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Joint Graduate Programs in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Entrepreneurship. Lin Liu Department of Physiological Sciences Center for Veterinary Health Sciences February 25, 2011. The First Annual Riata Fellow Research Symposium. Outline. Why joint programs
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Joint Graduate Programs in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Entrepreneurship Lin Liu Department of Physiological Sciences Center for Veterinary Health Sciences February 25, 2011 The First Annual Riata Fellow Research Symposium
Outline • Why joint programs • Graduate Program in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences • Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship • Joint programs
Why joint programs (1) • Address the national needs • ↓ Students that are motivated to pursue graduate programs in sciences • ↓ Traditional academic tenure-track positions • ↓ Research funding • ↑ Outsourcing of R & D
Why joint programs (2) • Address the national needs • ↑ Non-traditional career paths • Business • Law (Patent law) • Regulatory affairs • Technical writing • …… • Problem? • Not prepared to do so • Need additional training
Why joint programs (3) • Address the national needs • Find common language • both science and business “THEY SPEAK TOTALLY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE” - Ken Adler, the first Lundberg-Kienlen Lectureship Speaker
VBS Graduate Programs -MS • 30 credit hours • 3 years • Required Courses (17) • VBSC 5013 Cell and Molecular Biology (3) • VBSC 5023 Pathophysiology (3) • STAT 5013 Statistics for Experimenters I (3) • VBSC 6110 Seminar (2) • VBSC 5000 MS Research and Thesis (6) • Write and defend MS thesis • Advisory committee (3 members)
VBS Graduate Programs –Ph.D. • 90 credit hours (BS); 60 (MS) • 5 years • Required Courses (15 + up to 45 Res) • VBSC 5013 Cell and Molecular Biology (3) • VBSC 5023 Pathophysiology (3) • STAT 5013 Statistics for Experimenters I (3) • STAT 5023 Statistics for Experimenters II (3) • VBSC 6110 Seminar (3) • VBSC 6000 PhD Research and Thesis (up to 45 credit h) • Written and oral qualifying exam • Write and defend Ph.D. thesis • Advisory committee (4 members)
MS in Entrepreneurship • 33 credit hours • 1 year • Required Courses (27) • Business Foundation (12) • Entrepreneurial Cores (15) • Entrepreneurship Field Experience (6)
Objectives of the joint programs • Produce VBS entrepreneurial leaders • Train students in applied Veterinary Biomedical Sciences research • biotechnology development • Product development • drug discovery • Train students in pursuing the commercialization of laboratory discoveries • Start-up a venture
Joint Program: MVBS/MSE (1) • 44 credit hours • 3 years • Required Courses • MVBS: 17 • MSE: 27 • Non-thesis • Technology/Process Summary/literature Review • Hand-on lab experience • Start a venture
Joint Programs: MVBS/MSE (2) • A research mentor in CVHS • Technology/product/discovery • Entrepreneurial mentor in SE • A selection committee (CVHS and SE)
Joint Programs: MVBS/MSE (3) • Track 1 • Yr 1: VBS core courses • Yr 2: Lab Research; • Yr 3: Entrepreneurship core courses/Start a venture • Track 2 • Yr 1: Entrepreneurship core courses • Yr 2: VBS core courses • Yr 2: Lab Research/Start a venture • Track 3 • Yr 1: VBS core courses • Yr 2: Entrepreneurship core courses • Yr 3: Lab Research/Start a venture
Future Directions • Ph.D. VBS/MSE • Training Grants • Industry Tie • ???