Northern Kentucky University

University center name

NKU IHEI (Initiative for Health Entrepreneurship and Innovation)

Location

1 Louie B Nunn Dr, Highland Heights, KY 41099

Region

Atlanta

Year one

2022

Contact

Laurent Pulsfort, Director for Economic Engagement (pulsfort1@nku.edu)

Additional Contact

Valerie Hardcastle, Director, hardcastle@nku.edu, 859-572-5376

Organization link

https://www.nku.edu/ihi/initiative-for-health-entrepreneurship-and-innovation.h…

An EDA-supported University Center grant will expand the Northern Kentucky University Collaborative for Economic Engagement (the Collaborative), a one-stop shared-services central innovation hub for businesses and entrepreneurs, to include a targeted IHI Initiative for HealthCare Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IHEI). With the backing of regional anchor bioscience and health-related industries and a newly funded wet lab, IHEI promises to strengthen Northern Kentucky’s bioscience and health innovation ecosystem by providing skill development and work force training in STEM, healthcare, and entrepreneurship; applied research for economic development; mentoring for commercialization; and targeted entrepreneurial support for founders. The IHEI will help provide the tools that bioscience and health-related entrepreneurs need to thrive–knowledge, data, talent, and capital.