Wallace H. Coulter Center (WHCC)

The mission of the WHCC at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (SOM) is to promote translational research in biomedical science and bioengineering by capitalizing on SOM faculty research projects that address an unmet clinical need and have commercial potential.

 

Projects are submitted in response to an annual RFP and are reviewed from a business perspective, including how the innovation would be protected, the disruptive potential of the proposed product, pathway to commercialization (regulatory pathway, who would invest, who would buy) and clarity/feasibility of the milestone driven plan. Projects are selected by the Coulter Oversight Committee (COC). The COC membership includes venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, corporate experts and clinicians with extensive clinical and clinical resaerch expertise. Awarded projects receive funding and business development expertise. The close interaction of WHCC with the entire U Innovation team is key in driving the projects toward a commercial exit.

 

Oversight Committee Members

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Ex-Officio UM Coulter Center

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Ex-Officio UM Technology Transfer

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Ex-Officio 'Cane Angel Network

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