UCSF Innovation Ventures congratulates Dr. Nicole Jiam, Director of the UCSF Otolaryngology Innovation Center, and the Co-Founder/CEO of IIAM Health, a healthtech venture, on receiving a $1.25M National Science Foundation SBIR Phase II award.
Together with Dr. David Conrad, Dr. Jiam received Catalyst funding in 2021 for their innovation, the PolyBarb Nasal Implant System, a novel steroid-eluting absorbable drug delivery platform for inflammatory diseases of the nose.
Most recently, she is an alum of Cohort 3 of the UCSF Global Life Sciences/Healthcare Entrepreneurship Course.