Workshop on Teaching Clinical and Translational Entrepreneurship in an Academic Setting 2021

Join us for the inaugural workshop on Teaching Clinical and Translational Entrepreneurship in an Academic Setting!

Date: June 21, 2021

Time: 12-3 EST

Format: Virtual (option to attend in-person if you are interested; please contact us)

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Our goal is to build and educate a community of individuals working to bridge the worlds of academic research, implementation, and commercialization so a greater number of discoveries realize their full market potential and societal impact.

Topics include:

Keynote Presentation

• 12:11 Rousche, Kathleen, PhD. Director, Office of Translational Alliances and Coordination at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Formats for Teaching Entrepreneurship

• 12:28 Session 1.1: Traditional Academic Courses
• 12:40 Session 1.2: Workshops (i.e., 2-day events)
• 12:52 Session 1.3: Entrepreneurship Training for Busy Clinicians
• 1:04 Session 1.4: Culture, Co-Design and Learning Collaboratives

Resources for Teaching Entrepreneurship

• 1:18 Session 2.1: Educational resources for teaching entrepreneurship
• 1:30 Session 2.2: Building a local University ecosystem with other Schools (Business, Medicine, Dental, Veterinary, etc.)
• 1:42 Session 2.3: Leveraging institutional CTSA resources to teach entrepreneurship
• 1:54 Session 2.4: Developing an inclusive curriculum

2:15 – 2:40 Workshop Session with breakout groups that would cover the following:

• Pediatrics
• Education
• CTSA resources
• Ecosystem: Between institution partnerships

 

Speakers:

Keynote:

• Rousche, Kathleen, PhD. Director, Office of Translational Alliances and Coordination at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Formats for Teaching Academic Entrepreneurship:

• Gooneratne, Nalaka, MD, MSc.
• Ekker, Stephen, PhD.
• Winston, Flaura, MD, PhD.
• Mathew, Tanya, BDS, MS.

Resources for Teaching Academic Entrepreneurship:

• McGarrigle, Rachel, MSEd.
• Babin, Jeffrey, MBA.
• Reuther, Katie, PhD, MBA.
• Fleisher, Linda, PhD, MPH.

Conference planning committee:

• Nalaka Gooneratne
• Rachel McGarrigle
• Flaura Winston

Organizing staff:

• Jesse Stover
• Spoorthi Dingari

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Contact us to learn more! 

Nalaka S. Gooneratne, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Entrepreneurial Science Curriculum, ITMAT Education
ngoonera@pennmedicine.upenn.edu