Technology Commercialization

Catalog description

This is an elective primarily for fourth-year students in the 4-yr combined MD/MBA program. The elective is an experiential learning opportunity in Tulane's Office of Technology Transfer. Students participating in the elective will be able to combine their interests and training in business and medicine to contribute to commercialization of biomedical intellectual property developed at Tulane. Students will be given projects that include patent research, marketing research, and feasibility studies for products at various stages of development in the Office of Technology Transfer. Students will apply concepts of strategy, marketing, new venture planning, and valuation in real time. Students will be assigned projects that are actively being commercialized through the Office of Technology Transfer. Students will gain experience with intellectual property law, the role of venture capital, and the role of universities in developing an idea into a commercializable product. The one-month rotation will be experiential in nature. Students participating in the elective will work full time for the entire month. Students will participate in the mechanics of bring an idea to market through activities in the Office of Technology Transfer and the New Orleans Bioinnovation Center (NOBIC). Occasional lectures will take place in NOBIC. Final grades will be based on a final project as well as overall participation in the technology commercialization process.