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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UAB and Children’s of Alabama launch new urine collection device for critically ill premature infants and children
The Zorro-Flow Inc. is the newest startup from the UAB Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The device is the first external catheter to collect urine effectively, safely and comfortably from critically ill female neonates and children. -
Nugent honored as one of 2022’s “Top Birmingham Women”
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Vice President Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., was announced as one of the Top Birmingham Women of 2022 by the Birmingham Business Journal.
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UAB start-up aims to develop inhaled therapies for lung conditions
C. Vivek Lal, M.D., FAAP, knows the challenge of launching a successful start-up.
Less than two years ago, Lal founded ResBiotic, a UAB start-up company that creates science-backed, clinically tested over-the-counter probiotics to support gut, lung and immune health by targeting the gut microbiome.
