The Office of Research Alliances

The Office of Research Alliances (ORA) provides a link between the private sector, government research agencies, other academic institutions and research at the University of Rochester—a leader and innovator in basic, translational, and clinical research and technology development. Partnerships can include joint research projects, sponsored research, technology development, educational partnerships or related activities.

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Upcoming Events

Pathology Research Day

May 31, 2012

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Class of '62 Auditorium

Pathology Research Day will include a poster session and six presentations. The Whipple Lecture, "Genetic Variation in Platelet Reactivity: Supervillins and RNAs Gone Wild," will be given by Dr. Paul Bray. For the full agenda, please click here.

Pharmacometrics Symposium: Modeling and Simulation in Drug Development

June 1, 2012

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576), URMC

The aim of symposium is to introduce the field of pharmacometrics and discuss the role of modeling and simulation in drug discovery and development. This symposium will provide an opportunity to hear from leaders in the field with backgrounds in industry and academia, as well as regulatory perspectives from the former head of the Division of Pharmacometrics at the Food and Drug Administration. This program should benefit individuals such as  pharmacologists, clinicians, systems biologists, clinical trialists, and biostatisticians, as well as those generally interested in drug development. It is sponsored by the University of Rochester Medical Center's Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET) and University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Questions or comments addressed to Charles Venuto. To read the agenda for this event, please click here.

Symposium on Myeloid Neoplasms

June 9, 2012

7:30 a.m .- 6:30 p.m.

Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

This event is in honor of Dr. John M. Bennett’s 80th year and his dedication to leukemia research and community volunteerism for the arts. There is no cost to attend this event, but donations to the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra are appreciated. Register with Phoebe Downing by May 15th. For more information, please click here.

2012 Symposium on Modeling Immune Responses from Complex Data

June 14, 2012: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

June 15, 2012: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Class of '62 Auditorium

The goal of this symposium is to promote the use of computational modeling approaches in immunology research and exchange research ideas and information of computational immunology among the immune modeling community and other related investigators. For more information, click here.

2nd Annual URMC Stem Cell Symposium

June 25, 2012

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This symposium will include a presentation by Robert H. Miller, Ph.D., from Case Western Reserve University. More information will be available at a later date.

Previous Events

BioVenture Luncheon Series: "Sustainable Design for Medical Devices"

May 16, 2012

With increased social and regulatory pressures to reduce waste, particularly medical wastes, now is the time to understand and adopt sustainable practices for the design and manufacture of medical devices. This session included presentations from practitioners in academia and industry who shared their insights on practices that can be used to improve sustainability, as well as profitability, for new medical devices.

CEO Grand Rounds with New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah

May 11, 2012

New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah delivered CEO Grand Rounds on May 11 at URMC. Dr. Shah's presentation, “Transforming Health Care: It’s Complicated," addressed reforming New York's Medicaid program and other major challenges ahead for health care. For more information, click here.

MedTech Institute: Bridging Regulatory Hurdles in the Growing Asia-Pacific Market

April 19, 2012

MedTech Institute hosted a one-day workshop on April 19th, focusing on regulatory compliance and strategies for bringing products to the Asia Pacific medical devices market. For more information, click here.

TEDMED Simulcast

April 10, 2012-April 13, 2012

The School of Nursing offered a free screening of TEDMED, a three-and-a-half-day meeting of the world's most creative minds and medicine's most innovative sciences. The live event took place in Washington, D.C., but URMC students, faculty, and staff viewied the simulcast in real time in Helen Wood Hall Auditorium (1W-304). For more information about TEDMED, click here.

CEIS University Technology Showcase

April 5, 2012

Researchers from the University of Rochester, RIT, Cornell and Clarkson displayed the innovative research they are doing and how it can help companies develop new products, processes, and services. The showcase gave university researchers the opportunity to learn about areas of interest to companies that can help guide future research. Representatives from the university technology transfer offices were on hand to discuss inventions already available for licensing. In addition, keynote speakers from leading NY State companies and development centers were on site to discuss the role of innovation in their organizations. For more information, click here.

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