Event Transform: Founder Spotlight with Jared Golden March 28, 2024 Transform Presents: Founder Spotlight with Jared Golden, Co-founder, CEO, Leap. Jared Golden is a builder of, investor in and advisor to high growth technology companies. Businesses Jared has founded or...
Team Heather Walsh, PhD Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures
Technology A Telescoping Catheter System for Angiography of the Left Internal Mammary Artery From a Right Transradial Approach Pedicled left internal mammary artery (LIMA) bypass grafts are performed in over 90% of coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. The grafted vasculature potentially requires future angiographic surveillance or catheterization, with…
News Heather Walsh Joins Polsky Center as Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures Heather Walsh joins the Polsky Center as the Assistant Vice President for Technology Ventures beginning July 14. A seasoned leader in innovation and commercialization, Heather brings a wealth of experience...
News UChicago, Duality Teams to Pitch at 2021 Chicago Venture Summit Several teams from the University of Chicago and Duality – the world’s first accelerator focused exclusively on quantum technologies – pitched at the 2021 Chicago Venture Summit. The venture capital...
Technology AI-Based Ultrasound Analysis System For Automated Segmentation And Classification Of Adnexal Lesions AI-driven system automatically segments adnexal masses in ultrasound images, distinguishes different tissue components, and extracts key features to accurately classify lesions as benign or malignant, improving clinical diagnosis and workflow…
News Innovation Workshop: Tapping Research Funds The Innovation Workshop at Chicago Booth featured experts on how to use the Small Business Innovation Research program creatively to launch start-ups at universities. From left: Matthew Christian, moderator, and...
Technology Therapeutic Exosomes for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is caused by degradation of the protective myelin sheath that surrounds nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Current MS therapies only stop the progression of…
News Novel Breast Cancer Therapy Shows Promise Moving a basic scientific finding from a lab to the clinical setting is the Holy Grail for medical researchers the world over. Suzanne Conzen, MD, professor of hematology/oncology at the...
News Ice Slurry Research Pays Off for a Cleaner Environment “Twenty years ago, Argonne and the DOE must have had a crystal ball to develop an environmentally friendly refrigeration system that could meet today’s urgent demand for ‘green’ technologies,” says...
News Polsky Announces 10 Teams in the Winter 2021 I-Corps Cohort The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is pleased to announce the participation of 10 teams in the winter 2021 I-Corps cohort. Open to other Chicago-area institutions, the Polsky I-Corps...
Page Venture Gallery Venture Gallery View startups founded from across the University of Chicago ecosystem in a range of industries. Welcome to the Venture Gallery! The Polsky Center provides “first look” and early...
