How Entrepreneurship Advances Innovation in Cancer Tech
The National Cancer Institute’s Small Business Innovation Research Program is putting scientist entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities on a path to start create businesses that will help develop technologies to accelerate cancer research and enhance the quality of life for cancer patients.
Michael Weingarten, director for the Small Business Innovation Research Development Center at NCI, highlights some of the initiatives his team is working on to support these efforts. Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross, a professor at East Carolina University, discusses how this program helped turn a dream into reality. The leaders discuss some of the key tools that are enabling this community of entrepreneurship and how that is translating to cancer care.
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Michael Weingarten Director for the Small Business Innovation Research Development Center NCI -
Dr. Rukiyah Van Dross Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs Pharmacology and Toxicology Concentration East Carolina University
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