研究所和中心，NTH的专业知识将是 包括但专注于神经假体（皮质，脊柱，外周，视觉和听觉），脑机 接口，神经传感器和设备，神经信息学，神经调节和心理健康。基金资助 项目，资源将提供，专家的梦之队将提供指导和工具，以指导 成功转化为第一个人体原型专家将从一个多元化的指导委员会中选出， 咨询委员会和顾问网络，由备受推崇的临床医生，科学家，技术人员， 商业化专家和患者倡导者。为了扩大创新者的多样性，NTH成立了 战略性外联伙伴关系，可进入历史悠久的黑人学院和大学，并为少数民族服务 全国各地的机构。我们创建了NTH研究所，一个创新者领导力发展中心 为创新者提供业务开发、翻译和项目管理方面的教育。重要的是，我们的需求 评估将遵循所有社区公平和无障碍的原则，并将包括 服务不足的利益攸关方的投入。我们的五年目标是：（i）征集500多份申请，推出45个项目， 其中至少15个团队中有1名女性或URM创新者，以及（ii）开辟一条减轻 所有人的神经系统疾病，包括服务不足的人. Equitech的方式