{"71271":{"#nid":"71271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Atlanta Pediatric  Device Consortium: Helping Children","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Boyan \u0026amp; Schwartz\u0027s Laboratory\u0027s \u0026nbsp;very own,Barbara D. Boyan, Ph.D., is the Director of the new Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium, created with support from the FDA with a two-year, $1.8 million grant awarded \u0026nbsp;to foster the development of medical devices focused on the special needs of Children. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The consortium will provide assistance with engineering design, prototype development, pre-clinical and clinical studies and commercialization for novel pediatric medical devices. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnologies are already underway to be investigated and include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Smartphone attachment designed for at-home ear examinations:\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA renal dialysis device; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA gel designed to delay the re-fusion of a child\u0027s skull bones after surgery for craniosynostosis\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConsortium Leadership\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBarbara D. Boyan Ph.D\u003C\/em\u003E., Director \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EKevin Maher\u003C\/em\u003E, a cardiologist and researcher at Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta SIbley Heart Center and Emory University will co-direct along with \u003Cem\u003EWIlbur Lam\u003C\/em\u003E, pediatric hematologists\/oncologist and bioengineer at Emory, the Aflac Cancer Center of Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditional Leadership roles by \u003Cem\u003EFranklin Bost\u003C\/em\u003E, professor of the practice and director of design instruction in the Coulter Department here at Georgia Tech and\u003Cem\u003E David Ku\u003C\/em\u003E, Regents professor, Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering and College of Management, Emory\u0027s Department of Surgery; and \u003Cem\u003ENicholas Chronos\u003C\/em\u003E, president of SJTRI. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read the full article on Georgia Tech Research News click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/pediatric-device-consortium\/\u0022\u003Ehere \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHelping Children: FDA Grant Launches Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2011-10-13 16:05:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71266":{"id":"71266","type":"image","title":"Barbara Boyan, Ph.D. Director of the new FDA Altanta Pediatric Device Consortium","body":null,"created":"1449177367","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:07","changed":"1475894632","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:52","alt":"Barbara Boyan, Ph.D. Director of the new FDA Altanta Pediatric Device Consortium","file":{"fid":"193502","name":"boyan_r031_hires-205x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boyan_r031_hires-205x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boyan_r031_hires-205x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":17381,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/boyan_r031_hires-205x300_0.jpg?itok=KTFxTRyk"}}},"media_ids":["71266"],"groups":[{"id":"67774","name":"IBB Center - CPHTI"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14684","name":"atlanta pediatric device consortium"},{"id":"14710","name":"Barbara D. Boyan"},{"id":"14713","name":"FDA"},{"id":"14714","name":"medical technology"},{"id":"2585","name":"pediatric"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["nbeach3@mail.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}