By uniting promising innovators with the best minds in academia and medicine, we are streamlining the development of health care breakthroughs.
Texas Medical Center Accelerator (TMCx)Speeding up the development of health and life science advancements by bringing visionary entrepreneurs inside the doors of the Texas Medical Center.
TMCx+The TMCx+ incubator provides early-stage life science companies with the space and amenities they need to achieve the next stage of growth.
TMC Biodesign Fellowship ProgramThe one-year fellowship program brings together talented individuals from different backgrounds to create digital health and medical device solutions.
JLABS@TMCAn ecosystem for entrepreneurs to deliver transformational solutions for patients, JLABS@TMC seeks to find the best science and technologies.
The TMC Innovation Institute is a unique learning environment aimed at impacting the health care industry through the collaboration of medicine and cutting-edge technology from around the world. By supporting entrepreneurs as they broaden their vision and network, we help companies take their products from bench to bed.
Where the Future Happens Every Day
The TMC Innovation Institute is shaping the future of health care by uniting promising innovators with the best minds in academia, science and medicine. Our programs help startups streamline the development of therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device and digital health breakthroughs in world’s largest medical complex.
Housed within our 100,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, we focus on bringing to the Texas Medical Center, the best solutions to unmet health care needs by providing tools and action plans necessary to move products and companies forward, regardless of development stage. We also lower the barriers of access to hospital stakeholders and key opinion leaders across our campus of 61 member institutions.
In addition, no medical center offers as many opportunities to discover solutions that are shaping the future of health care as the Texas Medical Center.
Since its inception, TMC Innovation Institute companies have experienced:
371Customer
Engagements
$230MTotal
Funding Raised
111Current & Alumni
TMCx Companies
7TMC Venture Fund Companies
Vision
To become the global leader in health and life science innovation.
National Partnerships
The TMC Innovation Institute, together with The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) is working with a network of accelerators across America to promote national health security innovation.
The goal is to populate the R&D pipeline with candidate health security products and technologies that are ready to advance to later-stage funding outside of the accelerator network for clinical development and commercialization, to revolutionize our capability and capacity for national health security preparedness and response.
Learn more about the program by visiting the Department of Health and Human Services website.
National Partnerships
The TMC Innovation Institute, together with The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe) is working with a network of accelerators across America to promote national health security innovation.
The goal is to populate the R&D pipeline with candidate health security products and technologies that are ready to advance to later-stage funding outside of the accelerator network for clinical development and commercialization, to revolutionize our capability and capacity for national health security preparedness and response.
Learn more about the program by visiting the Department of Health and Human Services website.
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The TMC Innovation Institute is a unique ecosystem that presents a variety of opportunities for anyone. Whether you’re a startup wanting to join our community or a company hosting an event, we’d love to hear from you! Click on the “Apply” link to check out the open applications or to become an advisor. If you’d like to host an event, feel free to submit a request by clicking on the link below.
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This morning, our director Dr. Tim Garson discusses with @HoustonMatters what he's hoping to hear from the candidates about health care during tonight's debates in Houston. Listen live at 9 a.m. Central on @HoustonPubMedia https://t.co/liWgjOsRag #healthpolicy @TXMedCenter https://t.co/ERK6OuTaCV
Tomorrow night - just 2 miles from the largest medical center on Earth - presidential candidates will debate the future of health care. We spoke with @BenjaminEW of the @HoustonChron about what candidates and voters are saying https://t.co/tbnSp9b9CN #healthpolicy
When physicians integrate with hospitals, the cost of health care rises - even though there’s no evidence patients get better treatment, according to new research by experts at @BakerInstitute and @BCBSTX https://t.co/ijgnyw7Ac2 #healthpolicy
Exciting news: our team has published a new book that explores the answers to every question you’ve ever had about health policy! Learn more at our @TXMedCenter author talk on Oct. 15. More info at https://t.co/MRV3Ns7nwe https://t.co/vSQC5AaPQI
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Join us Oct. 15 in Houston as we discuss our new book, "Exposing the Twenty Medical Myths: Why Everything You Know About Health Care Is Wrong and How to Make It Right." Free registration at: https://t.co/MRV3Ns7nwe #healthpolicy https://t.co/iXibD8qw7Z
Important new work from @KFF reveals that health costs for families covered by large employers have risen an astonishing 67 percent over the last decade. https://t.co/KSSSuCDmqr #healthpolicy
"'Medicare for all' is the wrong goal and we need a new system." Our director Dr. Arthur Garson offers his take in @thehill about the best way to provide health care for all Americans. https://t.co/8MSRMiaU2N https://t.co/LA7WXcmZ8K
As voters watch the debates this week, they should pay close attention to the candidates’ answers (and non-answers) to these three key health care questions -- our latest in @statnews #DemDebate https://t.co/0kXCP0EZW0 https://t.co/7mT1OMfV6B
During tomorrow's debates, you'll hear a lot of discussion about Medicare for All. But here are ways we can start reducing the cost of health care — right now. https://t.co/h4sLjTHzjl https://t.co/cOwZuWNxjp
In our latest @HoustonChron @ChronOpinion piece, we weigh in on proposals to increase transparency in medical pricing. "Transparency needs context. Just publishing the numbers isn’t good enough for patients." https://t.co/uifpiJvCCr https://t.co/WutNCQZ9fT
A study of children covered by public insurance found that more than 70 percent had a parent employed at a large business. As health care costs rise, private insurance is often out of reach -- even for those who work. More info via @Health_Affairs https://t.co/0dCOJ0dM2T https://t.co/oJuI8CXYWW
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TMCx alumni company, @meruhealth, introduces 'The New Standard of Mental Healthcare' along with publishing groundbreaking peer-reviewed 1-year treatment results! Congrats! https://t.co/j5ygqcVAu3 #mentalhealth #healthcare #innovation #collaborate #houston #medtech #technology https://t.co/bUiWfkyvUD
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Exited to be apart of the DRIVe networks! https://t.co/6gxPVmsxRo
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TMC | alpha is next Thursday, Sept 26th! We have Executive-in-Residence, John "JR" Reale, speaking during the lunch and learn! https://t.co/IzVYsIARKz#innovation #healthcare #lifesciences #collaboration #medtech #technology #tmcalpha #houston #htx #entrepreneurs #startups https://t.co/kVbcxEyZM2
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