Stanford program gives discoveries a shot at commercialization
The SPARK program is highlighted in a Nature Medicine article.
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Our Mission
SPARK was created as an innovative, cost-effective way to overcome the hurdles associated with translating academic discoveries into drugs or diagnostics that address real clinical needs.
The SPARK mission is two-fold:
- To help academicians overcome the obstacles involved in moving research innovations from bench to bedside
- To educate faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students on the translational research process and path to clinical application so that development of promising discoveries becomes second nature within our institution
