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4 Panel III: Education to Prepare for Entrepreneurial Careers
4 Panel III: Education to Prepare for Entrepreneurial Careers
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Schuster, President, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences Sheldon M Schuster began by discussing the need for management-oriented professionals in the field of life sciences, based on discussions with life science industry representatives.
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To cater to this need, Naughton discussed efforts at San Diego State University, where they have launched a variety of degree programs, including an MBA in biotechnology and life sciences and a joint Ph.D./MBA degree program. She emphasized that one of the challenges with these programs is finding biotechnology-specific case studies.
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-Gail Naughton, Dean of the College of Business, San Diego State University and Founder, Naughton recognized the importance of Advance Tissue Science increasing internship opportunities, of engaging students in this field at a younger age, and preparing students with the foundation to explore their passion in search of related opportunities. Michael Teitelbaum, Program Director, Alfred P
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With regard to gender, Teitelbaum noted that a higher number of women are attending PSM programs than other programs: 47 percent of students in 2008 were women versus 38 percent who sought doctoral degrees and 40 percent that sought master's degrees in natural sciences.1 The PSM degrees awarded in 2008 were further broken-down by discipline and disaggregated by gender to illustrate gender equity in almost all disciplines, except for financial mathematics and applied physics, as shown in Table 4-1. TABLE 4-1 Percent of Professional Masters Degrees Awarded, by Gender and Discipline, 2008 Discipline Male Female Bioinformatics/Biotechnology 54% 46% Microbiology/Cell and Molecular Biology 45% 55% Financial Math/Industrial Mathematics 63% 37% Applied Statistics/Computational Science 58% 42% Analytical Chemistry/Biochemistry/Forensics 50% 50% Food Safety/Pharmacology and Toxicology 50% 50% Environmental and Geosciences 50% 50% Applied/Industrial Physics 100% 0% Health/Medical Physics 42% 58% 55% 45% Total PSM Average SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, 2008.
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He noted that government agencies have launched equally encouraging programs through the American Competes Act and the National Science Foundation. Through this continued support, Teitelbaum suggested that the expectations for PSM degrees remain high and the Sloan Foundation envisions the PSM degree becoming a "normal" graduate degree and a favorable pathway for science entrepreneurs.
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Townsend remarked that compared to men, women are less likely to convert their business ideas into new ventures and often find it difficult to be assertive at networking events. Finally, Townsend stressed that her female students continually comment on the importance of hearing from female guest-speakers and other female role models as imperative to their confidence in pursuing entrepreneur paths.
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