{"id":2269,"date":"2013-06-17T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/oor\/research\/innovation-and-commercialization\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:30:28","slug":"innovation-and-commercialization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/research\/innovation-and-commercialization\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation and Commercialization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<div>The UNC School of Medicine advances scientific discoveries into real\u2011world health impact through innovation and commercialization.<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Commercialization <\/strong><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/2025\/11\/dedric-carter-named-vice-president-for-commercialization-and-translational-advancement-at-unc-health\/\"><strong>Dedric A. Carter, PhD, MBA<\/strong><\/a>, serves as <strong>Vice President for Commercialization and Translational Advancement at UNC Health<\/strong>, providing system\u2011wide leadership to move medical research into clinical and commercial use. He advances commercialization strategies across UNC Health and the School of Medicine, builds partnerships with researchers, clinicians, and industry, and supports inventors in bringing innovations to patients.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/innovate.unc.edu\/team_member\/carol-lewis\/\"><strong>Carol Lewis, MBA<\/strong><\/a>, serves as <strong>Vice President of UNC Health Enterprises<\/strong>,\u00a0where she leads the development of transformative new ideas and businesses. She founded and oversees the UNC Center for Health Innovation, directing innovation across UNC Health and the School of Medicine by cultivating an innovative culture, managing a diverse initiative portfolio, and engaging external partners to advance healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Commercialization Partnerships<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The UNC School of Medicine works closely with campus partners to support investigators at every stage of the innovation process, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/innovate.unc.edu\/office-of-technology-commercialization\/\"><strong>UNC Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC)<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0Manages invention disclosures, IP protection, licensing, and industry engagement.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/innovate.unc.edu\/\">Innovate Carolina<\/a>: <\/strong>UNC\u2011Chapel Hill\u2019s innovation and entrepreneurship hub supporting startups, partnerships, and company formation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinainnovationecomap.com\/\">Carolina Innovation EcoMap<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0provides a centralized, interactive way to discover and navigate innovation and commercialization resources across UNC\u2011Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Faculty and research teams are encouraged to engage early with OTC and Innovate Carolina to explore commercialization pathways, protect intellectual property, and identify partnership and funding opportunities.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Contact OTC at <a href=\"mailto:otc@unc.edu\">otc@unc.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/innovate.unc.edu\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UNC-Innovate-Carolina-FY25-Innovation-Economic-Impact-Report-Web.pdf\">2025 Innovation &amp; Economic Impact Brief<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinnacle-hill.com\/\">Pinnacle Hill<\/a><\/strong> is a strategic partnership between UNC\u2011Chapel Hill and Deerfield Management that provides funding and drug development expertise to help advance promising UNC research discoveries toward clinical translation.<\/li>\n<li>The Office of Research hosted a webinar featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/curie.bio\/\"><strong>Curie.Bio<\/strong><\/a>, a partner for academic innovators looking to advance therapeutic discoveries. See the link below to access the recording.\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/curie-bio-webinar-2025\/\">Curie.Bio Webinar \u2013 Accelerating Your Biotech Breakthrough &#8211; September 24, 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC School of Medicine advances scientific discoveries into real\u2011world health impact through innovation and commercialization. Commercialization Leadership Dedric A. Carter, PhD, MBA, serves as Vice President for Commercialization and Translational Advancement at UNC Health, providing system\u2011wide leadership to move medical research into clinical and commercial use. He advances commercialization strategies across UNC Health and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/research\/innovation-and-commercialization\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Innovation and Commercialization\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68915,"featured_media":0,"parent":2243,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6703,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2269\/revisions\/6703"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}