Meet the Team

Karen Carney, PhD, is Senior Commercial Translation Associate at sciVelo, which is a part of …

The PHDA has hosted dozens of Pitch Days in which prospective teams boil down complex …

Don Taylor, PhD, MBA, CLP is the co-director of the Center for Commercial Applications of …

Rachel Cawley is a Program Manager at UPMC Enterprises where she helps evaluate PHDA proposals, …

Mike Yeomans is the Marketing and Events Manager at the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute. …

Ari Lightman is a Professor of Digital Media and Marketing as well as Commercialization Advisor …

Julie Cramer, PhD, is a Technology Commercialization Associate at the Innovation Institute, University of Pittsburgh. …

2019 was an exciting year for the PHDA. We teamed up with Amazon Web Services …

Kathrin Gassei, MSc, PhD, is the Senior Program Manager at the Center for Commercial Applications …

Andrew Brown, PhD, is the Assistant Director of Commercial Translation Programs at sciVelo, which is …

Mike Becich, MD, PhD, is a distinguished university professor and the inaugural chairman of the …

Joe Marks, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health …