The Biocompass program mission is to provide timely biotechnology industry-responsive programs to help companies build and maintain their professional workforce.
Biocompass projects bring together CSU faculty and industry experts to provide resources, workshops, internships, courses and programs that are designed to close the gap between CSU based learning and life sciences industry practice. The Biocompass program is administered and managed by the CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB).
Biocompass has been piloted in the Los Angeles (L.A.) region as a private-public partnership involving the eight CSU campuses in the greater L.A. region, the Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio), the Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative (PBC), and the L.A./Orange County Biotech Center at Pasadena City College. In 2008 the L.A. consortium garnered funding from the eight CSU campus presidents, the Small Business Administration, the CSU Commission on the Extended University, and the CSU Office of the Chancellor. The funding received supports the development of this website and two new certificate programs in Biotechnology Project Management.
Biotechnology Project Management Certificate in Quality Assurance:
Gary Berg (CSU Channel Islands), Marge Gordon (CSU Dominguez Hills), Milt Krivokuca (CSU Dominguez Hills), Cheng Li (CSU Los Angeles), Wei-Jen Lin (Cal Poly Pomona), Nitika Parmar (CSU Channel Islands), Francesca Ringland (San Diego State University). Industry Advisors: Marty Wartenberg (ZeroBoundary) and Imre Fischer (American Society for Quality).
Biotechnology Project Management Certificate in Clinical Trials:
Austin Aker (Symbion Research), Paula D'Amore (CSU Dominguez Hills), Cheng Li (CSU Los Angeles), Kim Walker (Independent Consultant). Industry Advisors: Ginger Clasby (Transcend Medical), Peggy Pence (Symbion Research), Marty Wartenberg (ZeroBoundary).
CSUPERB’s mission is to develop a professional biotechnology workforce by mobilizing and supporting collaborative California State University (CSU) student and faculty research, innovating educational practices, and responding to and anticipating the needs of the life science industry. CSUPERB is committed to closing the gap between CSU-based learning and biotechnology industry practice to help build and maintain a professional workforce.
The CSU is a leader in high-quality, accessible, student-focused higher education. With 23 campuses, almost 450,000 students, and 47,000 faculty and staff, we are the largest, the most diverse, and one of the most affordable university systems in the country.
Congressman Adam B. Schiff was named the CSUPERB 2009 Legislator of the Year for his support and sponsorship for a Small Business Administration grant to the CSU to develop a Biotechnology Training Center in the Los Angeles Region and his ongoing leadership and support for biotechnology industry specific training. Congressman Schiff represents California’s 29th Congressional District, including the communities of Alhambra, Altadena, Burbank, Glendale, Griffith Park, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, South Pasadena, and Temple City.
Contact Rupinder Bhathal, CSUPERB Director of Industry Partnerships, (619) 594-3954 or Susan Baxter, Executive Director, CSUPERB, (619) 594-2510
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Press Release (10/22/09): QA Certificate Launch
Newsletter: The Biocompass Newsletter is published twice a year. Read about goals, participants, and activities of regional biotechnology workforce development projects.
Issue No. 1 (June 2009)
Issue No. 2 (February 2010)
