Innovation Ventures

At Children's National, we combine our strengths with those of public and private partners who share our vision. Here, breakthrough discoveries can more quickly be translated into new treatments and technologies benefiting kids.

Fostering Discovery and Innovation

Innovation Ventures manages all aspects of intellectual property development, creates strategic business partnerships with external stakeholders and provides educational information to foster academic entrepreneurship. Innovation Ventures manages the protection, marketing, licensing and commercialization of all hospital intellectual properties including patent, copyright, research tool, software and know-how.

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Our Team

Haiyin Chang, PhD, MBA, RPA

Senior Licensing Associate

Haiyin Chang, PhD, MBA, RPA

Contact Information

[email protected]

Te’Aira Banks

Intellectual Property Docketing Specialist

Te’Aira Banks

Contact Information

[email protected]

Jules Sherman, MFA

Director, Biodesign Program

Jules Sherman, MFA

Biography

Jules Sherman, MFA, is the director of the Biodesign Program at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. Jules works with clinicians and engineers to design pediatric medical devices and helps guide entrepreneurs that are awarded grants from the Alliance for Pediatric Device Innovation. In addition, Jules is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. She holds a bachelor of fine arts in industrial design from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master of fine arts in design from Stanford University.

Kamran Tariq, PhD

Senior Program Manager, SPARK for Innovations in Pediatrics Hub

Kamran Tariq, PhD

Biography

Kamran Tariq, PhD, is the senior program manager for SPARK, a BARDA Accelerator Network hub at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. He oversees initiatives that provide wraparound accelerator services and funding to support the development, evaluation, and validation of pediatric-focused medical countermeasures. Previously, Kamran worked as a commercialization analyst with Innovation Ventures at Children’s National, advancing commercialization efforts for the hospital’s intellectual property. Prior to this, he served as an analyst with a biotech accelerator, focusing on securing non-dilutive funding for early-stage therapeutics. Kamran holds a PhD in molecular and systems biology from Dartmouth College.

Research, Education & Innovation Week

Each year, Children’s National Research Institute (CNRI) hosts Research, Education & Innovation Week to showcase the wide array of research and education programs occurring throughout the institution.

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