The Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership is pleased to announce the following six projects have been awarded funding for 2017-18. The mission of the Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership is to partner with Drexel University faculty to develop products that will save, extend, and improve the lives of patients suffering from any disease or condition. Since inception of the program in 2005 nearly 50 projects have received a total of $7.6 million in support.

Drs. Peter Lewin, Richard B. Beard Distinguished University Professor and Director, Biomedical Ultrasound Research and Education Center (PI), Leonid Zubkov, and Michael Neidrauer (all in BIOMED), and Drs. Michael Weingarten (CoM), Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili (CNHP), Juan Muniz (CNHP), and David Margolis (UPenn) are developing an ultrasound device to speed the process of healing chronic wounds that was featured on WTXF-TV (FOX-29) on January 18, 2017. The research team has developed a portable, battery-powered applicator that heals wounds with low-frequency ultrasound and received a $3 million NIH grant to cover the cost of the next phase of analysis, which includes testing the method on 120 patients during the next five years.