Knowledge Transfer Account - Durham University

来自研究委员会（代表政府）、工业界和消费者的强大压力，要求将材料、传感器和物理技术的新发展引入医疗保健领域。然而，采用新技术存在严重障碍，特别是在临床实践中。一个主要原因是物理科学家缺乏对临床医生采用技术的实际限制的理解。这些包括临床试验的整个过程，包括法规，伦理批准，方法和与志愿者的关系。该KTA的目的是通过发展物理科学家和临床医生之间的合作和工作关系，提供跨越临床/非临床鸿沟的桥梁，从而促进基础科学和技术的开发过程。KTA将提供进入现有东北地区商业化框架的管道，最近，达勒姆大学和纽卡斯尔大学以及东北地区发展署之间建立了天使联盟。我们提议定期举办讲习班，以确定新的合作，然后由科索沃信托机构内部任命的工作人员加以培养和管理。作为两所大学技术转让结构的一部分，他们将通过使用KT研究员和同事来发展这些关系，以调整项目，为外部商业化做好准备。我们还将在医疗保健部门，特别是NHS信托基金中开发KTP的使用。

There is strong pressure from the Research Councils (on behalf of Government), industry and consumers to pull new developments in materials, sensors and physical techniques through into the healthcare sector. However, there are serious barriers to adoption of new techniques, particularly in clinical practice. A major reason is the lack of understanding by physical scientists of the practical constraints to adoption of technology by clinicians. These include the whole process of clinical trials, including regulation, ethical approval, methodology and relations with volunteers. The aim of this KTA is, through development of collaborations and working relationships between physical scientists and clinicians, to provide a bridge across the clinical/non-clinical divide and thus facilitate the exploitation process of basic science and technology.The KTA will provide a pipeline into the existing North-East Regional commercialisation framework, which has recently been enhanced by the establishment of the Angel Alliance between the Universities of Durham and Newcastle and the Regional Development Agency, One-North East. We propose a regular programme of workshops to identify new collaborations, which will then be nurtured and managed by staff appointed within the KTA. As part of the Technology Transfer structures of the two universities, they will develop these relationships through the use of KT Fellows and Associates to condition the projects ready for external commercialisation. We will also develop the use of KTPs within the healthcare sector, particularly with NHS Trusts.