Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board

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Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board

• William E. Kirwan, USM Chancellor
• Wednesday September 24, 2008

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Marylands New Economy Strengths

• Workforce
• First in the percentage of the population 25 and
  older with a graduate or professional degree
• First in the total number of doctoral scientists
  and engineers as a percentage of total employment
• Strength in Research and Development (RD)
• Second nationally in federal obligations for
  research and development
• On a per capita basis, Maryland ranks first in
  federal RD obligations
• First in the nation in NIH research and
  development contract awards
• UMCP, UMB, UMBC, JHU Mont. College Research
  Parks Maryland
• First-of-its kind cooperative association
  representing our entire state
• USM extramural research funding exceeded 1
  billion last year
• More than 500 million in the life sciences
• Federal Research Facilities
• NIH, NIST, FDA, NASA, etc.

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USM Life Science ProgressDegrees Issued

• Dramatic rise in key life science degrees
  issued by USM over past five years
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Health Professions
• Up about 30 percent across the board
• Bachelors degrees up 28
• Masters degrees up 32
• Doctoral / First Professional up 26

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USM Life Science ProgressCapital Projects

• In the proposed 10-year CIP, significant support
  for instructional space in the sciences,
  including the life sciences. 
• Chemistry Building Renovation at UMCP (71
  million)
• Smith Hall Addition/Renovation at TU (124
  million)
• Natural Science Lab/Crawford Science Building
  Expansion at Bowie State University (96 million)
• Health Sciences Facility III at UMB (400
  million)
• Pharmacy Hall Addition / Renovation at UMB (78
  million)
• This follows on the heels of recently completed
  capital projects in support of life sciences
  research
• UMBI's Center for Advanced Research in
  Biotechnology (CARB II) at the Shady Grove Life
  Sciences Center (60 million)
• UMCP's New Biosciences Research Building (63
  million)

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USM Life Science ActionsNano-Bio Fund

• Importance of nano-bio
• A trillion-dollar industry in a decade, employing
  2 million people
• Maryland can be a global leader
• strength in medical science and engineering
• USM Office USM institutions worked closely with
  DBED for a number of years to create a nano-bio
  fund
• To recruit top talent and provide seed funding
  for promising new research efforts
• Faculty supported by the Nano-Bio fund have
  submitted 81 proposals to 20 different outside
  funding entities
• More than 7 million in funding to date with 26
  million pending

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USM Life Science ActionsDrug Discovery and
Development Network

• Consortium of Maryland higher education resources
  acting to facilitate and encourage drug discovery
  and development
• Targeting the entire discovery and development
  cycle
• basic research, clinical and regulatory support,
  manufacturing, and workforce training
• Four UM campusesUMCP, UMB, UMBC, and UMBIalong
  with JHU, Montgomery College, and CCBC
• Strong marketing tool to assist bioscience
  companies in Maryland wishing to access
  university resources and to attract companies
• See this as a model of higher education
  collaboration cooperation

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USM Life Science ActionsInnovation and
Commercialization Group

• The same four USM institutionsUMCP, UMB, UMBC,
  and UMBIalso serve on the Innovation and
  Commercialization Group
• ICG is a Regents Work Group focused on the wide
  range of issues pertaining to the Innovation and
  Commercialization of USM assets
• Best practices, Collaborations, Metrics, etc.
• The System Office organizes the ICG
• And participation is open to any interested USM
  institution

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USM Life Science ActionsPresidential Task Force
on Research and Economic Competitiveness

• Chaired by Dan Mote and charged with studying
• Areas of research important to economic growth
  where USM and Maryland have a strategic advantage
  due to a critical mass of top talent
• Strategies to build the areas identified into
  centers of excellence on an international scale
• Strategies to increase USMs and Marylands
  capacity to do translational research and build
  the knowledge based economy
• State policies that would support the knowledge
  based economy in Maryland as well as benchmarks
  to measure Marylands progress toward that goal
• There is also a parallel groupThe Presidential
  Task Force on the STEM Workforcechaired by Bob
  Caret

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USM Life Science ActionsMOU with FDA

• USM and the FDA will identify priorities and
  topics of mutual interest such as
• Exchanges between university faculty and staff
  and FDA scientists and staff
• Educational opportunities for students, staff,
  and faculty
• Joint meetings for education and research
• Research collaborations
• Cooperative international activities and outreach
• Sharing of facilities and equipment for increased
  cost efficiencies for scientific endeavors
• By sharing resources and talents, MOU will open
  up new areas of discovery, funding, and
  cooperation

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Next StepsMHECs 5-year plan

• Currently being re-written
• Will have a significant research component
• Recognizing research as an important element of
  Marylands overall economic and educational
  future
• USM and USM Institutions involved
• Need to make sure YOUR voice is heard as they
  make progress toward their new plan