HonorHealth Research Institute
City: Scottsdale
Amount: $100000
Award Date: 2019
Duration: 18 months
Program Area: Bioscience
Support for a project in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Microsoft Research to develop a first-of-its-kind digital tool exploiting augmented-reality (AR) and virtual-reality (VR) environments, combined with novel algorithms, to measure the perceptual degree of “immersivity” in patient comprehension and informed consent in health-care environments. Researchers will validate the platform in a clinical study and establish quality and regulatory plans for product development and corresponding regulatory pathways for future commercialization. This grant is awarded under the Flinn Foundation Translational Research Seed Grant Initiative to support research collaborations between basic scientists and clinical researchers.