Program Learning Objectives

 

Life Science Immersion Program Learning Objectives

Week One: Business Environment
Faculty: Victoria Tucker, ZeroBoundary (ZB Global)
Company: Illumina

Gain appreciation of life sciences business principles and practices, including teamwork, project management, and important communication skills; and values in the regulated business environment.

Understand the life science business environment by targeting information and skills needed for successful interaction and performance.

Week Two: Finance
Faculty: Patricia van Damme, San Diego State University
Company: Histogen

Ability to explain financing mechanisms and how they impact day-to-day research and development activities.

Capability to read and understand financial plans, budgets and reports and apply fiscal realities to research and development operations.

Week Three: Product/Process/Regulatory Environment
Faculty: Mike Fino, Mira Costa College
Company: TBD

Ability to explain the integration of translational functions – product, process and regulatory development – and understand the implications on all stages of research and development activities.

Assess the impact of scale, process control, and compliance on bench-scale processes developing into clinical and commercial-scale production.

Week Four: Marketing/Sales/Business Development
Faculty: Al Kern, PhD, California State University San Marcos
Company: Amylin

Appreciate the role and importance of marketing, sales, business development and intellectual property in commercialization.

Ability to understand the process of identifying a market and strategies for gaining financial backing, brokering partnerships or commercializing products.