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By Cheryl Powell
Beacon Journal medical writer

Akron General Health System is getting a new partner in Cleveland to boost its medical research and development efforts.

Effective today, the health system entered a five-year deal with Cleveland State University to collaborate on bioengineering research and development projects.

Under the agreement, the hospital's physician researchers will work with laboratory-based researchers at the university ''so we can both identify key areas of product development and research that will lead to products that will really help patients down the road,'' said Dr. James M. Dougherty, chair of medical research and education at Akron General.

Initially, much of the joint research likely will focus on efforts in neuroscience and rehabilitation at Akron General's Edwin Shaw Rehab.

Projects also are likely in the areas of wound care, imaging and biosensors, or very small sensors that can be used to monitor body changes, such as blood sugar levels, Dougherty said.

The goal is to ''narrow that time from when a research idea is developed to the time when you can actually see whether it's effective,'' Dougherty said.

''In my opinion,'' he said, ''collaboration is the way to do research today. No one institution is big enough to do the type of research that really will impact patient care.''

The partnership calls for joint testing, evaluation and development of new medical products, as well as an exchange of lectures and talks.

''Our new partnership with Akron General promises to hasten the advantages of science and science and technology in the critically important areas related to bioengineering and health care and will strengthen and deepen the capabilities of both institutions through collaborative work with a singular focus,'' Cleveland State Provost Mary Jane Saunders said in a prepared statement. ''It aligns well with the priority the leaders of our state are placing on science, technology, and health-care initiatives as the means toward the goal of a competitive Ohio with an increasingly educated population.''

The deal comes one month after Akron's three hospitals joined the University of Akron and the region's medical school to create a joint research and development initiative called the BioInnovation Institute in Akron.

The university, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron General and Summa health systems and the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy plan to attract more research dollars and spawn new biomedical companies by working together on medical research and education.

The Akron-area initiative pulls together the university's polymer science research knowledge, the medical college's musculoskeletal expertise and the three hospitals' strengths in orthopedics.

The partnership initially is focusing on developing products and treatments for bone and joint problems. Dougherty said Akron General's new pact with Cleveland State doesn't compete with the BioInnovation Institute initiative but complements it.

''We are still absolutely, firmly committed to the BioInnovation Institute in Akron,'' he said. ''We look at this relationship with Cleveland State as being an additive opportunity, where we can tap into the expertise of the folks at Cleveland State and then, hopefully, through the BioInnovation Institute in Akron, achieve the vision . . . to make this area a national leader.''


Cheryl Powell can be reached at 330-996-3902 or chpowell@thebeaconjournal.com.

Akron General Health System is getting a new partner in Cleveland to boost its medical research and development efforts.

Effective today, the health system entered a five-year deal with Cleveland State University to collaborate on bioengineering research and development projects.

Under the agreement, the hospital's physician researchers will work with laboratory-based researchers at the university ''so we can both identify key areas of product development and research that will lead to products that will really help patients down the road,'' said Dr. James M. Dougherty, chair of medical research and education at Akron General.

Initially, much of the joint research likely will focus on efforts in neuroscience and rehabilitation at Akron General's Edwin Shaw Rehab.

Projects also are likely in the areas of wound care, imaging and biosensors, or very small sensors that can be used to monitor body changes, such as blood sugar levels, Dougherty said.

The goal is to ''narrow that time from when a research idea is developed to the time when you can actually see whether it's effective,'' Dougherty said.

''In my opinion,'' he said, ''collaboration is the way to do research today. No one institution is big enough to do the type of research that really will impact patient care.''

The partnership calls for joint testing, evaluation and development of new medical products, as well as an exchange of lectures and talks.

''Our new partnership with Akron General promises to hasten the advantages of science and science and technology in the critically important areas related to bioengineering and health care and will strengthen and deepen the capabilities of both institutions through collaborative work with a singular focus,'' Cleveland State Provost Mary Jane Saunders said in a prepared statement. ''It aligns well with the priority the leaders of our state are placing on science, technology, and health-care initiatives as the means toward the goal of a competitive Ohio with an increasingly educated population.''

The deal comes one month after Akron's three hospitals joined the University of Akron and the region's medical school to create a joint research and development initiative called the BioInnovation Institute in Akron.

The university, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron General and Summa health systems and the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy plan to attract more research dollars and spawn new biomedical companies by working together on medical research and education.

The Akron-area initiative pulls together the university's polymer science research knowledge, the medical college's musculoskeletal expertise and the three hospitals' strengths in orthopedics.

The partnership initially is focusing on developing products and treatments for bone and joint problems. Dougherty said Akron General's new pact with Cleveland State doesn't compete with the BioInnovation Institute initiative but complements it.

''We are still absolutely, firmly committed to the BioInnovation Institute in Akron,'' he said. ''We look at this relationship with Cleveland State as being an additive opportunity, where we can tap into the expertise of the folks at Cleveland State and then, hopefully, through the BioInnovation Institute in Akron, achieve the vision . . . to make this area a national leader.''


Cheryl Powell can be reached at 330-996-3902 or chpowell@thebeaconjournal.com.



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