| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Wayne Plourde |
Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office | Profile |
The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), the state`s first and only public academic health sciences center, focuses on enhancing the health and well-being of the people of the commonwealth and the world through pioneering innovations in education, research and health care delivery. UMMS is one of the fastest-growing research institutions in the country! We educate physicians, scientists and advanced practice nurses to heal, discover, teach and care, with compassion. UMMS is a world-class institution that was ranked #5 in 2014 as one of the leading medical schools in the nation for primary care education by U.S. News & World Report. The institution ranks near the top among public medical schools in the Northeast in the amount of funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Commonwealth Medicine and MassBiologics are business units of UMMS that help us provide services and programs to meet the needs of the public. Commonwealth Medicine (CWM) is the health care consulting arm of University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). CWM provides a wide range of care management and consulting services to government agencies, nonprofits, and health care organizations, helping them meet today`s health care challenge. CWM is dedicated to improving health care for people in need – while also controlling costs and maximizing revenue for our clients and performing cutting edge research that impacts health policy. MassBiologics (MBL) is a business unit of University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the only non-profit, FDA-licensed manufacturer of vaccines in the United States. MBL discovers and develops products that significantly improve public health and create medicine for better lives around the world. MBL improves public health through applied research, development and production of biologic products, including vaccines, plasma derivatives and monoclonal antibodies.
Northland Community & Technical College is a two-year community college with campuses in East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA. The two campuses serve over 4,000 full and part-time students.
Florida Career College offers diplomas, associates and bachelors programs focused on career training in the following industries: Allied Health, Business, Information Technology, IT, Wellness, etc.
The University of Delaware - a state assisted, privately chartered institution - is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant and Carnegie Research University (very high research activity). The University, with origins in 1743, was chartered by the State of Delaware in 1833. A Women`s College was opened in 1914, and in 1945 UD became permanently coeducational. The main campus is located in Newark, Delaware, a suburban community of nearly 30,000, situated midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Courses are also offered at the Wilmington campus and at other locations throughout the State, including Dover, Georgetown, Milford, and Lewes.
Virginia Tech, founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution, is currently ranked as a Top 25 Public University by US News and World Report and a Top 25 Public Research University by the National Science Foundation. Through a combination of its three missions of learning, discovery, and engagement, Virginia Tech continually strives to accomplish the charge of its motto: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve). As the Commonwealth`s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech serves a diverse population of 30,000+ students and 8000+ faculty and staff from over 100 countries, and is engaged in research around the world.