Tech Transfer, navigating the healthcare system and taking risks, from academia to industry with David Chen and Lisa Bowers

How do groundbreaking biomedical innovations move from research labs to real-world applications? What challenges make healthcare such a complex industry for startups? What risks are worth taking when translating science into impactful solutions?

In this episode host Dasha Tyshlek sits down with David Chen, Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships, and Lisa Bowers, Director of UVA’s Enterprise Studio and former biotech executive, to explore tech transfer in healthcare. We discuss:

• Layers of complexity in solving healthcare challenges
• Economic realities that make healthcare innovation difficult
• How early-stage biotech companies navigate funding, regulations, and clinical trials

Lisa and David share insights from their experiences in academia and industry, discussing how researchers can effectively bridge the gap between discovery and commercialization.

Resources Mentioned

• CVille BioHub: https://cvillebiohub.org/
• Manning Institute: https://manninginstitute.virginia.edu
• Building Better Medicine: https://buildingbettermedicine.com

Follow David Chen

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-c-3889753/
• UVA’s Wallace H. Coulter Center: https://engineering.virginia.edu/centers-institutes/coulter-center-translational-research
• UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science: https://engineering.virginia.edu/

Follow Lisa Bowers

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisavbowers/
• Medium: https://medium.com/@lisavbowers
• UVA’s Enterprise Studio: https://lvg.virginia.edu/enterprise-studio-1
• UVA’s Licensing and Ventures Group: https://lvg.virginia.edu/

Follow us

Instagram: @biomedicalfrontiers

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uvacoulter

Production Team:

Director & Host: Dasha Tyshlek, StratCraft, Inc. www.strat-craft.com

Executive Producer: David Chen, Managing Director & Instructor of Engineering Design

Senior Producer: Hannah Moore, Associate Director, UVA Coulter

Design Director: Carolyn Wagner, Inc. & Link: carolynwagnerinc.com

Produced on behalf of Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research at University of Virginia