Building Bridges Across NIH and the Broader Engineering Community - POCTRN
The Point-of-Care Technology Research Network develops technologies with clinical applications using a network model that enhances complementary strengths and builds multidisciplinary partnerships.
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Building Bridges Across NIH and the Broader Engineering Community
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
This meeting aims to facilitate meaningful research connections by introducing extramural investigators to NIH resources and IRP engineers, scientists, and clinicians. The event will feature invited and abstract-driven talks, poster sessions, lab tours, panel discussions, a chance to meet Program Directors, networking opportunities, and more. Additional details to come.
Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies
Focus: To develop and translate microsystems-engineered technologies including microchip-enabled devices that include microelectromechanical systems (MEMs)-based sensors, microfluidics, and smartphone-based systems.
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Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
Focus: To develop and test the accuracy, acceptability, and optimal implementation of point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted diseases in diverse care delivery contexts both in the United States and in resource-limited settings.
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Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern
Focus: To support the development of a pipeline of Point-of-Care Technologies designed to meet the clinical needs of people who live with HIV/AIDS and emerging infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.
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Center for Advancing Point of Care in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases
Focus: To support development and testing of promising “late-stage” point of care technologies that can be rapidly deployed to enhance the diagnosis, monitoring, management and/or treatment of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders.
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Center for Point of Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer in Global Health at Cornell University
Focus: To support development, deployment, clinical validation, and commercialization of point-of-care technologies for nutrition, infection and cancer for global health in locations where access to better diagnostics can have the largest worldwide impact. We focus on technologies that address the primary needs of the most vulnerable in the US and internationally.
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The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care
Focus: To accelerate the development and adoption of new technologies that can be used to improve the early detection of cancer in low-resource settings in the United States and globally.
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Our partners
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Fogarty International Center
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of AIDS Research
Office of Disease Prevention
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Fogarty International Center
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of AIDS Research
Office of Disease Prevention