From Clinical Care to Coverage: How a Pitt Graduate Is Helping MedTech Innovation Reach Patients
As a clinician specializing in prosthetics and orthotics for over a decade, Evelyn Rizzo, helped patients work towards their unique mobility goals for independence. But Rizzo was limited in what she could do when a potential innovation that would help patients was not covered by insurance, even if it was the best option. Now, Evelyn Rizzo, CPO, MS-HEOR, a University of Pittsburgh graduate, is the founder of Mobility HEOR, a patient-centered health economics and outcomes research consulting practice. “I help medical technology startups develop the clinical, economic, and payer-relevant evidence needed to support U.S. reimbursement, adoption, and patient access,” said Rizzo.
Pittsburgh’s AI Boom Needs an Adoption Proof Test
An AI system can ace a benchmark and still stumble in an ordinary workplace. Gleb Tsipursky lays out four kinds of evidence Pittsburgh’s founders, employers and investors should demand before scaling up.
Avista Therapeutics Expands Its AI Gene Therapy Platform
Avista Therapeutics has expanded its gene therapy platform to take on some of the field's hardest delivery problems. The company recently announced that it is scaling up its capsid design program with artificial intelligence and adding a new Innovation Platform, work it says targets long-standing barriers in AAV capsid engineering, large gene delivery and manufacturing.
A Modern Ghost Story: AI-Powered Tech Lets Teens Chat with an 18th-Century Chemist
Gather around, all who dare, for a true tale of how a team of graduate students used modern technology to connect people’s hearts to history and the real people who lived it. But first, the team had to…build a ghost. The GhAIst team at the Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center (CMU ETC) brought Joseph Priestley’s scientific legacy and unexpected losses to life. They created and installed an AI-powered interactive, immersive, and educational experience for teenage visitors to engage with on-site at the Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library.
A Mythological Conversation with AI
Athena and Poseidon are trading witty banter as a curious visitor looks on. It’s not a scene from Mount Olympus, but a high-tech lab at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). There, a team of graduate students at CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) has used artificial intelligence (AI) to bring these mythological characters to life.