CIMIT Facilitation Leaders

The CIMIT community relies on the skills and expertise of many. Supporting CIMIT's novel approach to translational research is a team of commercialization and business experts who are the full-time CIMIT Facilitators.

Entrepreneurial by nature, CIMIT Facilitators are cross-trained in multiple disciplines.  All are experienced in crossing organizational boundaries. Each has achieved significant career success before joining CIMIT. Facilitation services help researchers overcome many of the barriers to successful innovation, including managing regulatory issues, developing prototypes, securing second and third round funding through grant writing (SBIR, STTR and foundations), seeking out potential collaborators, making connections with industry, addressing intellectual property issues, and more.

Academic Officer		Technology Officer
	Chief Academic Officer, CIMIT Program Leader, Neurotechnology Site Miner, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Steven Schachter, MD sschacht@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-4460		Chief Technology Officer and Strategic Director, CIMIT Ron Newbower, PhD rnewbower@partners.org 617-726-1635
CIMIT Science Programs
Convening & Learning		Development & Fundraising
	Director, Convening & Learning Lynn Osborn, MBA losborn@partners.org 617-726-2327		Chief Development Officer, CIMIT Beverly Brown, PhD bbrown9@partners.org 617-643-3826
All Convening & Learning Program Contacts. Education & Convening Program Information.		All Development & Fundraising Contacts. Investigator Fundraising Support Information.
Finance & Research Administration		Industry Partnerships
	Director, Finance Diane Spiliotis dspiliotis@partners.org 617-768-8763		Director, Business Development Janice Crosby, RN, MBA jecrosby@partners.org 617-643-3828
		Industry & Business Development Contacts. Industry Partnership Program Information.
Liaison Office & Government Relations		Science Management
	Chief of Staff, Regulatory Affairs Colleen Kigin, DPT, FAPTA ckigin@partners.org 617-643-3831		Liaison, Department of Defense Program Leader, New Initiatives Director, Science Management Kirby G. Vosburgh, PhD kvosburgh@partners.org Phone: 617-643-3839
Regulatory Affairs Support Information.		Grants & Awards Information.
Strategic Communications & Marketing		Strategic Initiatives
	Director, Strategic Communications & Marketing Elaine Richardson, MBA emrichardson@partners.org 617-643-3838		Director, Strategic Initiatives Dennis Fowler, MD, MPH dlfowler@partners.org
Strategic Communications & Marketing Information.
Technology Implementation
	Chief Operating Officer, CIMIT Director, Technology Implementation John Collins, PhD jcollins11@partners.org 617-643-3848
Technology Implementation Information.
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