Biomedical engineering research is often on parallel tracks: researchers want to discover new techniques and tools, while industry aims to create viable products and protect their IP. Moreover, optical medical devices are often very specific to the various specialties of medicine. Much could be gained from building synergy between academia, clinical medicine, and industry. This Photonics Focus-sponsored panel will discuss ways to create crosstalk and collaboration between academia, industry, and the many specialties of clinical medicine.

Moderator

Gwen Weerts Journals Manager and Editor-in-Chief of Photonics Focus SPIE (United States)

Panelists

Gabriela Apiou Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (United States)

Ileana Hancu Program Manager Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) (United States)

Brian Pogue Chair Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (United States)

Jonathan Sorger Vice President of Research Intuitive (United States)