Small Business Opportunities for Innovative Women’s Health Research - Jan. 29, 2025
Date and Time
– January 29, 2025, 1:00 PM ESTVirtual only.
Interested in learning about small business opportunities for women’s health research? The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) is hosting a virtual webinar to discuss “Small Business Opportunities for Innovative Women’s Health Research.”
As mentioned in President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health Research and Innovation, private sector innovation is a key aspect of accelerating and improving women’s health research. NIH is committed to further increasing—by 50%—its investments to support innovators and early-stage small businesses engaged in research and development on women’s health.
Staff from the NIH Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office and several NIH small business programs will provide overviews of their programs and institute- and center-specific interests at the intersection of innovation and women’s health.
The webinar will address the following:
- Introduce the women’s health research community to small business opportunities
- Introduce the small business community to women’s health research priorities
January 29, 2025; 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
Objectives
The Small Business Programs, also known as America’s Seed Fund, comprises the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This webinar will focus on small business opportunities for women’s health research, with two overarching goals:
- To introduce the women’s health research community to small business opportunities
- To introduce the small business community to women’s health research priorities
Staff from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office and selected Institute and Center (IC) will provide overviews of the small business programs and IC-specific interests. Attendees can submit questions in advance for program staff. Questions can be sent by email or entered in the registration form.
| Time (ET) | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks | Vivian Ota Wang, Ph.D. Deputy Director, NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) |
| 11:05 a.m. | Introduction to the NIH Small Business Program | Stephanie Fertig, M.B.A. Director, NIH Small Business Program SEED Office |
| 11:25 a.m. | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Small Business Program | Meena U. Rajagopal, Ph.D. Small Business Program Officer, NCATS |
| 11:32 a.m. | National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Program | Brittany Connors, PMP Director, Investor Relations, NCI |
| 11:39 a.m. | National Institute on Aging (NIA) Small Business Program | Vicky Cattani, Ph.D. Program Officer, NIA |
| 11:46 a.m. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Small Business Program | Megan Ryan, M.B.A. Clinical Trial Operations and Technology Innovation Officer, NIAAA |
| 11:53 a.m. | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) Small Business Program | Xibin Wang, Ph.D. Program Director, NIAMS |
| 11:59 a.m | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Small Business Program | Margaret Grabb, Ph.D. SBIR/STTR Coordinator, NIMH |
| 12:06 p.m. | National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Small Business Program | Karen Kehl, Ph.D., R.N., FPCN Program Director, NINR |
| 12:13 p.m. | National Library of Medicine (NLM) Small Business Program | Clayton Bingham, Ph.D. Program Officer, NLM |
| 12:20 p.m. | National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Small Business Program | Ian Nova, Ph.D. Program Director, Technology Development and Small Business, NHGRI |
| 12:27 p.m. | NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) Small Business Program | Miguel Contreras, Ph.D. Small Business Program Manager, ORIP |
| 12:35 p.m. | Audience questions | Moderators: Raven Hardy Richard, Ph.D. Health Science Policy Analyst, NIH ORWH David Thomas, Ph.D. Senior Advisor, NIH ORWH |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjourn | Elizabeth Barr, Ph.D. Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research ORWH |