Peter Kant, MA
Commercial Translation Program Manager
Center for Commercial Applications Program Manager, Commercial Translation
Commercial application lead in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance with a portfolio of twenty-six active digital health commercial translation projects.
Project Manager
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Pittsburgh
Repeatable data servicing of five grant-funded projects totaling ~$35MM; U-grant submission from zero to final in 8 weeks.
Education & Experience
Peter is a project manager in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He brings to sciVelo 12 years of software product development management experience within the education, leadership development & diagnostics consulting, finance, and healthcare industries. Peter’s professional interests span technology application to health sciences education, project management, product development, team development, and academic commercial translation. Peter boasts certifications from the Scrum Alliance as ScrumMaster and Scrum Product Owner. In addition, he has completed the lean six sigma green belt training and is highly skilled at User Story Mapping. He spends his spare time with his wife and 3 children, cooking, baking, and gaming.
Education
MA, Education, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
BA, Asian Studies, Vassar College, 1999
Research Experience
Medical Education
- Boninger, Michael MD; Troen, Philip MD; Green, Emily MA; Borkan, Jeffrey MD, PhD; Lance-Jones, Cynthia PhD; Humphrey, Allen PhD; Gruppuso, Philip MD; Kant, Peter MA; McGee, James MD; Willochell, Michael; Schor, Nina MD, PhD; Kanter, Steven L. MD; Levine, Arthur S. MD. Implementation of a Longitudinal Mentored Scholarly Project: An Approach at Two Medical Schools. Academic Medicine: March 2010 – Volume 85 – Issue 3 – pp 429-437.
- JB McGee, PM Kant. vpSim-A Virtual Patient Simulation Web Service. Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems, 2010.
- Babichenko, J. Alexander, C. Toth, P. Kant, J.B. McGee. vpSim – Virtual Patient Simulation for Education, Training and Assessment. Poster, International Association of Medical Science Educators, annual meeting, New Orleans LA, 2010.
- ANSI /MEDBIQ VP.10.1-2010 MedBiquitous Virtual Patient Player Specifications and Description Document.
Commercial Translation Experience