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Coulter Center for Translational Research
Eighteen years of turning device and diagnostic research into companies.
25startups
$1.4Bin follow-on funding
122projects in 18 years
Overview
The Coulter Center funds six to eight medical device and diagnostic projects a year from an endowment of about $34M. Its alumni companies include HemoShear, HemoSonics, TypeZero and GID.
- About $34M endowment; about $900K awarded a year
- 6–8 device & diagnostic projects annually
- 122 projects over 18 years
- Alumni: HemoShear · HemoSonics · TypeZero · GID
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UVA Engineering joins the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering NetworkKEEN membership brings entrepreneurial-mindset curriculum into the School of Engineering & Applied Science.
Faculty founder · February 2026
A conversation with faculty founder Silvia Salinas BlemkerThe Professor of Biomedical Engineering is CSO and co-founder of Springbok Analytics.
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