{"71715":{"#nid":"71715","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ideas Wanted for Pediatric Device Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nburgeoning field of medical device innovation is taking a childish turn.\nInventors and spectators alike are invited to submit to or attend the Pediatric\nDevice Workshop and Innovation Competition, being hosted on campus on Saturday,\nNov. 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted\nby the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium (APDC), the event will give out\nthree to five awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 depending on the device\nand its stage of development. Devices should be targeted to the pediatric\npopulation and will be divided into four age groups, ranging from birth to age\n21.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EApplicants\nshould email two-page proposals for their devices by Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 3 p.m.\nto \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maribel.baker@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMaribel Baker\u003C\/a\u003E in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. More\ninformation, including submission guidelines, is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tribes.gatech.edu\/compete\u0022\u003Ewww.tribes.gatech.edu\/compete\u003C\/a\u003E. Submissions are welcome from all faculty, entrepreneurs, clinicians,\nfellows, residents and students from any of the APDC institutions (consisting\nof Georgia Tech, Emory University, Saint Joseph Translation Research Institute\nand Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThose interested in attending but\nnot submitting entries may RSVP to the event \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tribes.gatech.edu\/pediatric_compete_registration\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E. The competition is free to\nattend, includes a complimentary breakfast and will take place at the Petit\nInstitute of Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB) Building. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAPDC\nwas launched this month with a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the Food and\nDrug Administration (FDA) to encourage the development of medical devices\ntailored to the needs of children, with the plan of taking the devices from\nconception to commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree to five awards, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000, will be given depending on stage of device development.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three to five awards, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000, will be given depending on stage of device development."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-24 10:23:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:34","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71704":{"id":"71704","type":"image","title":"Pediatric Device Workshop and Competition","body":null,"created":"1449177396","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:36","changed":"1475894642","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:02","alt":"Pediatric Device Workshop and Competition","file":{"fid":"193555","name":"pedscompflyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pedscompflyer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pedscompflyer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":422943,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pedscompflyer_0.jpg?itok=hiR8qImG"}}},"media_ids":["71704"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/tribes.gatech.edu\/compete","title":"About the Competition"},{"url":"http:\/\/tribes.gatech.edu\/pediatric_compete_registration","title":"RSVP to Attend"},{"url":"http:\/\/tribes.gatech.edu\/content\/competition-guidelines","title":"Seed Grand Competition"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14864","name":"apdc"},{"id":"14684","name":"atlanta pediatric device consortium"},{"id":"14713","name":"FDA"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"6185","name":"pediatrics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maribel.baker@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMaribel Baker\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}