By Laurie Fickman
A three-year National Science Foundation program is underway at the University of Houston’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology Center. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates, or REU site, is focused on safe and effective human-device interaction to help an ailing body move again.
The REU site will prepare students for future careers in regulatory science and medical device development. Regulatory science is the science of developing new tools, standards, methods, and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products.