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The Office of Translational Technologies at Morehouse School of Medicine host seminars
to increase the awareness of discovery, development and commercialization of the life
science technologies and careers in the industry.
March 25, 2019 – Introduction to GATech I-Corps and ATDC at Georgia Institute of Technology ft.
Kirk Barnes, Startup Catalyst for Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia
Institute of Technology
May 7, 2019 – Introduction of Deloitte Consulting and topics on comparative of clinical effectiveness,
exponentials and innovation, personalized medicine, informatics, and/or disease transformation
ft. Asif Dhar, MD, MBA, Principal and Chief Health Informatics Officer at Deloitte
Consulting, LLP
May 17, 2019 – Opportunity for PhD transition to Venture Capital fellowship ft. Christalyn Rhodes,
Ph.D., Associate at Flagship Pioneering
May 23, 2019 – Introduction and Opportunities for Collaboration with GA Tech BME Capstone Design
ft. Kyle Cowdrick, M.S.E., New Partnerships Liaison for Translational Diffuse Optical
Spectroscopies Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology
May 14, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: development and commercialization
of neuroscience research discoveries and careers in industry ft. Cherrie Butts, Ph.D.,
Associate Director for Program Leadership at Biogen
April 23, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: Resources available to researchers
through NCI NEXT ft. Michael J. Difilippantonio, Ph.D., Program Manager, Therapeutic
and Diagnostic Initiatives for Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at NCI:
NIH
April 1, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: Careers in Industry, the Lilly
SIX Program and Personal Branding ft. Yolanda Johnson-Motion, MBA, Director, External
Relations for U.S. Medical Division at Lilly USA, LLC.
April 9, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: SBIR process and ways to improve
your proposal success rate ft. James Lillard, Ph.D., M.B.A., Associate Dean for Research,
Professor for Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology at Morehouse School of Medicine
March 29, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: Resources available to researchers
through the Georgia Research Alliance ft. Dr. Lee Herron, DMV, Vice President of Venture
Development at Georgia Research Alliance
March 21, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: process development and regulatory
considerations to biologic manufacturing ft. Karen Hutcheson, Business Development
Manager for BioPharma Process Development at Pall Life Sciences & Sandhya Manjunath,
Bioprocess Specialist for Development at Pall Corporation – BioPharmaceuticals
February 26, 2018 – Intro to Research Commercialization and Resources: federal contracting and careers
at the Frederick National Laboratories ft. Jim Pannucci, Ph.D., Director, Partnership
Development Office for Frederick National Lab for Cancer Research at Leidos Biomedical
Research, Inc.
September 27, 2017 – Customer Discovery and the Business Model Canvas ft. Julie Colins, Principal, Venture
Lab for Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology
September 13, 2017 – Customer Discovery Workshop ft. Kirk Barnes, Startup Catalyst for Advanced Technology
Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology
August 30, 2017 – Design Thinking for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship ft. Colin
Ake, Principal, Venture Lab for Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Institute
of Technology
