Millions of Americans have completed the at-home Cologuard screening test for early signs of colon cancer. Among the first people to thank for the widely accessible, potentially life-saving tool is James Dahlberg.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of biomolecular chemistry combined basic science discoveries with an entrepreneurial vision that has brought several types of health screenings to homes and hospitals everywhere.
Earlier this month, the Bayh-Dole Coalition awarded Dahlberg the American Innovator Award, recognizing his commitment to advancing federally funded inventions from the laboratory to real-world applications.
Dahlberg’s research at UW–Madison, and partnership with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and chemistry professor Lloyd Smith, led to the founding of Third Wave Technologies, the creation of several other startups and the rise of Madison-based Exact Sciences.
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