C-THAN Receives up to $8 Million in Funding over Five Years - POCTRN
The Point-of-Care Technology Research Network develops technologies with clinical applications using a network model that enhances complementary strengths and builds multidisciplinary partnerships.
2023 POCTRN awardees announced
Congratulations to the six Technology Research and Development Centers around the country that comprise the Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN). Established in 2007 by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), POCTRN has facilitated a pipeline of technologies and expertise that address health conditions from heart disease to cancer to HIV/AIDS and that extends across domains from child health to global health.
Coordination among all the centers will continue to be led by CIMIT, who will reprise their role as the POCTRN Coordinating Center. Each center will use a milestone-driven approach to focus resources on the development of technologies that demonstrate the highest chance of success. Learn more about each center below.Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies
Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases
Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern
Center for Advancing Point of Care in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Diseases
Center for Point of Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer in Global Health at Cornell University
The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Equitable Cancer Care
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C-THAN Receives up to $8 Million in Funding over Five Years
The Center for Innovation in Point-of-Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University (C-THAN), housed within Northwestern Engineering’s Center for Innovation Global Health Technologies (CIGHT), has received up to $8 million in renewal funding over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Launched in 2018 with a $7.5 million grant, C-THAN supports collaborations between McCormick School of Engineering researchers and university partners in Africa to foster an ecosystem of point-of-care (POC) technology development to better detect and monitor HIV and common fatal comorbidities and complications, including tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers.
POCTRN and COVID-19

In response to COVID-19 pandemic, POCTRN has helped to launch the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative to accelerate the development, validation, and commercialization of innovative point-of-care and home-based tests, as well as improvements to clinical laboratory tests, that can directly detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. We have also curated a number resources and additional funding opportunities on our resources page.
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