Elizabeth Cross Nichol, MBA, PT, is the Senior Program and Grants Manager for the Life Sciences Washington Entrepreneurship & Venture Services. She is a conduit for entrepreneurs to our LSW and regional services. This includes engaging with strategics, grant agencies. and partners to both understand and share their expertise.
Having worked as a clinician and a hospital administrator, Elizabeth is well aware of the need to bring safe and effective products and solutions to deliver great patient care. She has conducted health technology and services assessment as both a purchaser and an investor. Working with several early-stage medical device/drug combo concepts from ideation to commercial implementation, Elizabeth understands the challenges of moving through product lifecycle. As the past president of ORCANW, Elizabeth enjoys the opportunity to engage with regulatory colleagues on determining appropriate regulatory routes, while pursuing a lean business model for early monetization. Elizabeth has an MBA in Health and Business from Boston University and a Bachelors in Science from McMaster University.