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News Release
May 9, 2007
Boise State Faculty Support Local Tech Company in Securing a
$1 Million Grant
For the past two years, Boise State University professors Uwe Reischl,
Conrad Colby and Patt Elison-Bowers of the College of Health Sciences have
contributed to the scientific foundation supporting a grant proposal to the
National Institutes of Health. That work recently culminated in a $1 million
NIH Phase II SBIR grant awarded to Caring Technologies Inc. of Boise.
In collaboration with Ron Oberleitner, CEO of Caring Technologies, the team
addressed the application of a new video-imaging telehealth platform
technology in public health settings and addressed the special needs of
health-care providers, teachers and parents of children with autism.
The university-industry collaboration generated three peer reviewed journal
publications and four poster presentations at international scientific
conferences. In addition to the research input provided by Boise State
faculty, Reischl assisted Caring Technologies in developing an exclusive
technology license between the company and Georgia Institute of Technology
(GIT) Foundation. The acquisition of a digital video recording system from
GIT will enable Caring Technologies to provide unique telemedicine services
to rural families in Idaho and other regions in the U.S.
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Contact: Uwe Reischl, College of Health Sciences, (208) 426-2445,
ureischl@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Learn” is a concentrated effort to provide information on the best options
for returning to school to those who are considering taking classes from the
university. For more information, call (208) 562-3127 or click
http://returntolearn.boisestate.edu.
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Last reviewed on
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
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