Working With DoD Partners: Research Funding, Collaboration, Licensing, & Career Opportunities

February 23, 2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Add to Calendar 2/23/2021 10:00:00 AM 2/23/2021 11:00:00 AM Working With DoD Partners: Research Funding, Collaboration, Licensing, & Career Opportunities

Through new applications of advanced science and medicine, the DoD (Department of Defense) manages collaborative research that discovers, develops, and delivers biomedical solutions for Service Members, Veterans, and the American public. This includes potential solutions arising from biopharma, medtech, digital health research, and more.

Representatives from the DoD CDMRP (Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs) funding organization and USARIEM (the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine) research laboratories, both within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, will join this panel to seek out opportunities to inform and engage with representatives from both industry and academia. Tune in and learn about the variety of research programs of interest to the DoD and Congress, funding and partnering opportunities, as well as technology available for transfer/licensing. Find out what program areas might be a good fit for your research and participate in Q&A with representatives from their Natick or Fort Detrick branches. See what technologies are available for collaboration or out-licensing and get information on how and when to apply for research funding.

If you would like to get more information before the forum please contact forums@massbio.org and we can connect you to the appropriate DoD personnel.

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Health Science Program Manager, USARIEM
Dr. Usamah Kayyali is a Health Science Program Manager overseeing Strategic Science Management and Integration at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM). Before joining USARIEM he oversaw execution of research funding programs in various biomedical R&D areas at the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). His experience in biomedical research includes serving on the faculty at Tufts and Harvard where he directed independently-funded research programs in lung disease and neurobiology. Dr. Kayyali is a board-certified toxicologist who managed transition of a drug candidate developed by his laboratory to pre-IND through a startup launched while at Tufts. He also served as scientific review officer, reviewer and evaluator of research programs for the NIH, DoD, VA and other organizations. Dr. Kayyali did his graduate work in Toxicology at the University of Michigan and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School.