The Consortium offers numerous faculty development opportunities throughout the academic year, including an annual faculty development workshop each spring which attracts over 150 faculty participants.
Consortium to host Health Related Research Showcase
Release Date:
March 30, 2007
Worcester, MA - The Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc. will host a health-related research showcase entitled “Research and Educational Partnerships in the Health Care Industry” on Wednesday, April 11 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Abbott Bioresearch Laboratories, 100 Research Drive.
Health science, health care and related industries are an increasingly vital part of the central Massachusetts economy. Poster and panel presentations at this event will focus on the wide variety of health-related projects and research being undertaken by faculty and students from the 13 member institutions of the Consortium in collaboration with leading health care industries in the area. Approximately 35 student and faculty research posters will be on display at the event.
A panel discussion will be held at 4:30 p.m. that will feature presentations by Grant McGimpsey, director of the Bioengineering Institute at WPI, Kevin O’Sullivan, president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI), Deborah Kochevar, dean of the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, and Thoru Pederson, the Vitold Arnett professor of cell biology, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and associate vice chancellor for research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The panel will be moderated by Eric Schultz, president and CEO of Fallon Community Health Plan.
Please RSVP by registering online or by calling 508.754.6829 ext. 3022. Light refreshments will be served.