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Rhode Island Bioscience Award Winners Announced!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --(Business Wire)--
Tech
Collective, Rhode Island's Bioscience and IT industry association,
is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural Rhode
Island Bioscience Awards program.
The first of its kind in Rhode Island, the industry-specific Rhode
Island Bioscience Awards are designed to honor individuals working
within the state's bioscience sectors, including medical device,
research and development, pharmaceuticals, laboratories, production,
design, and related areas.
This year, five awards will honor six Bioscience Champions in the areas
of research, quality, and education.
The 2013 Rhode Island Bioscience Award Winners are: (no
specific order)
Edward Bozzi, PhD - Associate Clinical Professor and Coordinator
of the Biomanufacturing Program, University of Rhode Island
Michelle Wu - Director of Quality Services, Ximedica
Anne De Groot, MD and Denice Spero, PhD - Director & Co-Director
(respectively), Institute for Immunology and Informatics (News - Alert) (iCubed) at the
University of Rhode Island
Andrew P. Mallon, PhD - CEO/Director of Research, Calista
Therapeutics, Inc.
Leslie Cousens, PhD - Scientific Director of Protein
Therapeutics, EpiVax, Inc.
Award recipients will be honored at the Rhode
Island Bioscience Awards celebration event on Thursday, May 2nd,
2013 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Rhodes
on the Pawtuxet. Science Comedian, Brian
Malow, will open the night with his acclaimed mix of wit, science,
and humor. The night will continue with dinner, remarks on the state of
the Bioscience industry, recognition of the Rhode Island recipient of
the Amgen
Award for Science Teaching Excellence, and recognition of the 2013
Rhode Island Bioscience Award winners.
"We are so proud to introduce the Rhode Island Bioscience Awards and its
inaugural award honorees!" said Kathie Shields, executive director for
Tech Collective. "As the bioscience industry has grown here in Rhode
Island, so has the need to recognize not only the influence that the
industry has on innovation and economic growth in our state, but also to
recognize the individuals who so diligently and passionately make that
happen on a daily basis. These are the stories we are excited to tell
and will do so at our awards celebration event on May 2nd."
Nominations and applications for the awards program were accepted
through February 1st, 2013. A Judging Committee of industry
and business representatives evaluated the entries based on content,
relevancy, and vision as well as the applicant's passion for their
career and contributions to the industry as a whole. The judges for this
year's Rhode Island Bioscience Awards were: (no specific order)
Stephen Evangelista - Chief Executive Officer, Arthritis
Foundation, New England Region
Sharon Lee - Director of Multiple Pathways, Rhode Island
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
John Cronin - COO, Global Transformation Strategies; Board
Member, Smaller Business Association of New England, Inc. (SBANE)
George Goodno - Director, State Policy Communications,
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
The biosciences comprise one of the fastest growing industries
nationally and in Rhode Island. The recently released Battelle/BIO: State
Bioscience Industry Development 2012 report shows 96,000 bioscience
jobs were created across the nation between 2001 and 2010. In Rhode
Island for the same period, the industry grew 44.3 percent.
For more information about the Rhode Island Bioscience Awards or the
state's Bioscience industry, visit www.tech-collective.org.
About Tech Collective:
Tech Collective is Rhode Island's Bioscience and Information Technology
Industry Association. Uniting industry, government and academic
stakeholders, our mission is to inspire, engage, educate and employ a
high-skill, high-wage Knowledge Economy in Rhode Island. Since its
transition from the Rhode Island Technology Council (RITEC) in 2004,
Tech Collective has received more than $8M in federal, state and private
grant funding to foster industry and workforce awareness, collaboration,
and development through forums and initiatives including: Tech10, GRRL
Tech, Women in Technology, Bio-Ed, and STEM-based education and training
programs for K-16 students as well as incumbent and transitioning
workers. Get connected to Tech Collective at www.tech-collective.org,
on Facebook
(TechCollectiveRI), Twitter
(@Tech_Collective), and on Linkedin
(Tech Collective).
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