When:
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 2:00pm
Location:
214 Light Hall
Jeff Conn, Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Brian Laden, Co-founder and Managing Director, TriStar Health Partners
Enabling Innovation Initiative
Purpose
The ei2 (Enabling Innovation Initiative) program exists both to lower barriers and to actively support efforts to move basic science discoveries forward into technology commercialization opportunities.
Goals
In providing increased support for innovation and entrepreneurial activity by SOM faculty, we expect to see:
- Increased licensing and new ventures
- A greater appreciation of these efforts as part of faculty recruitment and retention
- Fostering interactions and collaborations with industry