Venture For America CEO Amy Nelson will be the featured speaker for Innov865 Week’s Startup Day 2018. Venture For America is a nonprofit fellowship program that connects recent college graduates with jobs at startups, forging a community of entrepreneurs committed to building companies that matter and creating economic opportunity in American cities. “Knoxville has a growing reputation (read more)
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UTHSC Startup OculoTherapy Develops Novel Therapies for Eye-Related Diseases
An innovative once-daily topical medicine promises to overcome the challenges associated with current glaucoma treatments by improving drug delivery. Developed by Monica M. Jablonski, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, this formulation inspired the launch of OculoTherapy, LLC. With support from (read more)
UTRF Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Monica Jablonski
Monica M. Jablonski, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Her research focuses on investigating and identifying treatments and therapies for eye-related diseases, primarily glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Dr. Jablonski received her Ph.D. in corneal physiology from the (read more)