Healthcare company-building profile
Duke MEDx
Duke University (School of Medicine and Pratt School of Engineering)
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- University accelerator
- Organization
- Duke University (School of Medicine and Pratt School of Engineering)
- Organization type
- University
- Location
- Durham, North Carolina
- Company stage served
- Research or idea stage to Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- Annual pilot funding calls and workshop series rather than a residential cohort
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive pilot and seed grants; amounts vary by initiative
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
MEDx is Duke's joint medicine-engineering initiative that funds and brokers collaborations among physicians, engineers, computer scientists and innovators to translate research into clinical impact. It runs seed funding initiatives such as the Kaganov Initiative in pulmonary medicine and engineering, an entrepreneurship workshop series, and project funding through Bass Connections. Ventures connected to MEDx activity include the student medical device startup Protect3d, which won a $50,000 NFL Innovation Challenge.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
- Category: University accelerator
- Program structure: Annual pilot funding calls and workshop series rather than a residential cohort
- Published terms: Non-dilutive pilot and seed grants; amounts vary by initiative
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- George Truskey — Faculty leader associated with MEDx
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Protect3d
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