Women & Science Entrepreneurship Fund
Building on the pioneering Women & Science Initiative, the Women & Science Entrepreneurship Fund (WEF) is designed to help ensure that every Rockefeller scientist who wants to realize the therapeutic potential of her discoveries has the tools, support, and knowledge to do so. The fund will also amplify the potential of Rockefeller’s unique translational programs to reap therapeutic rewards.
The Women & Science Entrepreneurship Fund aims to:
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- Increase the participation of women in Rockefeller’s translational ecosystem through a competitive grants program for projects headed by women
- Host a WEF Speaker Series with women leaders in biotechnology, pharma, and venture capital firm to advise Rockefeller scientists on careers beyond the bench
- Build a network of women scientists, biotech innovators, and industry leaders who can mentor future women investigators
- Establish Rockefeller as the place where women scientists at all levels receive best-in-practice entrepreneurship training
For more information on the W&S Entrepreneurship Fund, please email was@rockefeller.edu
Upcoming WEF Speaker Series Program
PATHWAYS IN BIOSCIENCE: FOUR PERSPECTIVES BEYOND THE BENCH
Thursday, December 2, 2021
4:00 – 5:00 PM ET
REGISTER
Host:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist,
and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
Rockefeller University Trustee
Panelists:
Leigh Baxt, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Biology
Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
Jeanne Farrell, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President
Office of Technology Transfer
Rockefeller University
Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. ’91
Healthcare Strategist and Investor
President, J Hopfield Consulting
Previous WEF Speaker Series Programs
Demystifying the Therapeutic Development Ecosystem: A Roadmap of What You Need to Know
Speaker:
Brandy Houser, Ph.D.
NYC Site Head, Celdara Medical
Co-Founder
Traverse Biotech, Women Accelerators and Fiddlehead Foundation
Hosted by:
Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Genome Maintenance
Rockefeller University
CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN LEADERS IN BIOSCIENCE
Inaugural Speaker:
Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D.
EVP, Chief Biomedical Scientist,
and Head of R&D
Schrödinger
In Conversation with:
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor
Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development
Rockefeller University
