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How NIH is Fast-Tracking Innovation With Tara Kirby

Consider combining roughly 13 million records from nine different databases into a single uniform system. That is precisely what the National Institutes of Health accomplished with their breakthrough Enterprise Technology Transfer System (ETT). This achievement even won a 2024 FLC award for technology transfer innovation. In this episode, Tara Kirby, director of the National Institutes of Health's Office of Technology Transfer, takes us on a journey through federal innovation. Tara has a unique viewpoint to technology transfer, having gone from pursuing a PhD in biophysics to directing one of the federal government's most complicated technology transfer organizations. Our chat with Tara reveals the obstacles and successes of adopting the ETT, a project that transformed how the NIH organizes and exchanges critical research data across its 27 institutes and centers. We investigate the complexities of tech transfer at the NIH, the process of producing ETT, and the enormous benefits it offers to efficiency and transparency. Tara also provides useful insights for other agencies considering similar projects and addresses future possibilities, such as the potential role of AI in technology transfer. Join us as we explore how this unique approach is hastening the route of ideas from lab to marketplace, demonstrating the devotion and inventiveness of NIH tech transfer workers in bringing early-stage technologies to the public. In This Episode: [01:56] We learn a little bit about Tara and how she got involved in Tech Transfer. [02:46] She actually used NIH resources to discover where she could use her scientific background. [05:10] Tara talks about the different service levels of tech transfer offices and how  OTT is the umbrella organization for everything. [06:26] Their biggest priority was putting together a new Enterprise Technology Transfer system called ETT. They wanted all of the information of all offices and centers to be combined in one streamlined system. [07:18] Before people had to cross reference nine databases, and they also didn't always have access. [08:06] They began with a needs assessment and expert project management contractors.  [09:02] Once they found a platform and a vendor, it was time to migrate the data from all of the systems. The data migration was a multi-stage process that took about a week. This was after months and months of testing. [10:42] Testing the system has been an ongoing process. [12:36] They're already seeing positive outcomes from the new system. [13:22] NIH is unique, because it is so big with so many different components. An important factor with the new system is to communicate what people actually need to do their jobs. [14:09] Be flexible but prepared for a lot of different ideas. Also be careful and back everything up, because you may think something's not needed but it will turn out it is needed. [15:07] They've also completed things not connected to the new system. The new system has already made big improvements to abstracts and information about patents and technologies online becoming more efficient.  [17:39] We talk about the future of the system and possibly bringing AI into it. [18:59] Tara wishes people knew how much expertise and dedication is required to get NIH Technologies to the public. The NIH is full of very hardworking professionals. Resources:  Tara Kirby (NIH) (https://www.techtransfer.nih.gov/prof...) Tary Kirby LinkedIn (  / tarakirbyphd  ) Will Artificial Intelligence Shape The Future Of Technology Transfer? (https://www.techtransfer.nih.gov/site...) A Guide For Licensing Professionals (https://www.techtransfer.nih.gov/site...) Leading with Vision: Dr. John Kaplan on Growing the VA’s T2 Program (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...)