Heather Walsh, Ph.D.
Project Manager
Edelstone Center
6030 S. Ellis Avenue, 2S
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-8689
Fax: 773-702-0741
hwalsh@tech.uchicago.edu
Heather Walsh joined the UChicagoTech team as an Associate Project Manager in April 2008, and was promoted to Project Manager in October 2009. As a Project Manager, she is responsible for the identifying, evaluating, securing IP protection, and commercializing inventions arising from University of Chicago research. Heather manages a large portfolio of technologies from diverse scientific disciplines with a focus on oncology, molecular biology, and neuroscience.
Before starting at UChicagoTech, Heather served as a patent search professional for Cardinal Law Group in Evanston, Illinois from 2007 to 2008 where she evaluated the validity of applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In this position, she was responsible for constructing opinions based on the examination of prior art and the interpretation of the claims in each patent application. Furthermore, Heather conducted searches for private clients to assess the patentability of their inventions.
From 2000 to 2007, Heather designed and completed a doctoral thesis project addressing nicotine-induced changes in the brain and the implications for addiction. This work resulted in a publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2008.
Heather holds a B.A. in Psychology from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the University of Chicago.