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BIOHOUSTON RESOURCE CENTER
The BioHouston Resource Center (BRC) makes it easier and more affordable for start-up companies to get to work producing proof-of-concept data, by providing access to wet lab bench space, shared equipment, and the offices and tools that start-up companies need. For more information, click here.
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Joe Cunningham, M.D., Managing Director, Santé Ventures
Prior to founding Santé Ventures, Dr. Cunningham was a healthcare venture partner with Austin Ventures and was previously the vice chair of the Ascension Health Ventures investment committee. He is also the former chief medical officer of the Providence Health System and executive director of the 300-physician Providence Health Alliance, both of which belong to the Ascension Health system. Dr. Cunningham currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Medical Association and of the Medical Advisory Board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. He has extensive management experience and is recognized nationally for his expertise in healthcare delivery systems, physician associations and compensation models. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Quality Assurance and Peer Review.
 Michael E. DeBakey Life Science Award
OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. was the winner of the 2007 Michael E. DeBakey Award and $25,000 cash prize. OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets a revolutionary device that cuts treatment time for braces in half and works in combination with all existing orthodontia bracket technologies. A panel of venture capitalists awarded OrthoAccel Technologies the DeBakey Life Science Award based on its exceptional potential in commercializing its technology. In addition to the $25,000 cash prize, OrthoAccel received a pro bono provisional patent filing from Baker & McKenzie LLP and premier visibility for the year in all BioHouston programs. To provide further support to the emerging companies that win this award, BioHouston offers winners low cost, short-term office space to help further close the funding gaps typically faced by these companies. OrthoAccel became our newest resident company at the beginning of 2008.
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Participants will learn about market opportunities, intellectual property issues, life science business plans, sources of funding, and the successful launch and management of a life science start-up.
Save the date! Sponsorship opportunities available...please contact Keisha Curtis at 713.979.9212.
Purchase the 2007/2008 Life Science directory
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