Please contact Andrea Jackson at the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance to learn more about how your company can support the Wireless Health conference series.
Event Host
The Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WSLA) is a special purpose, non-profit trade organization for innovators, globally relevant companies, scientists, physicians, and policy makers.
The WLSA is dedicated to creating value and improving health, globally, throught the convergence of communications technologies, consumers, caregivers, and all sectors of the life sciences and technology envirobnment. WLSA partners are using wireielss health innovations to better manage chronic conditions, preempt disease, and improve the lives of the elderly and under-served populations around the world.
For more information on partnership in the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance, please go to www.wirelesslifesciences.org
Lead Sponsors
Modern health care is at a critical juncture and bold solutions are needed to augment strained resources and address inefficiencies in the system, enable personal health management, and increase convenience.
Today’s advanced wireless devices, applications and services have captured the imagination of the public, and the benefits of “always on, always with you” connectivity are becoming increasingly apparent to medical professionals, caregivers and health care consumers alike.
Leveraging our global leadership in wireless innovation, Qualcomm is helping companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical and health service industries to
innovate new connected health solutions and business models while improving quality of life for people everywhere.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
NIH is the largest source of funding for medical research in the world, creating hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs by funding thousands of scientists in universities and research institutions in every state across America and around the globe.
NIH is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers, each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. NIH leadership plays an
active role in shaping the agency’s research planning, activities, and outlook.
Reception Sponsor
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is the lead British Government international business development organization that supports overseas companies seeking to set up or expand into the UK. We also support British companies trading internationally, using the UK as a launch pad into other markets. Our foreign direct investment services (inward investment) provide dedicated professional assistance covering all aspects of locating and growing a business in the UK with a view to exploiting opportunities in the wider European market. All our inward investment services are free of charge and delivered in the strictest confidence.
We provide access to all resources that international businesses need to start operating quickly, competitively and efficiently in the UK market and beyond in Europe. As a collaborative partner for overseas businesses, UKTI enables US companies to build successful alliances, reduce risk, shorten time to market, and set the foundation to expansion.
Academic Sponsors
An internationally renowned provider of engineering education and research for more than 125 years, the Case Western Reserve University Case School of Engineering is well-positioned for an even brighter future. In addition to an impressive record of developing a new breed of engineers and engineering leaders, Case faculty and students possess the potential and the propensity to solve society’s most pressing problems of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Starting in Fall 2011, the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University will offer a one-year, three-course Certificate in Wireless Health to allow non-biomedical engineers to study this emerging field. The Case School of Engineering plans to expand its course and program offerings in wireless health in the coming year, including a planned Master of Science in Wireless Health. The certificate courses are expected to count toward the planned Master of Science degree.
To learn more about professional studies in wireless health,contact Mehran Mehregany, Ph.D., Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation at 216-368-0354 or email wirelesshealth@case.edu
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The mission of the Rady School of Management is to educate ethical leaders for innovation-driven organizations. Our values are innovation, impact, collaboration, integrity and risk taking.
The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego is a professional school within one of the top-ranked institutions in the U.S. for higher education and research. The Rady School offers a Full-Time MBA program, a FlexMBA program for working professionals, a Ph.D. program, undergraduate and executive education courses. UC San Diego’s lineage includes 16 Nobel Laureates (former and current faculty) and eight MacArthur Foundation award recipients. The Rady School is at the nexus of this research, development and innovation — it underlies our curriculum and our academic model.
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The USC Viterbi School of Engineering has an international reputation for excellence. Currently ranked 11th by U.S. News and World Report rankings, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering graduate program has students pursuing degrees in over 40 fields. Leading in the nation in external funding support, the school conducts cutting-edge research in a multitude of disciplines.
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering – Wireless Health Technology is a new program offered by the University of Southern California that will transform approaches to treatment, diagnosis, and patient monitoring in the world of health-care. A partnership between the Keck School of Medicine and the Viterbi School of Engineering, this program provides students with the knowledge necessary to become innovators in applying wireless technology to meet the most pressing needs of today’s healthcare industry.
Supporting Organizations
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field’s premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering was founded in 1991 to establish a clear and comprehensive identity for the field of medical and biological engineering – which is the bridge between the principles of engineering science and practice, and the problems and issues of biological and medical science and practice.
The vision of the Biomendical Engineering Society is to serve as the lead society and professional home for biomedical engineering and bioengineering by fostering the translation of biomedical engineering and technology into industrial and clinical applications through enhancing interactions with industry and clinical medicine.
The Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM) was established at UCSD as an Organized Research Unit in July 2008.
The IEM has over 130 outstanding faculty from UCSD’s Schools of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Jacobs School of Engineering, all sharing the objective of translating creative ideas into clinical medicine and novel products that will transform patient care and improve the health and wellbeing of people.
Learn more about the Institute of Engineering in Medicine at iem.ucsd.edu