ICRS-CTIP Collaborative

The D.K. Kim International Center for Regulatory Science (ICRS) and The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP) formed the ICRS-CTIP Collaborative for Regulatory Research, an authorship group that includes academic and industry experts who collaborate to bolster pediatric medical device innovation. The very first project of the Collaborative was the development of a Startup Maturity Index (SMI) as an assessment and educational tool for medical device companies, pediatric medical device accelerators, and MedTech investors. SMI was tested and validated on a group of 16 startup companies and the collected data was used to write a manuscript for publication in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Sciences.

Nadine

Afari, MS

Manager, Research Programs
Children's Hospital Los Angeles & University of California, Irvine

Eugene

Babcock

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Yaniv

Bar-Cohen, MD

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Parvesh

Chaudhry, Ph.D.

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Kathryne

Cooper, MBA

Investment Advisor
CTIP

Juan Carlos

Espinoza, MD

Chief Research Informatics Officer
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Brian A.

Green, MS

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Salima

Jamal, MBA

Manager
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Sowmya Bekshe

Lokappa, MS, Ph.D

Scientist
University of Southern California

Mary Ann

N Del Fiorentino

Senior Director, Medical Writing at Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.
University of Southern California

Sonali S.

Namiranian

Director of Operations Pulsar Therapeutics Inc.
University of Southern California

Tayler K.

Renshaw, MBS

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Frances J

Richmond, PhD

Professor and Director, D K Kim International Center for Regulatory Science
University of Southern California

Katy N.

Rudnick

Vice President, Head of US Regulatory Affairs - Alan Boyds Consultants
University of Southern California & Boyd Consultants

Payal

Shah, MS, CCRP

Senior Research Associate
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Bridget L

Walton, MS, RAC

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Colleen

Watson, MS

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California & Thermo Fisher Scientific

Tong

Xu, Ph.D.

USC Graduate Student
University of Southern California

Grzegorz

Zapotoczny, PhD

Medical Device Clinical Trials Unit Director
Lurie Children's Hospital