Jan 17th Futures in Life Sciences Event - Overview of Life Sciences Career Paths

On January 17th, 2012, we will kick off our 2012 Futures in Life Science Seminar Series at the MassBio Offices located at One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142. The event will occur from 5:30-8:00pm. To Register: http://fils12012.eventbrite.com/

Meeting Agenda:

5:30pm-6:00pm – Registration and Open Networking

6:00pm-6:10pm – Introductions, Overview, and Recognition of Sponsors

6:10pm-7:30pm – Panel Discussion Moderator: John Hallinan, CFO, Cytel, Inc; Panelists: Kiran Reddy, MD, MBA, Principal, Third Rock Ventures; Kevin Sprott, PhD , Sr. Director, Chemistry, Verastem; Iya Khalil, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, GNS Healthcare; Dennis M. Meletiche, PharmD, Vice President, Health Outcomes & Market Access, EMD Serono, Inc; Katherine McLaughlin, Ph.D., Associate, Health Advances

7:30pm-8:00pm – Open Networking

Propel Careers, MassBio, and the MassBioEd have joined together to organize this series of networking and panel events to focus on raising awareness of career paths that exist in life sciences for individuals with advanced degrees. This Futures in Life Science program brings together experts across a wide range of disciplines and functional areas within the life science industry, who detail their roles and provide a rich context for the audience to gain a clear understanding of the skills, aptitudes, competencies, and personalities that thrive in their particular functions. Attendance for this program is open to current graduate students, post doctoral fellows, and medical residents who are interested in careers in the life sciences industry.

The event will focus on the various career options within life sciences and will set the stage for the next 7 events which are deep dives into the various areas of life science including business and commercial, consulting, research and development, clinical, bioinformatics and systems biology, reimbursement, pharmacoeconomics, patient advocacy, and finance, legal, and operations.