The Top Five Medtech and Life Science Funding Sources for GT Faculty, Researchers, Investigators – AT PHASE ZERO

Atlanta is a burgeoning center of medtech and life science innovation. Georgia Tech faculty, researchers and students are measurable contributors to that ecosystem.   Medtech innovation and the commercialization that creates real impact in provision of care, improved outcomes and value is replete with requirements and pitfalls that can doom ideas and technologies with high…

Come work with our industry leading medtech innovation design and development team – Seeking a senior research engineer to join the GCMI team

GCMI, a non-profit affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, is actively recruiting for a research engineer to lead multiple new medtech product development projects.   The medical device design services and product development team at GCMI facilitates medical product development through all phases – from initial concept generation through transfer to production manufacturing. We…

Preclinical testing’s role in the medical device design and development phase

In the context of GCMI’s phase-gated product development, the “Design and Development” phase (also called “Phase 2” at GCMI) typically follows a Project Planning phase (called “Phase 1” at GCMI). At the completion of project planning, innovators have determined what work is required to take the technology from prototype to product. The Design and Development…

Sherry Farrugia Named GCMI Interim CEO

Global Center for Medical Innovation’s Board of Directors has announced Sherry Farrugia will serve as the organization’s interim CEO, effective immediately. Ms. Farrugia comes to GCMI from the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Pediatric Technology Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was Chief Operating and Strategy Officer spending the past 10 years focused…

Is one young Georgia Tech company about to end complications from epidural misplacement? Read about their experience at T3 Labs.

“It is exceedingly rare for student medtech projects to become companies,” Rains said. “But in a very intentional way, and thanks to a robust local and regional medtech ecosystem, that is exactly what is happening here.” Among the approximately 4 million births in the United States each year, 2.4 million of those mothers elect to…