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Strategy4Scientists is a podcast for scientists interested in learning about the fundamentals of business strategy through stories. Our mission is to help biomedical grad students and post docs gain basic knowledge of business strategy. We talked to scientists and business professionals in scientific enterprises who share real-life, practical examples of times they developed strategic plans and made strategic decisions. We hope that adding strategy to a PhD skill set will help grad students ...
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Brad A. Grueter, PhD, is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center whose research relies on a technique called electrophysiology. He is asked to collaborate a lot. In this podcast, he shares his process about considering collaborations and how he approaches his decisions from the lens of a mentor to his postdocs and students. B…
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Yaisa Andrews-Zwilling, PhD shares the differences in running a research program at a small biotech versus in academia. Dr. Andrews-Zwilling talks about getting up to speed on business vocabulary when she became an industry scientist, and how she thinks strategically about different stakeholders. She also talks about her experience doing science in…
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Aimee Kao, MD PhD is an Associate Professor of Neurology at University of California San Francisco. She talks about business concepts as it relates to her process for developing a research plan and how she cultivates good ideas. She shares how she mentors grad students and postdocs when they make discoveries, and the factors she considers in those …
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Neal Alto, PhD is a Professor of Microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He talks about business concepts as they relate to starting a lab including positioning the lab in areas of growth, evaluating potential risk and impact, monitoring the progress and viability of projects, and mentoring grad students and postdocs.Music from Po…
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Asha Collins, PhD talks about her process of setting strategy and how strategy is shaped by qualitative values as much as quantitative measurement. She also explained how to carefully handle decisions that represent a pivot or shift in the way things are being done by an organization. Dr. Collins has a breadth of experience spanning management cons…
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Kenneth Lin, MD is Co-Founder, President and CEO of Ab Initio. He talks about setting strategy for two different companies and the advantage of running lean, setting long term goals, and remaining agile.Music from Podington Bear. Use with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.Por Strategy4Scientists
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Mark Ansel, PhD is a Professor of Microbology & Immunology at University of California San Francisco. He talks about business concepts as they relate to building a lab including branding, understanding your strengths, and opportunity costs.Music from Podington Bear. Use with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.…
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Robert V. Farese, MD is a Professor of Genetics and Complex Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He talks about about Integrity and excellence in communication are important to his research brand. Bob also shares a unique organizational structure for running a lab.Music from Podington Bear. Use with Creative Commons Attribution-No…
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Robert Hesse, PhD talks about how soft skills are critical for successful partnering and factors that make a partnership strategic. Rob also shares how he reads a room. At the time of this podcast, Rob was a consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners. He is currently Director of Business Development at IVIVA Medical.Music from Podington Bear. Use …
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Todd Pazdera, PhD is Associate Director of the Office of Technology Management at University of California San Francisco. He talks about the academic side of partnering with biopharma. Todd explains why companies might set up agreements with academic labs and types of agreements.Music from Podington Bear. Use with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCo…
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Ying-Li Chen, MBA talks about the academic side of partnering with biopharma. Ying-Li explains the types of research projects the UCSF Office of Technology Management typically finds interesting. At the time of this podcast, Ying-Li was Senior Technology Marketing Manager at UCSF Office of Technology Management. She is currently Senior Manager of B…
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Matt Cook, PhD talks about using matrices to clarify problems and identify possible solutions in business and in your career. Matt says it's critical to define your metrics of success from the beginning. At the time of this podcast, Matt was a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group. He is currently Executive Director of Strategic Projects at…
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We share stories of scientists and how they use business strategy.Music from Podington Bear. Use with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.Por Strategy4Scientists
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