The NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) Research Institute serves as a focal point for more than 1,000 active research projects and nearly 200 externally funded research faculty. Funding from the NIH places NorthShore among the top 10 comprehensive research hospitals in the country, #1 in the State of Illinois, and in the top 5% of all institutions. Priority areas for research are medical genetics, cancer, neurosciences, advanced imaging research, cardiovascular, peri-neonatal, and outcomes research. In 2006, NorthShore received more than $33MM in annualized external awards.

About NorthShore University HealthSystem

Located in Chicago's northern suburbs, NorthShore University HealthSystem is a fully integrated healthcare system that includes Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park Hospitals, NorthShore University HealthSystem Medical Group, Home Services, Research Institute and Foundation. NorthShore is consistently ranked as one of the top 15 teaching hospitals and has earned the distinction as the only health system to be named a Top 100 Hospital® eleven times by Solucient®. Evanston Hospital has been named a top national hospital in the Leapfrog Top Hospitals List.

NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute has a number of opportunities available in the following areas -

Oncology Opportunities

· Coformycin potentially treats 80% of all cancers

· A novel chemotherapy sensitizer drastically improves the selectivity and efficacy of chemotherapy while reducing negative side effects

· A new oncolytic adenovirus potentially treats both the primary tumor as well as the metastases

Novel Targets, Methods, and Markers

· A new marker that leverages the earliest diagnostic test for Acute Myocardial Infarction

· A novel molecular target for the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis, wound healing, and inflammation control

· First Known Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene for New Treatments & Diagnostics

· A new Genome Scanning Technology that improves scanning resolution by 1000-fold

Life sciences out-licensing opportunities

NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute is actively looking for companies to co-develop and/or license numerous opportunities in the oncology, medical device, and diagnostic arenas.