Anne DeChant, MS, MBA

Anne DeChant, MS, MBA, is the Director, Education Programs for the CMI. She manages a portfolio of therapeutic and diagnostic technologies, leads the Innovation Fellows Program and Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate, and manages grant initiatives and proposals.

Anne has spent over 20 years in higher education, most recently at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In her various roles at CWRU, Anne helped launch and grow the Office of Translation and Innovation where her work supported faculty students and staff develop medical technologies for market. She established several translational funding programs, cultivated philanthropic donations, created and implemented the CWRU Venture Mentor Program for graduate students and post-docs, and managed a portfolio of medical technologies. Anne also participated in strategic planning for the School of Medicine and the University and served as ad hoc project manager for large programmatic grant proposals such as the Clinical & Translational Science Award and multiple Innovation Symposia. Anne also worked with the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship where she helped develop and implement a speaker series and establish a grant program. Anne holds a BS from Ohio State University, an MS in Cell Biology from Cleveland State University, and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

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