SEPTEMBER CHAPTER MEETING
"Opportunities in the Changing World of Healthcare "
When: September 23, 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm
6:30 – 7:00 PM light dinner and networking
7:00 - 8:30 PM Program
Where: Novartis Inc*., Building X-310, 5300 Hollis St, Emeryville
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Dr.
Geetha Rao is the founder and CEO of MyMedFax, Inc. a personal health
records services company. She is an experienced entrepreneur and
executive and has served in numerous interim executive and advisory
roles, including CEO of Springborne Life Sciences, VP of Strategy &
Risk Management at Triple Ring Technologies, and Chief Corporate
Development Officer at Molecular Image, Inc. Previously she was
President and CEO of Norgren Systems, a biotechnology/drug discovery
automation company
Dr. Rao is also active with several
professional and non-profit organizations. She serves as Life Sciences
Program Chair for Astia, formerly Women’s Technology Cluster,
chair of ASQ Biomedical Division, Northern California Discussion Group,
and on several non-profit and advisory boards. Previously, she has
chaired the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab’s Emerging Business Track
for Life Sciences, and has been a guest faculty on Stanford
University’s Biodesign Innovation Program. Dr. Rao is a graduate
of the IIT, Madras, holds a doctorate from MIT, and a master’s
degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business,
where she was a Sloan Fellow.
With healthcare costs skyrocketing,
there is more urgent need for more cost-effective methods for
delivering care. One class of solutions is focused on early and less
expensive interventions using information technology and consumer
medical electronics. As a result, there are new and interesting
business and professional opportunities at the convergence of life
sciences, information technology, engineering and consumer services.
This presentation will provide an overview of the current market and
some exciting trends and opportunities.
FUTURE SPEAKER
Susan Fisher, Ph.D. - "Primer on Human Stem Cell Research " November Chapter Meeting
Professor, University of California San Francisco
Director of the UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program
Susan Fisher will present a primer on human stem cell research. Topics to be covered include research and therapeutic applications, the initial stages of human development, and methods for generating stem cells.
Susan Fisher is a Professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Dr. Fisher is the Director of the UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program and Faculty Director of the Sandler-Moore Mass Spectrometry Facility. She is a member of the Eli & Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine & Stem Cell Research at UCSF and the Center for Reproductive Sciences. Her current interests include devising new methods for propagating and deriving human embryonic stem cell lines, understanding of the basic mechanisms involved in human placental development, and cancer biomarker discovery. She has served on several NIH panels. Honors received during the last five years include the Sadler Award, NIH MERIT Award, the UCSF Graduate Association Outstanding Mentor Award, the Anita Payne Lectureship, the UCSF School of Dentistry Faculty Research Award, and the Silbar Memorial Lectureship award.