Training opportunities in Drug development, and life science innovation and entrepreneurship available at university founding members of the PharmaSTART consortium

Stanford University

• BioDesign Network
  Contact: Paul Yok, Professor, Cardiology and Sandy Miller, Program coordinator
  http://www.stanford.edu/group/biodesign/
  Focus is primarily on medical devices, but this has been expanding recently. Program features include: a course, and a year-long Biodesign Innovation fellowship

UC Berkeley

• Management of Technology program
  http://mot.berkeley.edu
  While many courses cover topics of primary interest to engineers, a few courses now focus on life sciences business development, and the stages of drug discovery.

UC San Diego

• UCSD Extension
  unexbio@ucsd.edu and http://bioscience.ucsd.edu
  Offers an extensive curriculum in drug discovery and development, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and the business of biotech.
  
  
• UCSD von Liebig Center
  Contact: Abi Barrow, Managing Director
  www.vonliebig.ucsd.edu/
  Provides funding for entrepreneurial projects that include a UCSD engineering faculty.
  
  
• UCSD Translational Medicine Program
  Contact: Melissa Fitzgerald, Assistant Director
  mmfitzgerald@ucsd.edu
  Bridges the "translational gap" between government funding and start-up venture funding, in order to improve clinical care by bringing together basic and clinical investigators across disciplines to propose innovative medical research collaborations. Proposals for private industry sponsorship are peer-reviewed, with the most suitable marketed by UCSD, and funding opportunities for these proposals are identified in partnership with the private sector.

UC San Francisco

• UCSF Center for BioEntrepreneurship
  Contact: KT Moortgat, Director
  http://www.ucsf.edu/cbe
  Offers courses in business planning, intellectual property, drug discovery, and financing skills, as well as regular seminars and symposia aimed at the entrepreneurial life scientist and clinician. The website lists courses throughout UCSF related to drug development technologies and clinical trials.
  
  
• UCSF Pharmacy School - Pharmacokinetics Short-course for Pharmaceutical Scientists
  Contact: pk2004@curven.com http://www.ucsf.edu/dbps/events/pharmacokinetics2004.html
  This annual five-day fundamentals course on Pharmacokinetics for Pharmaceutical Scientists emphasizes the basic principles in pharmacokinetics.