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Tim recently his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and is a co-inventor of the novel shape memory polymers and SelfWrap technologies. He has vetted the commercial potential of SelfWrap by interviewing healthcare professionals from across the country as an Entrepreneurial Lead in the 2014 NSF I-Corps Program, a pre-intake company in the Life Science Tennessee Mentor Network Program, and awardee in numerous pitch competitions such as the 2016 Rice Business Plan Competition. He has also helped raise ~$300,000 in federal grant money for development of this technology. Dr. Boire previously worked for 3 years at Genzyme Corporation as a Research Associate.