At the six-month mark, most of the achievements to date are process outcomes such as updating the 2014 Report of the Task Force on Technology Transfer to partnering with key stakeholders at DePaul and Rosalind Franklin University to envision a joint focus on life sciences innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
A sample of other notable achievements include the following:
• Design of a coaching process for select AGIF fellows as a pilot
• Development of a course on “Health & Life Sciences Entrepreneurship” at the undergraduate level to be taught in the Spring of 2022
• Facilitation of interactive sessions with DePaul faculty and staff focusing on futurism and strategic visioning
• Collaboration with ORS colleagues to launch the first Lunch n’ Learn Series
• Meet with the Deans to identify internal best practices in the areas of innovation, creative activities, research and scholarship
• Work across schools and colleges to formalize some of the informal connections as a way of bringing more focused talent and resources to challenges and opportunities which span the boundaries of schools and colleges
• Partnership with Sinai Urban Health and Rush Center on Community Health Equity to incorporate entrepreneurship into their respective missions, programs and services