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The Catalyzer Newsletter; logo for the ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub, part of the ARPANET-H health innovation network

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Congratulations ARPA-H Sprint for Women’s Health Awardees; photos of various women in hexagon shapes

🏆 ARPA-H Has Announced the Sprint for Women’s Health Awardees!

ARPA-H recently revealed the 23 teams selected to receive funding through the Sprint for Women’s Health, which seeks to address critical unmet challenges in women’s health and champion transformative innovations. Awards span six topic areas across two funding tracks: one for early-stage research, or “spark” solutions, and the other for later-stage development, or “launchpad” solutions. The awardees—all Investor Catalyst (IC) Hub spoke members—will work with an ARPA-H Program Manager and the IC Hub to develop their proposed solution. Congratulations to the awardees!

Read Our Press Release

CATALYST Information Session with ARPA-H Program Manager Andy Kilianski, Ph.D., November 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET; headshot of Kilianski

Register for the ARPA-H CATALYST Information Session

ARPA-H aims to revolutionize preclinical drug safety prediction. Join us in conversation with Program Manager Andy Kilianski, Ph.D., during a virtual information session for the Computational ADME-Tox and Physiology Analysis for Safer Therapeutics (CATALYST) program on Tuesday, November 12, at 3:30 p.m. ET. CATALYST will work to develop human-based in silico models that accurately estimate toxicity and safety profiles for drug candidates, helping end the use of insufficiently predictive preclinical animal studies. Register now to learn more about the program, technical areas of focus, and deadlines for solution summaries.

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Monthly Virtual Meeting, December 4, Noon ET, with Calvin Roberts, M.D., ARPA-H Program Manager; headshot of Roberts

December Member Meeting To Spotlight ARPA-H OCULAB Program

What if your eyes were a window to your health? Join us during our next IC Hub virtual monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 4, when ARPA-H Program Manager Calvin Roberts, M.D., will discuss the agency’s new Ocular Laboratory for Analysis of Biomarkers (OCULAB) program. OCULAB aims to develop a tear-based biomarker measurement system that can be inserted into the tear duct for continuous health monitoring and provide ultra-precise medication dosing for personalized treatment via a closed-loop delivery system. Time will be reserved for Q&A.

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Check Out New Opportunities in the IC Hub Member Portal

  • Several ARPA-H programs are currently accepting solution summaries and proposals. Explore these open funding opportunities and make note of applicable deadlines for submissions.
  • 🆕 The member portal recently rolled out exciting updates to improve your experience. Members can now easily search and filter contacts within the member database, update their own profiles and spoke contacts, and add their organization’s capabilities with a new tagging function.
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The Latest

  • 🚨 Registration for Doing Business with ARPA-H Industry Day closes tomorrow at noon ET. Save your spot now!
  • Last week, we hosted our first in-person regional spoke meetup in Atlanta, Georgia. Here’s how it went!
  • IC Hub Director Chelsea Schiller recently shared the milestones and achievements from the IC Hub’s inaugural year. Read Chelsea’s year in review.
  • If you missed the IC Hub’s network showcase last month, you can now watch the recording.
  • Have you made a connection with another spoke member through an IC Hub–supported event, opportunity, or channel? Share your story or tag the IC Hub on social media in a spoke selfie 🤳!

Upcoming Spoke Events

Are you an official member with an upcoming event of interest to the IC Hub network? Submit it today for publication consideration on our event calendar and in an upcoming newsletter! Take a look at these upcoming events from our member network:

Innovation Ecosystem Summit
November 14-15 | Virtual

IC Hub Director Chelsea Schiller and ARPA-H Deputy Director of the Project Accelerator Transition Innovation Office Melissa Antman will present during the “Forging Collaborative Power: ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub” panel at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Innovation Ecosystem Summit on Friday, November 15. Learn about ARPA-H and its health innovation network as an exciting, modern example of a model that proves how strong coalitions can fast-track innovation.

Register.

Barracuda Bowl Pitch and Networking Event
December 11 | Boston, MA

The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) and Mintz are hosting the ninth annual Barracuda Bowl, a pitch and networking event in downtown Boston that focuses on innovators in the point-of-care and proactive care spaces. This event will feature speakers from ARPA-H, Boston Harbor Angels, and Mass Medical Angels. This is a great opportunity for spokes in the Northeast region to connect in person.
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Visit our website for a complete list of upcoming events.

Reminder: Upon application approval, all spokes receive an email to set up their Investor Catalyst Hub member portal account. If you haven’t activated your account, please do so as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss any member-only communications, recordings, or important updates. Please contact us with any questions.

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