Unmet Needs for Treating Poverty-Creating Neglected Diseases
Promoting Successful Translational Research: http://launchpad.ucsf.edu. Neglected tropical diseases are a large and diverse group of diseases that disproportionately affect health and livelihood of the poor in the developing world. Dr. Conor Caffrey clearly describes the unmet needs for an effective early diagnosis and treatment of Schistosomiasis, a neglected disease that results in children missing school and adults missing work. Dr. Caffrey is developing a low-cost diagnostics and therapies to help.
LaunchPad is an online resource designed to highlight the experiences and accomplishments of translational researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and to support them in their efforts to develop beneficial medical products. LaunchPad features videos of investigators, administrators and industry experts sharing their experiences working through five keys to successful translational research—unmet needs, target product profile, collaboration, development plan and organizational support, as well as other resources for researchers. LaunchPad is a project of the Early Translational Research (ETR) program of UCSF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) - grant Number UL1 TR000004. Learn more at http://launchpad.ucsf.edu.