Michael B. Serling, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Israeli inventors and entrepreneurs
so that they can bring their best
products to market — and do it
here.”
Dulchavsky has made six trips
to Israel, meeting with representa-
tives of Start-Up Nation Central
Ltd., an Israeli nonprofit he
describes as “a clearinghouse for
all of the entrepreneurial activity in
Israel.” Start-Up Nation has hosted
him while he met with Israeli
entrepreneurs and considered
hundreds of ideas for health-relat-
ed products and innovations.
ISRAELI INNOVATION
Israel is respected worldwide for
its technology-based industries
and entrepreneurial culture with
a high level of investment in
research and development. It is
home to more startups than any
location except Silicon Valley.
Dulchavsky says Israeli innova-
tors and entrepreneurs are partic-
ularly strong in cybersecurity and
digital health, which encompass a
wide range of patient- and health
provider-oriented technologies.
These include smart phone appli-
cations that can measure wakeful-
ness and stress as well as advanced
digital analysis to learn more
from X-rays and other imaging
and medical tests. Zebra Medical
Vision is one of the high-tech
Israeli companies working with the
Henry Ford Innovation staff.
“We recently completed a
pilot study looking at the abil-
ity of Zebra’s software solution
to diagnose osteoporosis with
routine CT scans done for other
indications,” Dulchavsky says.
“The pilot showed that their solu-
tion was very reliable in the data
sets we shared with them. The
pilot resulted in a well-received
national presentation, and it will
be published later this year.” He
anticipates agreements with other
Israeli startups during 2017.
Developing and testing new
medical devices and other technol-
ogy can be costly, creating a barrier
to market entry. The Henry Ford
Innovation Institute can assist
entrepreneurs in the development
process, offering its comprehensive
healthcare knowledge and strong
brand.
“We are trying to establish a
footprint in healthcare innovation
here in Detroit,” he says. •
Writing
Program
For Teens
One Earth Writing, a local
nonprofit that connects
teens across racial, reli-
gious and socioeconomic
divides through writing, is
accepting applications for
its second Ambassadors
program.
Teens (grades 7-12) are
invited to submit a writing
sample and letter of appli-
cation at oneearthwriting.
org/apply. Deadline is May
15.
Ambassadors are teens
interested in explor-
ing their writing talent
through a lens of iden-
tity. They are open-minded
youth with a desire to lead
who will participate in reg-
ular writing workshops led
by Lynne Golodner, One
Earth Writing founder and
executive director. They
also will co-facilitate the
group’s summer programs.
Commitment for the
summer program is July
10-20. Interested teens
must write a one-page let-
ter explaining why they are
interested in becoming an
Ambassador, why they will
be unique and interesting
fits for this diverse group
of student writers, and
what they hope to do with
the leadership and writing
skills they gain with One
Earth Writing.
Finalists will be notified
by June 1. Summer pro-
gram dates are June 28 (11
a.m.-3 p.m.), July 6 (2-5:30
p.m.), July 12 (11 a.m.-3
p.m.), July 20 (1:30-5:30
p.m.), July 30 (1-5 p.m.),
August 2 (12-4 p.m.).
For details, call (248)
376-0406 or email lynne@
oneearthwriting.org. •
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