Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Hao Zhang
Northwestern University, Department: Biomedical Engineering
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Opticent Health
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The research is related to the focus of an entity in which Professor Zhang has significant financial interests, Opticent Health. Opticent Health is working to produce a next generation Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device with improved resolution over existing devices and the ability to determine functional information about imaged vasculature. Opticent Health is also working on high resolution fabrication and the design and manufacture of optical medical devices tailored for individual patients, providing better performance and a host of novel features over existing devices.
This research is aimed to continue to develop and improve the vis-OCT technique for the stated purposes of measuring oxygen saturation levels and the metabolic rate of oxygen used in the retina, which is one of the applications that Opticent Health is focused on; new technologies developed in the course of this research project may be of commercial interest to, and thus benefit, Opticent Health.
The close intersection of this research and Professor Zhang’s Opticent Health’s interests, particularly relative to OCT, results in the perception of a conflict of interest that should be managed.
Investigating oxygen metabolism in diabetic retinopathy
PROJECT NARRATIVE Significant improvement in clinical management of diabetic retinopathy will be possible if it's earliest pathological alterations can be detected and thoroughly understood. Quantitative imaging of retinal oxygen metabolism and comprehensive investigation of pathophysiology of dysfunctional retinal oxygen supply/consumption may provide such a possibility. This project seeks to apply novel, clinically-translatable, functional imaging technology and combine it with longitudinal animal model studies to address these needs.
Filed on September 01, 2016.
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Hao Zhang filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hao Zhang | Northwestern University at Chicago | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Hao Zhang | Florida International University | Conflict of Interest | Opticent Health | Value cannot be readily determined |
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