Regulatory and Knowledge Support
- Device Acceleration Center
- Research Integrity and Ethics
- Quality Assurance
- Consultations
About
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.
Vision
To advance health impact and discovery by accelerating the commercialization of medical devices designed and tested at UC San Diego.
About DAC
Resources
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