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Innovation Center
From idea to society Facility
From idea to society
The Innovation Center is the one-stop-shop to start and guide your innovation. Together we enhance and accelerate your innovative idea by using our multidisciplinary knowhow and expertise and our network of trusted partners.
We are the starting point for developing and implementing healthcare innovations. By guiding individual applications, we have insight into common needs, thresholds and developments in the innovation process. We use these understandings to proactively increase the innovative power of the UMCG.
Together with you, we aim to create societal impact through implementation, education, start-ups, license agreements, industry sponsored research agreements, and innovation communities.
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Users about the Innovation Center
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"The Innovation Center has helped me to establish connections with companies, advised me about patents, helped us drafting the business case… In short, the Innovation Center has practically supported us during every challenge."
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"Without the support of the Innovation Center we wouldn't be where we are now. The communication has been great, and the people are approachable and contribute valuable insights. They have been involved throughout the entire process, from start to finish."
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"I am convinced that your chances of success are significantly higher if you involve the Innovation Center at an early stage of the project. I found the collaboration very pleasant. They delivered exactly what we needed."
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"The Innovation Center did not just help, but even ensured that every step outside the laboratory became possible. Thanks to our collaboration with them, we were able to succeed in starting up a clinical research with the product we invented."
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Elmar Boelkens Innovation Consultant -
Ann Boer Staff Advisor -
Carian Boorsma Business Developer -
Ilona Brouwer Innovation Consultant -
Jackie Dekens Project Manager -
Ellen van Drooge Management Assistant -
Maarten Eisema Head Strategic Relations Innovation Center -
Craig Grove Business Developer -
Marjolein Haveman Technical Physician -
Roel van der Heijden Program leader -
Hans Hektor Business Developer -
Elena Herrero Gomez Business Developer -
Sindi Hoxha Project Manager -
Rosie Jordanova EIT Health Program Manager and Scientific Liaison -
Elena Merlo Project Manager and Business Developer -
Bart Scheerder Business Developer -
Martin Smit Director Innovation Center -
Monique Taverne Innovation Consultant (Team lead) -
Jan Willem Veldsink Program Lead Business -
Franka Waterschoot Innovation Consultant
Contact
Postal address
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Innovation Center
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands