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Members in the individual Centers meet frequently to discuss progress and planning. In addition, the IEM holds town hall meetings of its members. Directors of the IEM Centers meet periodically to exchange information and to foster collaborations among the Centers.
The IEM holds annual meetings of its Advisory Committee composed of extramural leaders in industry and private sector and intramural faculty and administrative leaders to report its progress and receive advice for improving its activities. IEM Advisory Board provides advice on direction and strategy, research needs, and advice on funding.
Name | Title | Company |
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Peter Farrell | Chairman & CEO | |
Michael Hosteler | Attorney at Law | |
Irwin Jacobs | Founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus | |
Gene Lay | President and CEO | |
Joe Panetta | President and CEO | |
Anthony Ratcliffe | President and CEO | Synthasome, Inc |
Drew Senyei | Managing Director | Enterprise Partners Venture Capital |
Jay Srirangam | Technical Development Team Leader |
Name | IEM Affiliation | Position | Department | |
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Andrew McCulloch | IEM Director | Professor | Bioengineering | amculloch@ucsd.edu |
Karen Christman | Associate Director for Translational Research and Inclusion | Professor | Bioengineering | kchristman@ucsd.edu |
Colin Depp | Associate Director for Education and Outreach | Professor IR | Psychiatry | cdepp@health.ucsd.edu |
Deborah Spector | Associate Director for Research and Innovation |
Professor | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science |
Name | Position | Department | |
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Zachary Smith | Executive Director of Development | Jacobs School of Engineering | zksmith@ucsd.edu |
Sean Burns | Director of Development | Jacobs School of Engineering | sburns@ucsd.edu |
Miwako Waga | Director of International Outreach | VC-Research | mwaga@ucsd.edu |
Philip Godfrey | Management Services Officer | IEM | phgodfrey@ucsd.edu |
Justina Houston | Administrative Assistant | IEM | jhouston@ucsd.edu |
Kinnary Doshi | Fund Manager | IEM | kidoshi@ucsd.edu |
Jiyeon Song | Communications & Office Assistant | IEM | jis049@ucsd.edu |
Kristiana Wong | Social Media & Marketing Assistant | IEM | kmw007@ucsd.edu |
The mission of WCBE is to foster and enhance interactions of IEM and the Bioengineering Department with Industry. The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) provides valuable advice and leadership in improving industry liaison and student education and training. Provide a conduit for student-employer relationships and enhance student professional development WCBE organizes student industrial internships, Breakfast with Industry, Chutes and Ladders for networking with industry, and Bioengineering Day. WCBE works on undergraduate design projects and the Masters of Advanced Studies-Medical Device Engineering program. It organizes student participation at U.S. and San Diego Science and Engineering Festivals and runs the Shared Cell Engineering Research Core.
Name | Position | Company |
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Julio Baez | Industry Advisor | UCSD - Bioengineering |
Robert Balderas | Vice President / Biological Sciences | BD Biosciences |
Walt Baxter | Distinguished Scientist | Medtronic - Cardiac Rhythm Management |
Frederick Cahn | CEO | BioMedical Strategies |
Greg Williams | Director, Biologics and Advanced Materials Science R&D | NuVasive, Inc. |
Jason Haider | Founder and CEO | Xenco Medical |
Jason Halsey | VP, Manufacturing Technology and Transfer | Illumina |
Chris MacDonald | Vice President, Operations & Data Science | ChromaCode, Inc. |
Harish Nagarajan | Senior R&D Manager, Systems Biology & Bioinformatics | Genomatica |
Lou Obertreis | Product Manufacturing Engineer | Independent |
Anthony Ratcliffe | President and CEO | Synthasome, Inc. |
Elaine Ye | Project Research Analyst | Device of Tomorrow Capital |
Ajay Panwar | Sr. Engineering Manager, Quality | Medtronic – Diabetes |
Ali Ismailoglu | Marketing Director | Alphatec Spine, Inc. |
Gabrielle Colvert | Senior Research and Development Engineer | Medtronic - Structural Heart |