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Frankel Cardiovascular Center Innovation Program -
Rogel Cancer Center Innovation Program -
Global Health Commercialization Competition -
Biomedical Innovation 101 -
Certificate in Biomedical Innovation & Entrepreneurship -
Fast Forward Medical Innovation Fellowship Program -
Biotech Career Development Program -
Drug Discovery & Development Course -
Innovation Studio -
Oncology Drug Discovery & Development (3D) Workshop -
FFMI fastPACE Train-the-Trainer -
Intellectual Property in the Academic Setting -
Drug Discovery and Development Course -
Medical Device Regulation -
Idea to Impact Webinar Series -
6 Tips for Customer Discovery -
Interacting with Industry -
Ask the Experts: A Biomedical Innovation Forum
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Business Development -
Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund
Fast Forward Medical Innovation
We inspire and accelerate biomedical innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization by providing personalized education and training to life science innovators.
Are you an innovator with a groundbreaking idea, but unfamiliar with the product development and entrepreneurial concepts?
Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, trainee, or staff, Fast Forward Medical Innovation offers a broad spectrum of commercialization education & training opportunities.
You will receive valuable mentorship that provides a deep real-world understanding of strategy and tactics helping you gain valuable insight into successfully translating your research to market.
Learn how FFMI resources provided crucial guidance and support to two University of Michigan nurses who are helping develop a comprehensive certification for Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) clinicians. A VAD is a life-sustaining technology for severe heart failure patients. The first-of-its-kind VAD certification will be a comprehensive exam that goes beyond how to work the device, delving into the specific skills and expertise nurses need to best care for a VAD patient.
Project-based course designed to help academics launch new innovations
- Audience: Faculty, staff, and trainees
- 4-5 weeks; Virtual
FFMI offers programs and courses in collaboration with the Frankel Cardiovascular Center
- Innovation Challenge
- Aikens Innovation Academy
- Design Thinking Workshops
Project-based consultations from experts in a variety of fields to address questions, needs, and resources
- Audience: Faculty, clinicians, and trainees
- In-person lectures from case-study experts
- Project-based course: Four months; Hybrid
Project-based course designed to help academics launch new innovations in emerging global markets
- Audience: Faculty
- 4-5 weeks over 2 months; Virtual
Provides career exposure to many aspects of biotechnology outside of the traditional academic tenure-track faculty position
- Audience: Trainees
- 12 weeks; Primarily virtual
Action-based training program that educates U-M doctoral students and postdocs on the business elements of commercializing biomedical technologies
- Audience: Doctoral students (second year minimum), U-M postdoctoral graduates interested in the intersection of business and life-science research for the purpose of technology commercialization
- 6-12 months, part-time
A fully virtual, six-part webinar series to introduce the basic concepts of life science research commercialization and connect clinicians and research investigators with supportive resources
- Audience: Faculty, staff, trainees
- 6 weeks; Virtual
A certificate to prepare for careers in biotech startups and other entities related to biomedical innovation and entrepreneurship
- Audience: Predoctoral candidates and doctoral candidates from any of the UMMS degree-seeking programs
- In-person or virtual
A credit-bearing course intended for science and engineering majors seeking insight into the fundamentals of life science entrepreneurship
Project-based consultations from experts in a variety of fields to address questions, needs, and resources
- Audience: Faculty, staff, and trainees
- 1 hour; Virtual
Day-long, experiential educational program that will simulate the oncology drug discovery process from idea to FDA review.
- Audience: Faculty, postdocs/trainees, graduate students, staff
- 1 day; In-person
Collaborative learning experience teaches program planners how to launch the FFMI fastPACe program at their home institutions
Learn from the Fast Forward Medical Innovation and Innovation Partnerships teams about the importance of intellectual property in the commercialization of your innovation
A fully virtual, self-paced course that teaches the fundamentals of academic drug discovery
- Audience: Faculty, staff, and trainees
- Fully virtual, self-paced course
- Up to 20 hours of instruction
Learn from the Fast Forward Medical Innovation and Michigan Institute of Clinical & Health Research teams about the importance of FDA regulations on your medical device innovation
On-demand videos that focus on various concepts and considerations critical to research commercialization and technology development
Former FFMI fastPACE students, Daniel Kessler and Mike Angstadt, give advice to current innovation & commercialization students about customer discovery.
Meet the Fast Forward Medical Innovation Business Development Team to learn about topics surrounding industry interaction.
Learn how to create a 5-minute pitch presentation for your biomedical innovation.
Learn how to craft a clear and compelling case for why your idea is important.
A panel of life science investment experts provides insight on trends within the industry and reveals investment criteria considered when evaluating emerging technologies.
View our comprehensive collection of video resources regarding educational programs and training tailored for busy faculty, students, clinicians, and researchers.
Are you an innovator with a groundbreaking idea, but unfamiliar with the product development and entrepreneurial concepts?
Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, trainee, or staff, Fast Forward Medical Innovation offers a broad spectrum of commercialization education & training opportunities.
You will receive valuable mentorship that provides a deep real-world understanding of strategy and tactics helping you gain valuable insight into successfully translating your research to market.
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2800 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800
