Meet our SPARK Fellows

Introducing Cohort 8

Dr. Ma

Ji Ma, PhD

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture

Email Address:jm@virginia.edu

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture 

This project focuses on reducing subsidence, a complication in spinal fusion surgery where the intervertebral body fusion devices (cages) sink into the endplates of the vertebrae, leading to misalignment and the need for revision surgery. The proposed solution involves developing a patient-specific spinal fusion cage customized to match the stiffness and geometry of the patient's vertebral body endplates, which can be obtained from CT scans. The project aims to create a working prototype of the patient-specific cage, develop automated software to determine endplate characteristics, and secure a patent in order to obtain licensing opportunities with existing spinal cage companies. Collaborators: Evalina Burger-Van Der Walt, MD, Vikas Patel, MD, Todd Baldini and Andriy Noshchenko 

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Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Jessica Rove, MD

Colorado Chest Tube

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Gastrostomy Tube Guardian

Rui Zhao, PhD

Rui Zhao, PhD

Developing a First-in-Class Allosteric Eya2 Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibitor for Brain Cancer Therapy

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Development of Gated Dual-antigen Targeting CAR-T Cell Therapy to Treat ATRT, an Aggressive Brain Tumor in Children

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Zhirui Wang, PhD

Bivalent CD47 Immunotoxin for Targeted Therapy of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Other CD47+ Cancers

Cohort 6

Dr. Ma

Ji Ma, PhD

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture

Email Address:jm@virginia.edu

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture 

This project focuses on reducing subsidence, a complication in spinal fusion surgery where the intervertebral body fusion devices (cages) sink into the endplates of the vertebrae, leading to misalignment and the need for revision surgery. The proposed solution involves developing a patient-specific spinal fusion cage customized to match the stiffness and geometry of the patient's vertebral body endplates, which can be obtained from CT scans. The project aims to create a working prototype of the patient-specific cage, develop automated software to determine endplate characteristics, and secure a patent in order to obtain licensing opportunities with existing spinal cage companies. Collaborators: Evalina Burger-Van Der Walt, MD, Vikas Patel, MD, Todd Baldini and Andriy Noshchenko 

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Cohort 5

Dr. Ma

Ji Ma, PhD

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture

Email Address:jm@virginia.edu

Novelty Cages Accommodating Individual Endplate Architecture 

This project focuses on reducing subsidence, a complication in spinal fusion surgery where the intervertebral body fusion devices (cages) sink into the endplates of the vertebrae, leading to misalignment and the need for revision surgery. The proposed solution involves developing a patient-specific spinal fusion cage customized to match the stiffness and geometry of the patient's vertebral body endplates, which can be obtained from CT scans. The project aims to create a working prototype of the patient-specific cage, develop automated software to determine endplate characteristics, and secure a patent in order to obtain licensing opportunities with existing spinal cage companies. Collaborators: Evalina Burger-Van Der Walt, MD, Vikas Patel, MD, Todd Baldini and Andriy Noshchenko 

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Cohort 4

Cohort 3

Cohort 2

Cohort 1

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