1. UAMS Translational Research Institute
Health Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) Postdoctoral Training Program
NRSA Training Core of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
Funded and administered by the Translational Research Institute (TRI)
Leadership includes co-directors Curtis Lowery, MD, and Nancy Rusch, PhD; Nancy Gray, PhD, and Kevin Sexton, MD
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2. Why the HSIE Training Program?
The goal of the HSIE training program is to broaden a scholar’s vision of using entrepreneurship principles and team science to accelerate biomedical discoveries into improved health outcomes. It serves to equip postdoctoral fellows with the knowledge and skillset to translate innovations into clinical benefit and is a value-added extension to the postdoctoral fellow’s primary research training.
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3. Graduate Certificate in Health Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship
15- credit graduate certificate for postdoctoral fellows
Two-year program (4 postdoc scholars enter each year)
Value-added training in addition to the primary research project
Partnership between faculty at UAMS, BioVentures, and the Sam Walton College of Business at UA Fayetteville.
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4. HSIE Program Leadership
Nancy Rusch, Ph.D. and Curtis Lowery, M.D.
Program Co-Directors
Pamela Kahler, B.A.
Program Manager
UAMS Faculty
Nancy Gray, Ph.D Curtis Lowery, M.D.
Nancy Rusch, Ph.D Kevin Sexton, M.D.
UA Fayetteville Faculty
Carol Reeves, Ph.D. Paul Mlakar, Jr., M.B.A.
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5. NRSA Training Core – HSIE Training Program
The four HSIE Scholars and their research mentors are:
Samir Jenkins, PhD (nanomaterials, stem cell differentiation)
Mentor: Robert Griffin, Ph.D.
Astha Malhotra, PhD (3-D printing and tissue regeneration)
Mentors: Jay Mehta, M.D., Ph.D.
Melody Penning, PhD (algorithms to predict adverse events)
Mentor: Fred Prior, Ph.D.
Aaron Storey, PhD (Mass spec ID of bacteria in synovial fluid)
Mentor: Ricky Edmondson, Ph.D.
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6. UAMS Translational Research Institute
Value added for HSIE postdoc scholars and their primary research mentors
Dollar value of 2-year program  170K
K in NIH stipend support
40K for tuition and fees
20K for health insurance and program-related costs
3K extra to attend meetings related to HSIE
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7. UAMS Translational Research Institute
Value added for HSIE postdoc scholars and their primary research mentors
Non-dollar Value of the HSIE Program
Diversify your training portfolio
Enhance your job competitiveness
Enhance your job satisfaction
Develop a UAMS technology
Build a community of entrepreneurs
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8. In the works…. Earn 9 credits in the MBA program at UA Fayetteville
Dilemma that UAMS postdocs more than one year beyond obtaining their PhD degree could not enter the business team competitions
Working with Vikas Anand, PhD, Executive Director of MBA Programs and Graduate Innovation at UA’s Walton College of Business, to allow our postdoc scholars to be enrolled as MBA students

9. What are the Components of the Program?
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10. The Components of the HSIE Training Program?
Year 1
Semester 1
HSIE Snapshot Sessions (4 cr)
HSIE Seminar Series (1 cr)
*Seminar series continues thru Year 1
Semester 2
MGMT Foundations of Business for
Entrepreneurs (3 cr)
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11. The Components of the HSIE Training Program?
 Year 2
Semester 1
MGMT New Venture Development (3 cr)
HSIE Seminar Series (1 cr)
*Seminar series continues thru Year 2
Semester 2
MBAD 5413 Partnering Project (3 cr)
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12. What are the Components of the Program?
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13. Snapshot Sessions (4 credits of Independent Study)
Guided by your Coaching Team composed of your research mentor, two HSIE leaders, and 1-2 HSIE program faculty members
Guided by your IDP (Individual Development Plan)
Evaluate your skills and interests.  Evaluate options. Set goals. Outline strategies to achieve them with your Coaching Team.
Goal is to identify a biomedical discovery around which you can develop a business plan in Year 2.
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14. What are the Components of the Program?
Formulate
IDP
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15. What does successful HSIE training look like?
Program completion rate and duration of postdoc training (HSIE training should not prolong postdoc)
Research and HSIE-related presentations and publications
New collaborations/research teams at UAMS and UAMS-UA
Innovations (patents, services, products, start-up companies)
Careers after participation in the program
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16. What does success look like at the macro level?
Mission of the CTSA grant:
Accelerate scientific discoveries into clinical practice to improve the health challenges of rural and underrepresented populations.
Keep the mission of the CTSA grant in mind as you develop your biomedical discovery.
Nanomaterials/stem cell differentiation
3-D printing and tissue regeneration
Algorithms to predict adverse events
Mass spec ID of bacteria in synovial fluid
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