The Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship fosters an entrepreneurial ecosystem at UAB and provides the infrastructure required for students, staff, and faculty to commercialize innovation on campus, within the community, and beyond.
Through partnerships with UAB schools, colleges, programs, and the local business community, the HIIE works to increase innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and businesses to launch sustainable startups with new or disruptive technologies.
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Kirklin’s ‘new chapter’: a health-tech startup powered by his research breakthroughs
Five years after he retired from the OR, cardiothoracic surgeon James K. Kirklin, M.D., is starting a new company that will leverage his team’s research on advanced statistics and machine-learning algorithms to track and predict outcomes for high-risk patients. -
Kwan named one of BBJ’s 2022 NextGEN honorees
Members of the UAB Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) team members continue to represent the University in the pages of the Birmingham Business Journal.
Thaddaeus Kwan, Ph.D., HIIE project analyst, was selected as one of the 2022 NextGEN Award honorees. He was selected in the “General, Education and Workforce Development” category.
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A live biotherapeutic product reduces lung damage in a neonatal mouse model of chronic lung disease
Experimental neonatal chronic lung disease is marked by a redox imbalance that damages the lungs, and that damage can be ameliorated using a live biotherapeutic mixture of three Lactobacillus species.
