The “all hands on deck” responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have driven significant innovations in areas ranging from vaccine development and drug repurposing to diagnostic and antibody testing, telemedicine and contact tracing. At the same time, the pandemic has also prompted a relook at things like global supply chains, PPE strategic reserves and just in… Read more »
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Conference in Review-Advances in Mental & Behavioral Health
Summaries by Mitchell McBrairty MBA Candidate, Class of ’21 On Friday, February 19th the Kelley Center for the Business of Life Sciences hosted its Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration conference focused on the advances in mental & behavioral health. Special thank you to series sponsors: Anthem, Covance & Reckitt Benckiser and Primary Sponsors: Baxter, Boston… Read more »
Meet Aish Thamba, Masters in Healthcare Management Graduate and certificate in the business of life sciences recipient
Interview by Mitchell McBrairty MBA Candidate, Class of 2021 I had the wonderful opportunity to grab a virtual coffee with Aish Thamba, a recent graduate of the master’s in healthcare management program (MSHM) at O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Kelley School of Business. She has now added the white coat and… Read more »
IN Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Focuses on Mental & Behavioral Health
According to the CDC, over 56 million physician visits were attributed to mental, behavioral or neurodevelopmental disorders as a primary diagnosis. Mental & behavioral health has become even more of a concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this, there has been much discussion & discovery in education, treatments, technology and therapies. The Center for the… Read more »
Thank You Kelley Center for the Business of Life Sciences 2020 Corporate Partners & Friends
At the Center for the Business of Life Sciences, we are grateful for our many partners who help provide support and direction enabling us to provide quality programs, events and courses to students and professionals in the life sciences industry. While this COVID year posed some challenges, we have still been able to… Read more »
Summary and Presentations from IN Life Sciences Conference-Digital Health: Telemedicine & Virtual Clinical Trials
Summaries by Carson Baker Undergraduate Major in Biotechnology To view recorded files, click on the presentation title. Keynote Presentation – House Calls: from Buggies to Bandwidth at the Dawn of Telemedicine Dr. Bill Hanson, Chief Medical Information Officer at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, and Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of… Read more »
From Start to Finish: A CBLS Experience of the Healthcare Value Chain
Perspective by Mitchell McBrairty MBA Candidate, Class of 2021 During the Fall 2020 semester, I had the wonderful opportunity to take the CBLS course, X519 – The life sciences industry from research to patient. This class took a deep dive into each step of the healthcare value chain, featuring speakers on a wide range of… Read more »
2020 MBA Life Science Students Reflect on Internship Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Interviews by Mitchell McBrairty MBA Candidate, Class of 2021 Anna Hung Previous Industry, Employer, and Role: Before my MBA I worked in marketing operations for magAssist, a startup developing an extracorporeal artificial heart. Where did you intern with this summer? Which program and/or functional area were you a part of? Novartis; I interned in… Read more »
Indiana Life Sciences Conference Focuses on Digital Health
Digital Health: Telemedicine and Virtual Clinical Trials November 12-13, 2020 Virtual Conference For the past several years, the use of digital technology has begun spreading within healthcare and the life sciences. COVID-19 has greatly accelerated the progress. This conference will focus on how two areas of digital health, telemedicine and virtual clinical trials, were… Read more »
MBA Students Survive and Thrive in Summer Internships Despite COVID-19
By Mitchell McBrairty Kelley MBA Candidate, Class of 2021 As the summer comes to a close and classes are starting again, I connected with six 2nd year MBA students from the Plus Life Science Academy to learn more about their internship experience. Here is the first of two updates. Geervani Koneti Previous Industry, Employer,… Read more »