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.

项目总体概要 NeuroTech Harbor 的两个目标是：（AIM 1）加速最有前途的早期开发 神经医学解决方案，以及（目标 2）通过外展和宣传来增加女性和 URM 创新者的数量 教育，并提高神经医学解决方案的公平性和可及性。 NeuroTech Harbor (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，以提高 所有人的神经系统健康。适合所有人的解决方案也适用于服务不足的人，通常是少数群体的代名词 组。第一天就应该有多元化的创新者参与进来，但少数族裔企业家却很少。到 为了解决这些不平等问题，我们将采用 Equitech 理念来建设 NTH，即相信多样性 团队、领导力和观点是推动创新的力量倍增器，产生所有人都能使用的解决方案 社区。霍普金斯和霍华德学院在实现这一愿景方面拥有独特的优势。霍普金斯大学带来了一个基础 研究人员、著名研究中心和项目，并拥有翻译记录（投资 30 亿美元） 过去 7 年的初创企业）。霍华德通过大量有抱负的代表性不足的人来补充这一点 霍华德社区内外的少数族裔 (URM) 创新者。霍华德培育了这个社区 凭借早期指导和成功的孵化器计划，最近获得了 1700 万美元的拨款来创建 创业中心旨在为整个黑人企业主建立资源和支持 国家。 NTH 将向全国创新者征求解决紧迫问题的建议。尽管这些地区 支持范围广泛，涵盖所有参与的 NIH 研究所和中心，NTH 的专业知识将 包容性但专注于神经假体（皮质、脊髓、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。对于资助的 将提供项目、资源，并且由专家组成的梦想团队将提供指导和工具来指导 成功转化为首个人体原型。专家将来自多元化的指导委员会， 顾问委员会和顾问网络由备受尊敬的临床医生、科学家、技术专家组成， 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 战略外展合作伙伴关系，可进入历史悠久的黑人学院和大学以及少数族裔服务 全国各地的机构。我们创建了 NTH 研究所，这是一个创新者领导力发展中心 教育业务开发、翻译和项目管理方面的创新者。重要的是我们的需求 评估将以所有社区的公平和无障碍原则为指导，并将包括 服务不足的利益相关者的意见。我们的 5 年目标是 (i) 征集 500 多个申请并启动 45 个项目， 其中至少 15 个团队中有 1 名女性或 URM 创新者，并且 (ii) 开辟道路以减轻以下痛苦 所有人的神经系统疾病，包括服务不足的人……Equitech 的方式。