THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY JEFFERSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
GC698: INNOVATION ENGAGEMENT
A. Basic Course Information
Course Title: GC698 Innovation Engagement Credits: One semester credit, offered on a Pass/Fail basis Class meeting schedule: 1.5 hours per week for 8 weeks Date and time: Mondays, Noon to 1:30 pm Semester to be offered: Spring I Location: First floor lobby, 901 Walnut Street /The Jefferson Acceleration Zone (JAZ)
B. Course Director Information
Gerald B. Grunwald, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology Dean, JGSBS [email protected]
Donna Gentile O’Donnell, Ph.D. Special Assistant to the President Vice President for Innovation Partnerships and Programs [email protected]
C. Course Description This one credit course will bring Jefferson students into contact with a number of aspects of innovation as it is developing at TJU and beyond. The focus will include local, regional and national perspectives, from start-up challenges to a primer on venture capital and prototype generation. It will also expose participants to opportunities that are emerging in their respective areas of interests as students in any of the disciplines, practitioners, researchers, and nascent inventors. D. Course Objectives
Through participation in this course, the student will be able to: 1. Describe some critical attributes of an entrepreneur and entrepreneurship.
2. Evaluate their own capacities for entrepreneurial engagement. 3. Develop a rudimentary understanding of funding strategies for a start ups.
4. Articulate some aspects of federal regulatory and federal funding trajectories.
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This course is open to students enrolled in all Jefferson schools and programs, as well as to non-degree students. Masters students may register for this course only once for credit as an elective. PhD students should register for this course as an elective.
F. Texts and materials
There is no assigned textbook for this course. Students will be provided with appropriate reading materials from the literature for background and follow-up review.
G. Course Schedule and Activities
# Date Speaker Presentation Title BIO: National trends and regional 1 1/5/2015 Mr. Fritz Bittenbender implications Start-Ups: What you should know, and 2 1/12/2015 Ms. Karen Keating Mara, Esq. your lawyer should tell you BioAdvance: building and sustaining a 3 1/26/2015 Ms. Barbara Schilberg, Esq. Life Sciences Greenhouse The Craft of Fabrication: from concept to 4 2/2/2015 Dr. Evan Malone prototype to newco
5 2/9/2015 Dr. Louis Berneman Venture Capital 101 PACT: A regional overview of the 6 2/23/2015 Mr. Dean Miller funders of innovation Investing in Life Science and Health Care: 7 3/2/2015 Dr. Brenda Gavin Challenges and Opportunities Physician Entrepreneurs: Challenges and 8 3/9/2015 Dr. Alex Vaccaro Opportunities Serial entrepreneurship and 3D printing: 9 3/16/2015 Mr. John Springrose past as prologue 1 3/23/2015 Mr. Sam Schwartz Innovating within large corporations 0
-2- H. Course Requirements/Policies Students are expected to attend all presentations and participate in class discussions. Presentations begin at the indicated time. If a student is unable to attend a class, they must notify the Course Director at least 24 hours in advance. More than one unexcused absence may result in a failing grade. Students are expected to attend a minimum of eight 1.5 hour seminars to receive credit for the course. Attendance will be verified through a sign-in sheet. In addition, each student will write 2 one page reaction papers to 2 of the seminars attended.
I. Policy on Accommodations for Disability
Students who seek an accommodation for a disability should refer to the “Disability Accommodations” policy found on the JGSBS Website under “Policies and Guidelines” and “Student Support Services and Organizations.” Because documentation is required and will be reviewed thoroughly, students are advised to request accommodations at the time of matriculation and before the start of any course when an accommodation is requested.
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