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The Johns Hopkins Alliance for Science & Technology Development is a 28-member committee charged with evaluating the commercial viability of selected research projects at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The JHU Alliance will then evaluate marketing opportunities and provide assistance with the identification of financing to enable the commercialization of the worthy discoveries. The JHU Alliance consists of pharmaceutical and biotech executives, medical device designers and manufacturers, representatives from the diagnostics world, and venture capitalists, as well as angel investors. The JHU Alliance's charter is to evaluate research projects within the School of Medicine and determine the commercial strength of each project and assign a JHU Alliance member to champion its development and marketability. The group will also become the university's conduit toward creating awareness among industry leaders and business entrepreneurs. This alliance among business leaders and university researchers has been made possible under the provisions of the Bayh-Dole Act, which encourages the utilization of inventions produced under federal funding and promotes the participation of universities and small businesses in the development and commercialization process. It also permits exclusive licensing with transfer of an invention to the marketplace. For more information please contact: The Johns Hopkins University Aris Melissaratos, Chairman Liza Bailey James J. Barry, PhD David S. Block, MD, MBA David S. Bredt, MD, PhD James Campbell, MD C. Thomas Caskey, MD, FACP Mr. Joseph A. Ciffolillo Robert Garland, MD Philip Goelet, PhD Ms. Elizabeth Good Mr. Steve Gorlin Mr. David W. Hockenbrocht, Chairman Leroy E. Hood, MD, PhD Mr. Edwin M. Kania, Jr. Mr. Robert S. King Chris Kroeger, MD, MBA Joseph Lawler, MD, PhD Robert D. Mashal, MD Mr. Troy Moore Mr. Richard Newman James Niedel, MD, PhD Stephen N. Oesterle, MD John Perchorowicz, PhD James A. Poulos, III Major General Garrison Rapmund, MD, U.S. Army, Retired Bruce C. Robertson, PhD Mark C. Rogers, MD, MBA Christopher Shen, MD, MBA Irving Sherman, MD Ms. Amita Shukla Craig R. Smith, MD Joseph M. Smith, MD, PhD, FACC Jason Sydow, PhD
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