IN FOCUS FEATURE
PTRP Eyes Next Phase of Growth
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NCABR Names New Leader
Suzanne Wilkison will build on her 10 years of experience at NCABR as she takes the leadership reins.
NSF Grant Boosts Wake Forest Entrepreneurs
Partnerships are the basis of this three-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
Carolinas Medical Joins in Cancer Study
Extensive data collection and analysis may reveal new treatments designed for specific kinds of cancer.
Adherex Melanoma Drug Receives Orphan Status
A dual treatment for later stages of melanoma has received special status from the Food and Drug Administration.
Unity, ECU Key to East's Growth
Edgecombe, Nash, Pitt, Wayne and Wilson counties have a new strategy for recruiting and creating life science jobs.
In Focus
PTRP Eyes Next Phase of Growth
In downtown Winston-Salem, 230 acres of concrete is being transformed into a bustling development for research and business. Already, the Piedmont Triad Research Park contains 554,000 square feet of lab space and provides hundreds of jobs for Triad residents.
Wake Forest University and its Health Sciences CEO Richard Dean drove much of the growth in the last few years. Dean retired as Wake Forest Health Sciences CEO in June, leaving big shoes to fill in the leadership post. Douglas L. Edgeton, M.B.A., M.P.H., stepped into that role in November.
The new leader spoke with Boris Hartl about the opportunities and challenges facing the Piedmont Triad Research Park.
News from Other Sites
BioEast Alliance Study
The study, funded in part by the Biotechnology Center, of how to bring life-science jobs to a five-county area in Eastern North Carolina made headlines across the state.
From the Greenville Daily Reflector
From the (Raleigh) News and Observer
From WRAL LocalTechWire
Training for the Future
A basic laboratory techniques class at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College aims to train local residents for jobs at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
From the Charlotte Observer
When Less is More
Dr. Ken Gonsalves' work in nanotechnology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is featured in Charlotte Medical News. Gonsalves was recruited with the help of a 2000 Biotechnology Center grant.
From Charlotte Medical News
Community Watch
- Inclinix Inc., an enrollment contract research organization and provider of clinical trial recruitment solutions, announced the following changes to its executive management team:
* Steven M. Agnoff, has joined the company in the position of Vice President of Marketing and Product Management.
* Daniel D. Marks, has joined the company as Vice President of Corporate Development.
* Jeffrey L. Bagshaw has been named Senior Vice President of Sales.
* Susan A. Jalbert joined the company as Director of North American Sales and reports to Bagshaw. Several sales executives now report to her.
More. - Raleigh-based DARA BioSciences has appointed Haywood Cochrane Jr. to its board of directors. Cochrane is vice chairman and a director of I-trax, a publicly traded Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania-based health management and productivity company. More.
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