Press Releases

8.24.10
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE NEWS
CIMIT and Induct Team to Help Drive Healthcare Innovation
Web-facilitated “CIMIT Model” to Increase Innovation through Collaboration between Clinicians and Engineers 

8.10.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Names 2011 Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellow.
A career development award to enable interdisciplinary contribution

7.27.10
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Julian Goldman receives INCOSE Pioneer Award

7.20.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Awards Fellowship in Trauma

7.1.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
Instant Testing for Sore Throats wins the CIMIT Primary Healthcare Prize
DNA nanobarcodes could deliver accurate results on whether pharyngitis is caused by strep, flu or any variety of other diseases.

6.22.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Announces $3 Million in Medical Research Grants
Awards will support projects targeting brain injuries, pain management, and innovations in healthcare delivery systems.

3.29.10
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. James Comolli named CIMIT Site Miner for Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

3.15.10
COMMUNITY & PROGRAM NEWS
Mark Pollack, MD, named Traumatic Stress Disorders Program Leader

3.2.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT receives 195 Innovation Grants pre-proposals. Over 100 teams advance to the full proposal stage

2.25.10
PROGRAM NEWS
New Drug Delivery Method for Preventing Recurrence of Local Lung Tumor. CIMIT investigators use a low-dose chemotherapeutic polymer film to deliver drugs directly to lung tissue following surgical resection of a tumor. 

2.23.10
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE NEWS
CIMIT Alliance with Singapore’s A*STAR to expand consortium engineering and technology implementation resources.

2.16.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare Finalists Selected

2.15.10
COMMUNITY & PROGRAM NEWS
Roger Pitman, MD, recognized by CIMIT community

1.10.10
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
Seven international collaboration grants awarded to CIMIT investigators
Science Bridges awards to promote innovation in healthcare technology

11.23.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Awards Eight Graduate Fellowships to Students at MIT, BU

11.12.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
Donald Ingber recognized for outstanding achievements, originality and leadership in biomedical engineering

11.7.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT Community Mourns the Loss of Friend and Colleague, Donald Baim, MD

11.4.09
EVENT NEWS
CIMIT Announces Winners of 2009 Poster Contest

11.01.09
INDUSTRY NEWS
Redfish Product Development, LLC Joins CIMIT as Newest Member of
Industry Liaison Program

Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program (ILP)

10.31.09
EVENT NEWS
Read the Executive Summary and Demographics from the 2009 Innovation Congress: Accelerating Healthcare Solutions Through Technology

10.14.09
EVENT NEWS
National Healthcare Leaders Headline CIMIT Conference

9.18.09
PROGRAM NEWS
CIMIT Statement on the Launching of the Home Base Program – a non-profit partnership between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital

8.26.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Names 2009 Recipients of Young Clinician Research Awards.
Seven Innovative Physicians Win $50,000 to Fund Novel Medical Device Research.

7.8.09
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT Innovation Congress 2009 Announces Keynote Speakers.
Patient Advocate and Industry Executive Offer Perspectives on
Healthcare Solutions

7.7.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
Julian M. Goldman, MD, Honored with Health Care Clinical Application Award

7.1.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Names 2010 Miles and Eleanor Shore Fellow
A career development award to enable interdisciplinary contributions

6.25.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
$150,000 Engineering Prize awarded to CollaboRhythm Team.
CIMIT Prize competition recognizes student research using novel technologies to address major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in primary healthcare.

6.25.09
PROGRAM NEWS
Neonatal Asphyxia Project Receives Top Honors at World Health Care Congress. CIMIT GHI Team’s vision applauded by Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus

6.16.09
EVENTS & COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT showcases four novel technologies at US Army’s Advanced Medical Technology Exposition.

6.4.09
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT Summer Education Series 2009: Frontiers of Inhalation Technologies in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine

6.4.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
Michael Callahan, MD, recognized for Pioneering Work in
Emergency and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Manufacture.
CIMIT Bioterrorism project catalyzed vaccine work.

6.3.09
EVENTS & COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT Investigators Selected to Present Science Projects
at Massachusetts Life Sciences Day

5.21.09
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT Hosting Poster Competition at Innovation Congress 2009
Submission Deadline: September 24, 2009

5.20.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Offers Young Clinician Research Awards Worth $50,000 to Each Consortium Hospital

5.19.09
COMMUNITY & SCIENCE NEWS
CIMIT Global Health Initiative Program Leader Kristian Olson honored with President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and others in Scientific American Honor Roll

5.14.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Announces $4 million in Medical Research Grants
Major awards go to projects targeting brain injuries and inhalation therapies.

5.5.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Parrish Receives Maxwell Thurman Award
Recognized for his work in the use of advanced technologies to
improve patient care.

4.28.09
EVENTS NEWS
Registration Open for CIMIT Innovation Congress 2009, October 27-28

3.24.09
INDUSTRY NEWS
Intelesens Ltd. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

3.2.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT receives 255 Science and CSI pre-proposals, 65 teams advance to the full proposal stage

2.24.09
COMMUNITY & SCIENCE NEWS
Dr. Alam Elected as Mass. Chair of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma

2.24.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
Sean Kennedy Joins CIMIT as Associate Director for Programs and Technology

2.11.09
INDUSTRY NEWS
VoluSense Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

2.10.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
10 Finalists Selected for CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare

2.10.09
PROGRAM NEWS
CIMIT Launches Inhalation Technology Program

1.30.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare Receives 78 Pre-Proposals from 44 Universities

1.16.09
PROGRAM NEWS
CIMIT Names Leaders, Outlines Goals of New Inhalation Technology Program

1.14.09
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT Site Miner Mark Grinstaff, PhD, named Distinguished

1.08.09
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
Pre-proposals for CIMIT Science Grants, Clinical Systems Innovation Awards Being Accepted Until Feb. 15

1.06.09
INDUSTRY NEWS
Akida Holdings Joins Industry Liaison Program

12.18.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
OptiNose joins CIMIT ILP

12.11.08
EVENTS NEWS
Read proceedings from the CIMIT 2008 Innovation Congress

12.10.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Steven Schachter elected president of American Epilepsy Society

12.09.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Kigin Named Winner of Professional Achievement Award at BU’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

12.09.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Trevejo Honored for Career, Community Work

12.09.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Med-Storm Innovation joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

11.25.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
SONOWAND AS Joins CIMIT's Industry Liaison Program

11.20.08
EVENTS NEWS
Simulation Group, ST & D Team to Present at Wellcome Collection in London, “War and Medicine;” Dr. Parrish Contributes Chapter to Forthcoming Book

11.12.08
IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY PROGRAM NEWS
Robopsy Takes Top Award at ASME Innovation Showcase

11.11.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Sandberg named CIMIT Site Miner at MGH

11.11.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
John M. Collins, PhD, named Director of Technology Implementation at CIMIT

11.11.08
AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Awards Graduate Fellowships to Students at MIT, BU

11.11.08
EVENT NEWS
CIMIT Announces Winners of Poster Contest

10.28.08
EVENT NEWS
Kennedy Award goes to Cancer Advanced-Technology Team

10.27.08
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT Hosting Innovation Congress 2008 in Boston

10.27.08
PROGRAM & INDUSTRY NEWS
CIMIT, Intelesens Introduce Prototype of Monitoring Device

10.8.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Hoffman named site miner at VA Boston Healthcare System

10.8.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Covidien Respiratory & Monitoring Solutions Joins CIMIT Industry Liaison Program

10.8.08
IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY PROGRAM & INDUSTRY NEWS
Dr. Vosburgh is PI of Research Team that Wins SBIR Award

9.29.08
PROGRAM & INDUSTRY NEWS
CIMIT Launching Technology Platform for Inhalation Therapy with $1.5M
in Seed Funds from Air Liquide

9.16.08
CONSORTIUM NEWS
CIMIT Welcomes VA Boston Healthcare System as its 12th Consortium Member

9.3.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT Names Dale Larson as Site Miner at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

7.29.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Names Recipients of Young Clinician Research Awards:
Six Doctors from Consortium Medical Centers Win $50,000 Grants Supported by Johnson & Johnson

7.1.08
ANNUAL REPORT
Comprehensive 2007 Annual Report is Released

6.10.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Larry Ronan to Serve as Senior Advisor

6.3.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Jolesz to present at the National Cancer Institute

6.3.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Newbower is Recipient of Career Achievement Award

5.20.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
AirOcare, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

5.20.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
BodyMedia Center, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

5.20.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Cooper Lighting, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

5.20.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Hospira, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

5.9.08
EVENTS NEWS
Registration Open for CIMIT Innovation Congress 2008, Oct. 28-29

5.9.08
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT Hosting Poster Competition at Innovation Congress 2008

5.2.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Announces $5 Million in Medical Research Grants
Major awards go to projects targeting sepsis, breast cancer

4.22.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Parrish Awarded Bowditch Prize
Recognized for contributions to patient care and reducing healthcare costs

4.22.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Medullan, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

4.22.08
INDUSTRY NEWS
Aptima, Inc. Joins CIMIT’s Industry Liaison Program

4.01.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Accepting Applications for Three Grant Programs

3.26.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
MIMIT and NHS Teams Visit CIMIT – Learn About CIMIT Model

3.20.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Colleen Kigin honored by the American Physical Therapy Association

3.17.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Offers Young Clinician Research Grants Worth $50,000
Site Miners From Consortium Hospitals Will Nominate Candidates

3.6.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Parrish, Dr. Anderson honored by national Dermatology Foundation

2.20.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT supports NOTES initiative with $2.1M grant

2.15.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT Welcomes First International Affiliate

2.12.08
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Martha Murray named site miner at CHB

1.7.08
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Issues Request for Applications for Science, Clinical Systems Innovation Grants

11.29.07
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT names winners of Poster Competition

11.15.07
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT, TATRC co-host successful symposium on TBI

11.14.07
EVENTS NEWS
Read proceedings from the CIMIT 2007 Innovation Congress

11.13.07
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT’s Kennedy Award goes to team developing Plug-and-Play

10.29.07
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
Finalists chosen for CIMIT’s $2.1 million Strategic Project grant

8.28.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Khademhosseini named among nation’s top young innovators

8.14.07
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Announces Three Fast Forward Grants

8.14.07
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Awards Six Grants for Working Groups

8.07
SIMULATION NEWS
Simulation lab receives $2 million grant

8.06.07
SIMULATION NEWS
VIRGIL, device developed in Simulation Program, lauded by Army general

8.02.07
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT Names Six Career Development Award winners

7.20.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT-Wellcome co-host 'Anglo-American' Innovation Summit

7.18.07
EVENTS NEWS
NOTES conference 'exceeds expectations'

7.9.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Ron Newbower named finalist in tech-leadership awards

6.25.07
EVENTS NEWS
Well-attended MD PnP conference seeks safer hospital care

6.24.07
EVENTS NEWS
CIMIT booth at Partners expo draws healthy interest

5.7.07
GRANTS & AWARDS NEWS
CIMIT to award $5 million in research support

4.12.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Schwamm honored with Bowditch Award

4.5.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
CIMIT-supported research by Dr. Vacanti shown on "Chronicle" Thursday

4.4.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Dr. Schoen, Dr. Bonventre are new site miners at BWH

3.28.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Janice Crosby speaks at North Shore Technology Council Meeting

3.7.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
FDA Technology Forecast Project: John Parrish discusses the future of medical devices and technology with the FDA

1.8.07
EVENTS NEWS
Read proceedings from the CIMIT 2006 Innovation Congress

1.8.07
COMMUNITY NEWS
Hendrickson Named Communications Manager