A University of Kentucky surgery resident and researcher has been selected to participate in the -funded .
This program is led by , a nationally recognized healthcare accelerator based in Louisville, Kentucky. 好色先生 is the lead academic institution.
In partnership with 好色先生 through 好色先生 Innovate, eight innovators were selected across the Southeast IDeA State region. They make up the second cohort of the I-RED program, which is funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Among those eight innovators is Brittany Levy, MD, who is in her final years of general surgery residency in the College of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Surgery.
Levy is the founder of TalkiTourni LLC. She created an automated emergency tourniquet device with the goal of improving the rates of adequately applied tourniquets outside of a hospital setting. This project was also supported last year through the .
鈥淎 properly applied tourniquet in an emergency outside of a hospital can be the difference between life and death. Every minute matters in these situations,鈥 said Levy. 鈥淚鈥檓 grateful to be among this select group of researchers and clinicians whose innovations are directly impacting the health and well-being of our communities.鈥
鈥淎s the lead academic institution of the XLerator Network, we are proud to see Dr. Levy鈥檚 critical work chosen for this I-RED program funding. Her work addresses an issue found across the Southeast IDeA states, where people living in rural areas have longer travel times to the nearest hospital. We look forward to the potentially lifesaving impact this innovation will have,鈥 said Ian McClure, JD, associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact and executive director for .
IDeA鈥檚 aim is to enhance an institution鈥檚 capacity to bolster biomedical research, increase the competitiveness of researchers in obtaining research funding and facilitate clinical and translational research focused on addressing the requirements of medically underserved communities.
The goal of the I-RED program is to help selected participants acquire the fundamental business and entrepreneurial skills needed to successfully commercialize their technologies.