Innovation Center | Emory School of Medicine

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What is the Innovation Center?

3D-Printing & 3D-BioPrinting

Additive manufacturing for biomedical research, patient anatomical models and medical device prototypes

Micromachining

Soft lithography and microfluidics for custom organ-on-a-chip systems, organoids, rapid prototyping for medical devices

Extended Reality (XR)

Accelerating novel basic, translational and clinical applications in extended, virtual, augmented and mixed reality

Education and Networking

Learn more about the Emory Innovation Certificate Program and our monthly Bioentrepreneurship Networking series

Our work in action

3D printed heart valves

Rapid prototyping with control over stiffness, flexibility and geometry with Mike Davis

Bioprinting vascularized tissue constructs

Tunable cellularization, stiffness and anatomical scale dimensions with Holly Bauser-Heaton

Additional Services & Tools

Manufacturing Services

Concept
Design
Manufacture
Assemble & Test
Troubleshoot
GMP Metrology
Minimal Viable Products (MVPs)

Project Feasibility & Follow up

Concept Feasibility
Design & Rapid Prototyping
Minimal Viable Product
GMP Tools
External Partners Network
Translation
Commercialization

Metrology & Tissue Culture Tools

3D Profilometer
Digital Microscope/SEM
BSC Tissue Culture
Perfusion Systems
Incubator Space
Freeze Dryer
Biomaterials Stocks

Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD Associate Dean for Innovation

In this role, Dr. Lam established the Innovation Center at the newly constructed HSRB-II in 2023. He works closely with leaders in School of Medicine research to optimize alignment of innovation projects and initiatives across the school and with our collaborating institutions. Dr. Lam is the W. Paul Bowers Research Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering at Emory and Georgia Tech and a clinical pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.