About Technology Transfer and Innovation

Key points

  • The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps turn CDC knowledge and technology into new products and services that improve public health.
  • The Innovation Team promotes innovative approaches and solutions to advance public health across the agency.

Our mission

Our mission is to foster innovation, scientific collaboration, and the advancement of technologies for public health benefit.

Priorities

The Technology Transfer Office and Innovation Team cultivates and develops innovative science, technologies, and processes that support CDC's ability to protect America from health, safety, and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.

Teams

The Innovation Team promotes innovative approaches and solutions to advance public health across the agency. They advance innovation through:

  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
  • Academic collaborations.
  • Training.
  • Data science.
  • Citizen science.
  • Challenges.
  • Contests.

The Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps turn CDC knowledge and technology into new products and services that improve public health. They also build partnerships with external organizations through:

  • Research collaborations.
  • Licenses.
  • Material transfers.