Licensing
Kathleen Bass, Ph.D.
Associate Director
kathleen.bass@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3014
Kathleen joined TIDO at Children's Hospital Boston in March 2002. Her primary focus is the commercialization of technologies from the departments of cardiology, ophthalmology and endocrinology although she has broad experience in many areas. Prior to joining Children's, she earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology with a research focus on microbiology from Loyola University Chicago. Her Bachelor's degree in biology is from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where she graduated cum laude.
Peter Hodges, Ph.D.
Licensing Manager
peter.hodges@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3024
Peter joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in April 2004, and handles a wide range of technologies, including research tools, bioinformatics and software, genetics, genomics and proteomics, and currently handles stem cell technologies.
Peter received his Ph.D. in Human Genetic from Yale University School of Medicine and did his post-doctoral work in RNA biology in the UK at the Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, and at the University of Edinburgh. After teaching at several Boston area colleges, he joined Proteome, Inc., a startup bioinformatics company specializing in the extraction, classification and presentation of protein information curated from scientific literature. Following the acquisition of Proteome by Incyte Corporation, Peter transitioned to business development and was involved in the out-licensing Incyte's vast patent portfolio.
Abbie Meyer, Ph.D.
Licensing Manager
abbie.meyer@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3011
Abbie joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in July 2005. Currently, her cases include technologies in the fields of immunology, infectious disease and vaccines, ophthalmology, gastroenterology and stem cells. Prior to joining Children's Hospital, she studied immune mechanisms of Lyme disease and Lyme vaccines at Tufts University School of Medicine where she was an inventor on a patent for a Lyme vaccine. Abbie earned her Ph.D. degree from the Ohio State University where she studied immune tolerance and autoimmunity.
Connie Caron, MBA, Patent Agent
Licensing Manager
connie.caron@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3012
Connie joined TIDO at Children’s Hospital Boston in December 2009. She supports many departments including Neurology, Nephrology and Pathology. Prior to joining Children’s, Connie worked at Partners HealthCare in the office of Research Ventures and Licensing where she managed a large caseload that included technologies developed by researchers in the Neurology and Nephrology departments at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Connie is a registered patent agent and has three years experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications at a genomics company. Connie earnedConnie earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Boston University.
Alan Yen, Ph.D.
Licensing Manager
alan.yen@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3025
Alan joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2010 and is responsible for managing and licensing technologies from the Informatics Program, Developmental Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Newborn Medicine. Prior to joining Children's, Alan worked at the Center for Commercialization at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle for over four years, where he managed life science projects in genomics and proteomics, cardiovascular and brain imaging, computational protein and vaccine design, cardiology, pharmocogenetics and hospital information technology.
Prior to the UW, Alan was a scientist and director of business development at LifeSpan Biosciences, a company providing antibody reagents and molecular pathology services to the bio-pharma industry. Alan has a B.S. from the University of California, Davis, a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, and completed his postdoctoral research in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
Maude Tessier, Ph.D.
Associate Licensing Manager
maude.tessier@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3015
Maude joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2008. She is responsible for managing and licensing technologies arising out of the Vascular Biology Program, as well as the Nephrology, Urology and Respiratory Diseases Departments. Prior to joining Children's Hospital, she worked for Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an oncology drug development company in Cambridge, MA where she acted as Business Development Manager and Project Manager. She received her Bachelor of Science Honors degree in Biochemistry from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada, from the department of Medical Biophysics. During her graduate work under the mentoring of Dr. James R. Woodgett, she identified and characterized a novel kinase involved in cancer.
Alexander Augst, Ph.D.
Associate Licensing Manager
alexander.augst@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3018
Alexander joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2008. Alexander is a Biomedical Engineer and his expertise lies in medical devices, cell and tissue engineering, microfluidics, medical imaging and biomaterials. Before joining Children's Hospital, Alexander was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and gained experience in Technology Transfer at Massachusetts General Hospital Corporate Sponsored Research and Licensing, where he worked on a number of licenses originating from the MGH microfluidics portfolio. Alexander received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Imperial College London in 2003 and his MEng in Mechanical Engineering from City University London in 1999.
Contracts and Intellectual Property
Christopher Geehan, J.D.
Contracts and Intellectual Property Specialist
christopher.geehan@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3023
Chris joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2007. He brings his research knowledge and experience in science and background in law to TIDO. In his role, Chris deals with a number of intellectual property issues including the drafting, negotiation and reviewing of license and confidential disclosure agreements, as well as licensee diligence. Also, Chris works closely with outside counsel to protect Children's Hospital intellectual property via trademarks and patents.
Before joining the office, Chris had been working in a transplant immunology research laboratory at Children's Hospital where he began his career in 1996 working under Dr. David Briscoe studying the role of endothelial / T-cell interactions in allograft rejection and later the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in allograft rejection. While managing a laboratory in the Transplantation Research Center at Children's Hospital, Chris earned his J.D. degree at the Massachusetts School of Law and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Stanley Tabi, J.D.
Patent Coordinator
stanley.tabi@childrens.harvard.edu
(617) 919-3013
Stanley joined TIDO of Children's Hospital Boston in 2008. Stanley has knowledge of IP licensing including patentability and prior art searches, and experience in patent prosecution, developing and managing IP portfolio, and patent strategy.
In his role at TIDO, he is responsible for managing electronic and hard copy patent cases, and to implement processes and procedures to routinely review patent portfolios for patentability, status, strategy and costs.
Prior to joining Children's Hospital, he worked for Lahive and Cockfield, LLP and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. in Boston, MA. Stanley graduated from Suffolk University Law School with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law and holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.