Parikh has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and master's degrees in electrical engineering systems and biomedical engineering from U-M. He also has an undergraduate degree in electronics and telecommunications from the University of Pune in India.

About the Monroe-Brown Foundation

The Monroe-Brown Foundation is dedicated to promoting an environment where scholars and students can positively contribute to economic growth and workforce development in Michigan. Robert Brown, president of the foundation, has spent 45 years working with more than 40 venture capital investments in the areas of banking, manufacturing and real estate. Based in Portage, Mich., he graduated from U-M with a bachelor's in engineering and spearheaded this partnership with the university.

 

Shail Govani, M.D. and Akbar Waljee, M.D.

Spray Cap for Chromoendoscopy  

Muneesh Tewari, M.D., Ph.D. and Nils Walter, Ph.D.

A New Technology for Single Molecule Counting of Stool Mutant DNA Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer

Congratulations to all the winners! 

Please join us in welcoming Hirak Parikh to the FFMI team!

Hirak is the Program Manager for the Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a collaboration between FFMI and the College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship. This new fund makes seed-level equity investments in start-ups at the University of Michigan, bringing novel, commercially viable biomedical and healthcare technologies to the market. This fund is primarily for university startups that have graduated from programs such as MTRAC, Coulter, and I-Corps that need bridge funding before subsequent angel or Venture Capital rounds. Hirak facilitates the selection process, manages a board of expert industry and investment mentors, and supports projects and teams to reach important commercialization milestones.

Hirak has spent the last 14 years working in academic research or with early-stage companies and start-ups. He was Principal Scientist for The Neuromarketing Labs in charge of U.S. operations. He continues to serve on the Board of the company. Previously, Hirak worked as Project Development Group Leader at Neuronexus Technologies.

Hirak received his P.hD. in Biomedical Engineering and an M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan

 

 

The Department of Learning Health Sciences and the University of Michigan Office of Research are pleased to announce The Learning Health System Small Grants Program. This pilot grant program is being launched to accelerate the systems, methods, and technologies that support the science underlying the development of a ubiquitous global Learning Health System (LHS).

• Consultation services to investigators. The HPC has the expertise to help you optimize the design of your study.
• Standardized and sophisticated assessment and physiological testing of human subjects. The HPC has the equipment and the expertise to implement a wide array of nutritional assessments and physiological/metabolic tests for your research studies.
• Services to directly assist researchers with conducting their nutritional and/or exercise interventions in human subjects.

Not sure how these services may apply to your study?
Recently, the HPC metabolic test kitchen began prepping for an intensive feeding study looking at the effects of a high-fat vs. high-carbohydrate diet on responses of the metabolome.

With dietitians and technicians on staff, we are able to design five-day rotating menus for both study conditions that are calorie controlled to the study participant to prevent changes in weight.
In addition, we procure and prepare the food for pickup using standardized weighing and menu development techniques.

For more information, including a complete list of services, please visit the MNORC website or email the Core.