Promoting entrepreneurship in healthcare and the life sciences across Berkeley and UCSF
VIP is organizing symposiums centered around healthcare and the life sciences. Our goal is to identify market niches in these fields. We hope you can join us and support us in our efforts to address this emerging need.
Upcoming Events
Spring 2012
Wireless Health Technologies Symposium
Drug Discovery Symoposium
We would like to recognize and thank our past fellows for their contribution to VIP:
Raphael Michel
Rebecca Messing
Idan Geva
Patrick Goodwill
Tanay Dudhela
Fiona Miller
Shauli Raz
Paula Keebler
Venture Advisory Board
Bill Harrington, Partner
Three Arch Partners
www.threearchpartners.com
Mike Carusi, General Partner
Advanced Technology Ventures
www.atvcapital.com
Rod Altman, MD, Venture Partner
CMEA Ventures
www.cmeaventures.com
Sue Siegel, General Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures
www.mdv.com
Entrepreneurship Advisory Board
David Charron - Executive Director, Berkeley Innovative Leadership Develelopment Initiative:
entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu
Douglas Crawford Faculty Director
Associate Director of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3): qb3.ucsf.edu.
Andre Marquis- Faculty Director
Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, UC Berkeley: entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu.
Medical and Scientific Advisory Board
Randall Lee MD/PhD - Faculty Director
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology, UCSF.
Jeffrey Lotz PhD - Faculty Director
Professor of Bioengineering
Director of the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Lab, UCSF.
Stephen Mcleod MD
Chair of Ophthalmology, UCSF
Ida Sim MD
Director of Center for Clinical and Translational Medicine
Marc Shuman MD
QB3 Clinical Director
David Sretavan MD/PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSF
Francis Szoka PhD
Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF
Thomas Vail MD
Chair of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF
Bryant E. Fong, Managing Director
Burrill & Company
www.burrillandco.com
Steve Salmon, Partner
Latterell Venture Partners
www.lvpcapital.com
Jim Glasheen, General Partner
Technology Partners
www.technologypartners.com
Rich Ferrari, Managing Director
De Novo Ventures
www.denovovc.com
John Maroney, General Partner
Delphi Ventures
www.delphiventures.com