Katherine A. Dondanville, PsyD, ABPP is a nationally recognized expert in implementing psychological treatments for PTSD. In 2016, her use of Cognitive Processing Therapy with service members and veterans with PTSD earned her the UT Health Science Center Presidential Award for Clinical Service. A Clinical Psychologist in the UT Health San Antonio Long School of … Read more
On September 7th, nearly 500 ecosystem and city leaders, innovators, students, and community members gathered to recognize the lifelong and innovative achievements of Dr. William Henrich and Dr. Sunil Ahuja. This event had the Who’s Who in the San Antonio biomedical ecosystem with contingents from Austin and guests from across the U.S. The pre-dinner networking … Read more
BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 2 new memberships in September 2023: Diatomic, Inc. and Globio. Globiox (pronounced glow-be-o) is a global life science consulting firm that seekd to support companies with quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and quality managment systems. The silent ‘x’ at the end of our name stands for the unknown variable as in … Read more
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a $2.5 billion federal biomedical agency research agency created in 2022, stands to benefit San Antonio’s $44.1 billion health care and biosciences sector, the city’s largest, and local economic development. It’s a new federal agency designed to change the way patients are treated in the US healthcare … Read more
New Funding to Bolster San Antonio’s Biomedical Startup Ecosystem The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced BioMedSA as a Stage Two winner for the national 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. BioMedSA will receive $150,000 to help catalyze the development of bioscience startups in San Antonio, enabling them to build on a strong foundation as … Read more
Industry members opened their doors to over 30 UT Health San Antonio graduate students on August 1st and shared an inside look at some of the biomedical facilities in San Antonio. Students were able to visit laboratories and biomanufacturing facilities, participate in a panel discussion, discuss start up processes, hear from entrepreneurs and ask industry-rich … Read more
BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 4 new memberships in August 2023: Blaze Biotech, Carolina Precision, Kowa and Qana. Blaze Biotech is a medical device development firm in San Antonio that works with individuals and small companies seeking to create and grow medical device businesses with the goal of divesting. They review concepts and IP potential … Read more
BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 5 new memberships in July 2023: Lifeblood Capital, Southwestern Controls, MindLight, Inova, and CAI. Lifeblood Capital seeks to support medtech startups through talent acquisition and fundraising strategies. Lifeblood manages end t0 end talent at every level; from C-suite to entry level. Fundraising strategies seek to help entrepreneurs properly pitch appropriate … Read more
Sunil K. Ahuja, MD, serves as a Professor and Director of the Center for Personalized Medicine at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. He serves as a professor of medicine; microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics; and biochemistry and structural biology at UT Health San Antonio. He also serves as Director of Research Enhancement Programs … Read more
BioMedSA’s Board of Directors approved 5 new memberships in June 2023: CENIT Consulting, Clinical Trials of Texas, Galen Data, USI Insurance Services, and Phage Refinery. CENIT Consulting seeks to provide comprehensive regulatory and quality management services specifically tailored for medical device start-ups. Drawing from our expertise in medical device regulatory affairs, they guide companies through … Read more
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