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Intellectual Property in the Academic Setting -
Drug Discovery and Development Course -
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Idea to Impact Webinar Series -
6 Tips for Customer Discovery -
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Ask the Experts: A Biomedical Innovation Forum
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Meet the Team
Commercialization Education
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.
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New! Industry-Ready Webinar Series
The Industry-Ready webinar series provides faculty and staff with practical guidance on how to effectively engage with industry partners.
Through sessions led by experienced faculty, industry professionals, and university experts, participants will learn how collaborations are structured, what industry looks for in academic partners, and how to navigate agreement types, intellectual property, and institutional resources.
Enrollment Courses & Programs
fastPACE Course
Project-based course designed to help academics launch new innovations
- Audience: Faculty, staff, and trainees
- 4-5 weeks; Virtual
Frankel Cardiovascular Center Innovation Program
FFMI offers programs and courses in collaboration with the Frankel Cardiovascular Center
- Innovation Challenge
- Aikens Innovation Academy
- Design Thinking Workshops
Oncology Drug Discovery & Development (3D) Workshop
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
Rogel Cancer Center Innovation Program
Project-based consultations from experts in a variety of fields to address questions, needs, and resources
- Audience: Faculty, clinicians, and trainees
- Webinar series featuring case-study lectures from experts in the field
- Project-based course: Four months; Hybrid
Global Health Commercialization Competition
Project-based course designed to help academics launch new innovations in emerging global markets
- Audience: Faculty
- 4-5 weeks over 2 months; Virtual
Biotech Career Development Program
Provides career exposure to many aspects of biotechnology outside of the traditional academic tenure-track faculty position
- Audience: Trainees
- 12 weeks; Primarily virtual
Fast Forward Medical Innovation Fellowship Program
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
Biomedical Innovation 101
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
Certificate in Biomedical Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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
Innovation Studio
Project-based consultations from experts in a variety of fields to address questions, needs, and resources
- Audience: Faculty, staff, and trainees
- 1 hour; Virtual
Biomedical Innovation & Entrepreneurship I/II
A credit-bearing course intended for science and engineering majors seeking insights into the fundamentals of life science entrepreneurship
FFMI fastPACE Train-the-Trainer
Collaborative learning experience teaches program planners how to launch the FFMI fastPACe program at their home institutions
Online Education
Industry-Ready Webinar Series
Get practical guidance on how to effectively engage with industry partners.
Intellectual Property in the Academic Setting
Learn from the Fast Forward Medical Innovation and Innovation Partnerships teams about the importance of intellectual property in the commercialization of your innovation
Drug Discovery and Development Course
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
Medical Device Regulation
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
Idea to Impact Webinar Series: The Translation & Commercialization of Academic Research
On-demand videos that focus on various concepts and considerations critical to research commercialization and technology development
6 Tips for Customer Discovery
Former FFMI fastPACE students, Daniel Kessler and Mike Angstadt, give advice to current innovation & commercialization students about customer discovery.
Interacting with Industry
Meet the Fast Forward Medical Innovation Business Development Team to learn about topics surrounding industry interaction.
“How-To” Series: The Pitch Presentation
Learn how to create a 5-minute pitch presentation for your biomedical innovation.
“How-To” Series: Communicating the Value of Your Innovation
Learn how to craft a clear and compelling case for why your idea is important.
Ask the Experts: A Biomedical Innovation Forum
A panel of life science investment experts provides insight on trends within the industry and reveals investment criteria considered when evaluating emerging technologies.
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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.
Meet the Commercialization Education Team
Jon Servoss, EdD
Director of Education
Katherine Schultz, MA
Ashley Schork, MNM
Chris Kennedy
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Fast Forward Medical Innovation
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
