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Device Acceleration Center (DAC)

The Mission of the Device Acceleration Center (DAC) is to serve as the ideation and testing hub of medical devices at UC San Diego by

  • Providing translational science training; 
  • Identifying unmet clinical needs amenable to clinician-engineer collaboration;
  • Prototype testing;
  • Commercialization.

The Vision of DAC is to advance health impact and discovery by accelerating the commercialization of medical devices designed and tested at UC San Diego.

 

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About DAC

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Resources

IGE

MedTech

IdeaWave

BlueLinc

Office of Innovation and Commercialization

Contacts

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Sam Ward

Sam Ward, Ph.D.
Director
s1ward@health.ucsd.edu
858-534-4918

Dennis Abremski

Dennis Abremski
dabremski@eng.ucsd.edu
858-822-6775

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Mark Wallace, M.D.
mswallace@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-0776

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Eugene Sato, Ph.D.
ejsato@health.ucsd.edu
858-534-4463

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Colin Depp, Ph.D. 
cdepp@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-4251

For Entrepreneurs

DAC resources include partnerships across campus and with the local business community

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DAC Calendar of Events