Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series featuring Israel Gannot, PhD – “T0 to T4: From the diaries of a translational scientist.”

IN PERSON
Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series

Israel Gannot, PhD
Head of the Kodesz Institute for Technologies in Healthcare
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Location: New Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/94358558548

Title & Abstract:

“T0 to T4: From the diaries of a translational scientist.”

Since my early days as a scientist, I’ve been interested in translating discoveries and scientific research into clinical applications to enhance healthcare and wellbeing. It started with a development of an optical fiber for mid infrared radiation transmission. The technology was licensed to a few medical lasers and optics companies, and it is continuing to be used today. This invention led to a development of thermal imaging bundle, which were used to image and treat as part of a trans-endoscopic system for minimal invasive surgery. My observation on the translation mechanism from technology developed in the university to the industry suffers from a “loss in translation” problem. So I’ve decided to translate the technologies that were developed in my lab to a commercial clinical product, myself. It was a device for the identification of bacteria in the clinical settings, based on spectroscopy in the mid infrared spectral range. My interest extends beyond the technology itself into additional aspects of technology development which I found crucial for good healthcare technology dissemination and implementation. These aspects included, ethically aligned design, team science and the science of translation. Currently we are working on a new project which is a method and system to image movements of the pupil (size and gaze) under close eyelids. I will discuss the progress and path of various projects, outlining my journey through the translation stages.