Research Intern - Surgery - Clinical

Responsibilities

• Observe a variety of surgical procedures across different surgical specialties to gain an understanding of clinical workflows and the role technology plays in a clinical setting.
• Participate in a two-week Biodesign workshop series focused on the medical device innovation process.
• Learn to identify and evaluate unmet clinical needs using literature and market research.
• Elicit design criteria from clinical stakeholders to drive novel medical device design ideation.
• Rapidly prototype novel concepts across multiple fidelity stages to achieve a minimum viable product.
• Conduct medical device strategy development, including regulatory, business, and intellectual property assessments, to identify pathways for translating novel concepts to the patient bedside.
• Support the advancement of projects within the IDEAS Lab project portfolio by contributing to hands-on research and development activities.
• Apply clinical needs assessment methodologies.
• Support concept generation and prototyping efforts.
• Conduct market and technology evaluations.
• Assist with strategy development to facilitate the translation of innovative solutions into clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Must be have recently graduated from an undergraduate or graduate program in life sciences and/or engineering in the last year.

Learning Objectives

• Learn Design Concept Analysis - Students will learn and apply the medical device product development process; the activities associated with this process include: 1) Needs finding/screening, 2) concept generation through prototyping, 3) strategy development and business planning (research existing patents and similar devices, market research).
• Participate in Prototyping of Novel Medical Device Designs - Observation and assisted use of CAD/CAM modeling software such as Solidworks. Students may also learn prototyping with expired medical supplies and instruments, product rendering, technical engineering drawings, bench top testing, preparing for preclinical studies and/or IRB/IDE studies.
• Communication and clinician engagement - Students may assist clinicians to gather information regarding current clinical problems and proposed solutions; learn and practice organizing and presenting this information into a project summary that can be used by other IDEAS Lab staff.

Position Information

• Offsite work arrangements are subject to approval and may be modified or revoked at any time based on business needs, performance considerations, or regulatory requirements.
• This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening.
• The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.