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POINT-OF-INJURY DIAGNOSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY USING SALIVA

NEW BIOMARKER KIT FOR NONINVASIVE AND EARLY MILD BRAIN INJURY DETECTION

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE ST. LOUIS TECH TRIANGLE COALITION, LED BY GREATER ST. LOUIS, INC., WITH BOOSTING BIOSCIENCES, GEOSPATIAL, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES BY CONVERGING THIS REGION'S THREE LEADING INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, AND BUILDING A NATIONAL MODEL FOR INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH. COALITION PROJECTS INCLUDE EXPANDING RUNG FOR WOMEN, A WORKFORCE INTERMEDIARY FOCUSED ON WOMEN IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAREERS, SUPPORTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SUPPLYING EQUIPMENT FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND INVESTING IN CUTTING EDGE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT RESEARCH. ONCE IMPLEMENTED, THE INVESTMENT WILL HELP DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN REGIONAL INDUSTRY CLUSTERS - ALL WHILE EMBRACING ECONOMIC EQUITY, CREATING GOOD-PAYING JOBS, AND ENHANCING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS GLOBALLY.

PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT WILL EXTEND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFORMATION SYSTEM (ERIS) FROM A TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) 5 TO A TRL OF 6-7 TO TEST THE SYSTEM IN A RELEVANT DEMONSTRATION TO PROVE IT IS EFFECTIVE IN OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS, INTERFACE IT WITH EXISTING NETWORKS USED BY FIRST RESPONDERS TO MAKE IT INTEROPERABLE WITH COMPLEMENTARY CAPABILITIES. ERIS IS A MULTI-USERS AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) PLATFORM WHICH LEVERAGES REAL TIME DATA FROM EXTERNAL INTERFACED DATA SOURCES AND USER INPUT TO DISPLAY RELEVANT DATA USING ICONOGRAPHY TO ANNOTATE THE REAL WORLD TO DISTRIBUTE AND COMMUNICATE ALL KNOWN REAL TIME INFORMATION QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY ACROSS ALL DIVISIONS OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIELD.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THREE ACTIVITIES WILL BE PERFORMED: 1) TESTING: RESEARCHERS WILL DETERMINE WHAT IS THE MOST RELEVANT AND IMPACTFUL TYPE OF PROBLEM THAT ERIS CAN SOLVE (E.G. ACCOUNTABILITY), DEVELOP A TESTING SCENARIO, IDENTIFY GOOD TEST SITES, KPIS TO MEASURE, EXECUTE THE TEST AND FROM THE RESULTS DRIVE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS AND REPORT ON FINDINGS. 2) IMPLEMENTATION: RESEARCHERS WILL SUPPORT TESTING IN AN ACTUAL RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT AND ENABLE THE MINIMUM ROBUSTNESS, PERFORMANCE, AND SET OF CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO CONDUCT A TEST WITHOUT SOFTWARE ISSUES AND/OR HARDWARE FAILURES, AS WELL TO IMPROVE OUR UI, CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE FROM WHAT WE LEARN FROM TESTING. 3) INTERFACING/PUBLISHING: RESEARCHERS WILL INTERFACE THE SYSTEM WITH EXISTING NETWORKS OR DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS TO PROVIDE COMPLEMENTARY CAPABILITIES AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING NETWORKS, AND MAKE THE APPLICATION AVAILABLE BY PUBLISHING IT TO APPLICATION STORES USED BY THE COMMUNITY.EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT EXPECTS TO RESULT IN ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW ERIS TO TEST IN ACTUAL (I.E. NON TESTING) RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS, THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CRITICAL CAPABILITIES SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO TAG OR COMMUNICATE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING TESTS THAT WILL PROVE THAT THOSE EFFORTS ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR THE SAFETY COMMUNITY.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THERE IS NO SUBRECIPIENT WITH THIS AWARD.