Dr. Roy Vagelos will discuss the current state of the pharmaceutical industry and share his visionary perspectives on what the future may hold.

As head of research and later chairman and CEO of Merck, Roy Vagelos, a physician and biochemist, led the company through an unprecedented period of drug discovery and financial success. In Fortune magazine’s annual surveys, Merck was voted “America’s most admired corporation” for seven consecutive Vagelos-led years. During his tenure, Merck developed such successful drugs as Mevacor (first statin approved in the world) and Zocor, cholesterol-lowering agents; Vasotec, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor for high blood pressure and heart failure; and Recombivax HB, a recombivant vaccine to protect against hepatitis B. While at Merck, Dr. Vagelos was also responsible for making the historic decision to donate the drug, Mectizan, to prevent river blindness; to-date, more than 530 million people worldwide have received the drug.

Dr. Vagelos is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. from Columbia (P&S '54) and has since received 14 honorary doctorates from numerous universities, including Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Washington University, Harvard and Princeton.

Need a refresher on benefits?

Breakfast will be served.

RSVP REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT (stvhelp@columbia.edu)

Science & Technology Ventures (STV) is pleased to present several of Columbia’s most promising licensing and start-up opportunities in the field of Regenerative Medicine. The forum, by invitation only, will showcase the latest technologies developed by leading scientists in the College of Physicians & Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. These technologies span a wide range of exciting therapeutic applications, including musculoskeletal, neuro, and cardiac applications as well as opportunities in aesthetic medicine, such as hair restoration.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

1. Helen Lu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and College of Dental Medicine; Director, Biomaterials and Interface Tissue Engineering Laboratory

2. Angela Christiano, PhD, Richard & Mildred Rhodebeck Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Genetics & Development; Director of Basic Science Research, Department of Dermatology; Director, Center for Human Genetics

3. Samuel Sia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Director of Molecular and Microscale Bioengineering Lab

4. Richard Robinson, PhD Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs; Professor of Pharmacology in the Center for Molecular Therapeutics

5. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering Laboratory

6. Asa Abeliovich, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Neurology

East River Science Park: The Development of a Commercial Life Science Cluster in New York City

Speakers: Joel Marcus (Chairman & CEO), Sarah Kauss, Daniel Haimovic, Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Finding Balance: Career Options for Current and Future Parents

Join CCE for an evening with author and work+life flexibility expert Cali Williams Yost (’95BUS) focusing on the topic of how parents can actively manage the “fit” between their work and family day-to-day and throughout their careers. Following the presentation, there will be time to connect with other Columbia University parents.

Cali is president and founder of Work+Life Fit, Inc., a company dedicated to empowering individuals to strategically manage the way work “fits” into their lives—because it’s fit, not balance—and helping organizations create strong work+life fit partnerships with their employees. Cali and Work+Life have been featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fast Company, USA Today, Men’s Health’s Best Life, Working Mother Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, and The Seattle Times, and on the national morning show Fox and Friends. Cali is also the author of Work+Life: Finding the Fit that’s Right for You (Riverhead/Penguin Group, 2005), the first work+life “fit” management strategy book for individuals.

This session will provide:

- A history of human subjects protection and the ethical principles that guide human subjects research;

- An overview of the federal regulations for the protection of human subjects in research;

- Criteria for IRB review;

- Tips for submitting complete and understandable new protocols, modifications, renewals and adverse event reports

- Tips for obtaining IRB approval more quickly;

- The RASCAL system;

- The IRB review process.

Who should attend?

- Research personnel who have not attended the IRB 101 series in the past;

- Individuals new to the research environment;

- Research personnel new to Columbia;

- All those who wish to gain a historical perspective and learn the ethical and regulatory guidelines for Human Subjects Research.

Please RSVP to irb-rsvp@columbia.edu no later than Monday February 23, 2009 so we can plan accordingly.

Beverages and a light lunch will be provided.

Brought to you by ISSO

This event is being sponsored by NYU and you MUST pre-register at the link below.

After check in, and a brief welcome, the program will commence with a panel discussion on career options with a graduate degree in sociology/social sciences, followed by a non-academic job-search presentation led by a PhD, and ends with our keynote speaker and renowned economist, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University, as well as Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General. The conference will be followed by a reception, with cocktails and the opportunity to mingle/network with the speakers and attendees. Seating is limited, and pre-registration is required.

To RSVP for this event, please fill out our registration form at: www.nyu.edu/careerdevelopment/students/sociological/registration.php