Joint Graduate Programs in Veterinary

Biomedical Sciences and Entrepreneurship

Lin LiuDepartment of Physiological SciencesCenter 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 ???