Business & Entrepreneurship

An earbud-like device from Aurenar, a WashU startup, is designed to improve stroke outcomes after a ruptured brain aneurysm. The technology is based on clinical trials led by WashU Medicine physician-scientists including Eric Leuthardt, MD.

At the WashU Office of Technology Management’s annual Celebration of Inventors, WashU Medicine researchers Graham Colditz and Shu (Joy) Jiang were honored for developing and commercializing a technology to predict breast cancer risk.

WashU engineering researchers led by Sang-Hoon Bae received a grant from Samsung to further their work to improve electrostatic capacitors.

WashU was ranked ninth among U.S. universities in the inaugural Cure Innovation Index, an assessment of how effectively institutions translate research advances into market-ready innovations. The index cited WashU’s biomedical research capabilities and support for commercialization and innovation, among other strengths.

WashU Medicine researchers Randall J. Bateman, MD, and David M. Holtzman, MD, were honored for their work developing diagnostic blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease with the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s 2026 American Innovator Award.

Researchers at WashU McKelvey Engineering are addressing the challenges of scaling up carbon dioxide electrolysis for industrial use.

In total, WashU startups received nearly $125,000 in funding during an event at the Skandalaris Center’s annual spring awards ceremony.

Applications are open for the AI Research Commons Midwest Fellows Program, which connects leaders of early AI startups to resources. It’s open to faculty, students and researchers from WashU and other institutions that recently launched Third Coast Foundry. The deadline is Friday, May 1.

At WashU, Sri Gopalsamy Ramaswamy combines public health and business to examine why care falls short — and how to design solutions that reach patients.

The Skandalaris Center has established the WashU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. Nominations for the inaugural class are open until May 4.