COM Research Seminar Schecule

DATE	SPEAKER	SEMINAR TITLE
FALL 2009
September 17 Room C1-7	Courtney B. Casp, Ph.D., J.D., Attorney at Law, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC (Dr. Casp is an IDP graduate)	Patent Law and Biomedical Sciences: The Bridge between PhD and JD
October 15	Thomas McLain, MBA., CEO, Claro Scientific; Chairman, BioFlorida	BioFlorida: Start-up Companies and Industry Opportunities for Biomedical Sciences PhD’s
November 19 Room C1-11	W. Clay Smith, Ph.D., Shaler-Richardson Professor of Ophthalmology, UF College of Medicine	Life Balance as a Researcher
December 17	Nancy S. Hardt, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for External Affairs, 2006-2007 Robert Wood Johnson Fellow in Health Policy, UF College of Medicine	Congressional Health Policy & Opportunities for Biomedical Scientists
SPRING 2010
DATE	SPEAKER	SEMINAR TITLE
January 21	Peter W. Stacpoole, Ph.D., M.D. , Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Associate Dean, Clinical Research and Training, UF College of Medicine	Opportunities in Clinical and Translational Science for Biomedical Scientists
February 18	Rebecca K. Davis, Ph.D., Student Outreach Chair for the American Medical Writers' Association (AMWA), Florida Chapter	Experiences and Opportunities in Medical Writing for Biomedical Scientists
March 18	Edward Niles, Ph.D., Project Officer, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC	Experiences and Opportunities in Governmental Research for Biomedical Scientists
April 15	Jodi Gentry, M.A., Director, Human Resources, UF	Introduction to Management: Human Resource Skills for Future Faculty

Biomedical Research Career Seminar

Fall 2009 - Spring 2010