Device Acceleration Center (DAC)
The Mission of the Device Acceleration Center (DAC) is to serve as the ideation and testing hub of medical devices at UC San Diego by
- Providing translational science training;
- Identifying unmet clinical needs amenable to clinician-engineer collaboration;
- Prototype testing;
- Commercialization.
The Vision of DAC is to advance health impact and discovery by accelerating the commercialization of medical devices designed and tested at UC San Diego.
About DAC

Resources
IGE
MedTech
IdeaWave
BlueLinc
Office of Innovation and Commercialization
Contacts

Sam Ward, Ph.D.
Director
s1ward@health.ucsd.edu
858-534-4918

Dennis Abremski
dabremski@eng.ucsd.edu
858-822-6775

Mark Wallace, M.D.
mswallace@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-0776

Eugene Sato, Ph.D.
ejsato@health.ucsd.edu
858-534-4463

Colin Depp, Ph.D.
cdepp@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-4251

For Entrepreneurs
DAC resources include partnerships across campus and with the local business community