Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat

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Annual NIH SBIR STTR Conference Thrill of
Victory and Agony of Defeat Moderator Rosemarie
Filart, MD MPH Medical Officer, NIH February
26th, 2007
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Overall Perspectives

• Improvement of Patient Care and Health Care
• Scientific Contributions
• Funding through NIH SBIR STTR grant mechanisms

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Goals for Panel

• Thrill of Victory
• Grantee viewpoints
• Steps toward successful outcomes
• Networking
• Agony of Defeat
• Grantee viewpoints
• Lessons Learned

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Panel

• Introductions
• Speakers presentations
• Question and Answer period

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Speakers

• Barbara A. Israel, PhD
• Platypus Technologies, LLC

• Robert N. Schmidt
• Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc.

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Speaker Barbara A. Israel, PhD from Platypus
Technologies, LLC

• Chief Operating Officer of Platypus Technologies,
  Madison, WI
• Publications on Immunology of Herpes Virus,
  Bunyaviruses, and Adenovirus
• Extensive Grant portfolio
• Received 2001 National Institutes Allergy and
  Infections Diseases SBIR grants for Biophotonic
  Detection of West Nile Virus antibodies and
  Multiple Species
• Received 2001 National Institutes Environmental
  Health Sciences SBIR grant for Personal
  Dosimeter for OPs Using Nano-structured Surface

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Speaker Robert N. Schmidt from CleveMed

• Founder and Chairman of Cleveland Medical
  Devices, Inc. and Orbital Research Inc.
• Each Business received the NORTECH/EDI Innovation
  Award
• Recipient Edison Biotechnology Center Award for
  Outstanding Contribution to Biotech in Ohio 1993
• Received 1997 National Institutes of Deafness and
  Other Communication Disorders SBIR grant for
  Auditory transceiver for communication and
  hearing
• Received 1996 National Heart, Lung, and Blood
  Institutes SBIR grant Ambulatory wireless sleep
  monitor