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Mentorship Lunch: Industry Perspectives

Collage of students and mentors at Mentorship Lunch
Mentors speaking to a student
Mentors and students seated at their tables listening to a presentation
Students with mentor
Mentor Tanya Girard networking with students
Mentor Prisca Bustamante in roundtable discussion
Mentor Tanya Girard in roundtable discussion
Student at roundtable discussion
Students at roundtable discussion
Published: 4 December 2024

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, HBHL hosted a Mentorship Lunch that brought together experienced industry professionals and over 40 Â鶹AV graduate students, postdocs and postgrads over coffee and lunch at the Â鶹AV Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Mentors shared about their experience navigating the workforce and engaged in lively roundtable discussions with the mentees. Topics ranged from academia-industry collaborations and social innovation to technology transfer, medical affairs, scientific entrepreneurship and operational management.

Thank you to our mentors for their insights and expertise:Ìý

  • Adrienne Crampton, PhD,ÌýAssociate Director, Business Development -ÌýNeuroSphere
  • Giovanna Sebastiani, PhD,ÌýDirector of Administration -ÌýDNA to RNA (D2R), Â鶹AV
  • James Doyle, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer -ÌýPhocus Pharmaceuticals
  • Prisca Bustamante, PhD, Advisor, Business Development -ÌýMitacs
  • Tanya Girard, PhD, Head, Patient Experience -ÌýAbbVie Institute of Health Education
  • Leigh MacIntyre, CEO and Co-Founder -ÌýLasso Informatics
  • Aleem Mohummed, Chief Operating Officer -ÌýLasso InformaticsÌý
  • Claudia Vezeau, Senior Advisor -ÌýMaison de l'innovation sociale (MIS)
  • Greg Labrosse, Advisor -ÌýMaison de l'innovation sociale (MIS)
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