Innovating the Future

From space medicine to national defense, DMI creates, engineers, and develops transformative solutions to problems that require pathbreaking approaches.

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What We Specialize In

Defense

We have unique understanding and insight into human performance at their extremes. Novel, innovative are required given the unique.

Global Health

DMI is committed to providing low-cost, cost-effective tools, diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for global health.

Emergency & Critical Care

Access to medical information and technologies in times of emergencies and critical situations can positively influence an outcome significantly.

Space Medicine

Spaceflight has unique challenges to human physiology and medicine. The confined environments, zero gravity, radiation exposure.

We believe in improving human health and alleviating human suffering through innovative products and research. Patients come first. Technologies and innovations are developed to help those afflicted of disease. Unique attention is given to research and technologies that can have a broad impact and be deployed in all socioeconomic areas of the world.

We believe in taking care of those around us, not only through technology, but also through integrity, dignity, and responsibility. Our employees are our greatest resource and we give them respect, opportunity, and a fostering environment. We take the same approach in our daily interactions with end-users, collaborators, and business partners.

Our Beliefs

Company Overview

The DNA Medicine Institute is a med-tech incubator, venture investor, laboratory, biotechnology, and engineering services provider. We specialize in advanced product development, biomedical research, and advanced engineering development. We bring products to market in a streamlined manner. We have cross-functional expertise in various disciplines of science and engineering. This allows us to identify risks early in biomedical technologies and create executable plans that lead to exciting and marketable products. Our deep expertise in integration is one of our core hallmarks.

Our Mission:

To empower clinicians, astronauts, national security, and communities with the best and innovative technology. This is done through interdisciplinary integration of science, biology, and all fields of engineering to create transformative solutions.

Our Vision:

A future in which innovation follow the person, not the patient; where health and security is continuously observable, wherever one is — from homes to remote clinics to space stations, DMI strives to be the catalyst that transforms how people access and act upon critical data.

Our Identity

DNA Medicine Institute is a leading med-tech incubator, biomedical technology innovator, and engineering services provider founded in 2004. We combine deep scientific expertise with cutting-edge engineering to create systems that transcend conventional boundaries— enabling applications in health, space, defense, and biotechnology. At DMI, innovation isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our core identity.

What We Do (Our Capabilities)

Platform Technology Development: Our capabilities allow for fully integrated platform-technology development. For instance, we developed the rHEALTH technology which was validated in microgravity and clinical settings. We leverage a cross-disciplinary, high quality approach that results in robust technologies.
Biomedical R&D & Validation: Rigorous testing through NASA’s FAST parabolic flights, ISS experiments, and NIH & SBIR funded research ensures our technologies meet the highest standards.
Productization & Translation: We move way beyond prototypes—spinning off market-ready solutions and collaborating with partner organizations to bring diagnostics into real-world use. These solutions are scalable, robust, and operate in extreme environments.
Spin-outs & Commercial Partnerships: We incubate, license, and co-develop technologies with mission-aligned organizations to maximize reach and impact.

Our Track Record & Recognition

NASA & Space Missions: rHEALTH ONE’s successful deployment on the International Space Station validates our performance in zero gravity.
Reduced-Gravity Testing: Our devices have consistently operated under zero-G, lunar, and hyper-gravity (1.8 G) conditions in parabolic flight experiments.
SBIR & NIH Awards: Multiple grants and contracts supporting critical care, space diagnostics, and point-of-care innovations.
XPRIZE & Other Competitions: Finalist in XPRIZE challenges, recognized for excellence in diagnostics innovation and sensing technologies. DMI

Words from Our Partners

"This has been a very solid partnership. Dr. Chan has brought a unique competence to this collaboration along with a desire to create something meaningful for NASA’s space missions. For decades, the Holy Grail of portable biomedical diagnostics research has been the creation of a device that could measure dozens or hundreds of biomarkers from a tiny bit of biosample, such as a drop of blood. In my view, the rHEALTH and nanostrip technologies not only have the greatest potential to finally achieve this objective—with Chan’s know-how and dedication, they are likely to actually reach this goal."

Dr. Emily Nelson, NASA Glenn Research Center
"I have had the chance to work in a lot of different places including: academic labs, management consulting firms, small and large companies. Working at DMI is the best of all these different worlds. You get the freedom to explore important scientific and engineering problems as you do in academia. You get the passion, motivation and energy of a start-up. You have the technical expertise and experience in Eugene that comes with a large organization. It’s a special place with a very unique culture. It’s a place that is very committed to you as an individual. I most certainly got out much more than I put back in."

Steve Xu, Harvard Medical School
"From discussing experiments in lab meetings to rapidly troubleshooting devices on the lab bench, my internship at the DMI ignited my passion for entrepreneurship and engineering. As part of the DMI, I saw not only how distinct fields intertwine to form an innovative product, but also how diverse teams collaborate to drive a product to market. The tightly knit and fast-paced culture of the lab provided immense experience in teamwork, leadership, and technical capacity which will prove critical in the future. My experience far surpassed my expectations and I am immensely thankful for having had the opportunity to work with the DMI."

Camilo Ruiz, MIT
"The Medical Innovation Program is so exciting because I am given the opportunity to use my creative energy to make a positive difference in medicine. It’s an amazing feeling to know that the work I am doing every day as part of the program will help save lives in the near future."

Andrew Bishara, Harvard Medical School