MEDICAL AUTOMATION EXPERTS
Terry Sharrer's bio:
 | Dr. Sharrer began as Executive Director, Medical Innovation and Transformation Institute, with the Inova Health System (Fairfax, VA) in July 2007. Formerly, he was the Curator of Health Sciences at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, where he had worked for thirty-six years. Terry Sharrer speaks and writes about a range of life science subjects. In 1987, he co-organized an exhibition titled "The Search for Life: Genetic Technology in the 20th Century." This show also was the inaugural exhibition for the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. He has done video documentaries on the Human Genome Project, the beginning of gene therapy, and the molecular biology of cancer. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has authored some three dozen publications-including A Kind of Fate, Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920 (about the biological consequences of the Civil War and the beginning of germ theory practices, Iowa State University Press, 2000)-and currently is writing a history of molecular medicine. For outreach work, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (Bethesda, MD), board member of the Carilion Biomedical Institute (Roanoke, VA), board member, Immune Deficiency Foundation (Towson, MD), and board member, Inova Fairfax Hospital Cancer Advisory Committee (Fairfax, VA). Currently, his public service includes: board member of the Fund for Inherited Disease Research (Bryn Mawr, PA); and Science Advisor, for the Loudoun County, VA Department of Economic Development, the Clarke County VA Education Foundation, and the Arizona Science Alliance. With his wife Patty, and sons Alex, age 13, and Nicholas, age 17, he lives in Hamilton, Loudoun County, VA. Disclosure: G. Terry Sharrer, PhD has stock dividends in Merck and Pfizer. |
Terry Sharrer's posts:
Washing Away Tooth Decay
The lion’s share of the $70b Americans spend on dental care goes to cavity prevention and repair, and for [MORE]
Toyota’s Hospital and Home Health Robots
Between Toyota Memorial Hospital and a robotics program at Fujita Health University Hospital, the Toyota Motor Company is [MORE]
CONFERENCE “Confessions of a Serial BioEntrepreneur” Steps and Missteps in Life Science Innovation and Commercialization
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012–6:30PM to 8:00PM
Presented by The Northern Virginia/DC/ Maryland Regional Chapter of SoPE in concert with [MORE]
Possibilities for Touch Sensors
Touch-screen devices rely on a phenomenon known as time domain reflectometry, which occurs when there is a change in [MORE]
Chitosan Nanoparticles in Gene Therapy Delivery
This story is on the far side, but perhaps most interesting because of that. Researchers at Sweden’s renowned Karolinska [MORE]
Hydrogel Scaffold for Burn Healing
Johns Hopkins University researchers intended to design a hydrogel loaded with stem cells to promote wound healing, but their [MORE]
Blood Biomarker for Parkinson’s
Alpha-synuclein is a protein in neural tissue of unknown function, except that its mutations or post translation modifications have [MORE]
Printing 3D Bones
If you have to see something to believe it, be sure to check out the video at this site. [MORE]
Large Telemedicine Study in the UK
Last month, the UK Department of Health released results of a two year telemedicine study of 6,000 patients with [MORE]
Personal Stem Cell Banking
Stem cells grow when they attach to a collagen scaffold known as the extracellular matrix (ECM). Generally, when this [MORE]
Multiplexed Microneedle Biosensor Assay
Research collaborators in North Carolina, New Mexico and California have developed a microneedle biosensor that loads electrochemicals into multiple [MORE]
Breath Test for Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis typically is diagnosed by an expensive MRI scan or an invasive lumbar puncture. This piece, however, reports [MORE]
Meet “Elizabeth,” the Simulated Nurse
Researchers at Northeastern University have figured out how to leap the chasm between electronic information exchange and real person [MORE]
Insight on Medical Wireless Frequencies
The so-called “Great Recession” has deflected innovation from an opportunity the FCC created in 2002-use of ultra wide band [MORE]
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Now in Trials
Last November, Medtronic began clinical trials of its “Enlite” sensor that continuously monitors glucose levels over six days. The [MORE]
Free Software for Simulating Human Motion
Bioengineers at Stanford have created a simulation program for human motion that is useful for such things as designing [MORE]
Grandpa’s Smart Slippers
GTX Corp (Los Angeles, CA) has introduced a GPS tracking shoe designed for Alzheimer’s patients who wander and get [MORE]
A Fertility Chip
By now, Ph.D. candidate Loes Segerick should have received her degree from the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands). [MORE]
New Material for Wearable Devices
If you’ve ever coached a youth sports team, it must have occurred to you how useful it would be [MORE]
Qualcomm’s Branch for Wireless Medical Devices
Qualcomm has left the business of making cell phones and pursued ways for making them better. Last month, Qualcomm [MORE]