Santa Clara University

Lectures

President's Speaker Series

The third year of the Speaker Series features Michael Eric Dyson, Lisa Sowle Cahill '70, E.J. Dionne Jr., and Avraham Burg, who will discuss issues of religion and politics.

Santa Clara Lecture Series

The Santa Clara Lecture Series is sponsored by the Bannan Institute, which is committed to examining Catholic identity and Jesuit character.

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics sponsors the Ethics at Noon lecture series. These lunch-hour programs provide a forum for SCU faculty members and other experts to explore ethical issues in many fields.

de Saisset Museum

The museum offers several lectures and programs based on current exhibitions.

CIE Global Entrepreneurship Week

Nov 19, 2009

noon - 1:00 p.m.

Location

Lucas Hall

Forbes Family Conference Center Lucas Hall 126

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Cost : FREE!

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CIE Global Entrepreneurship Week: Thursday Brown Bag Lunch Seminar featuring Speaker Edward F. Schnipper, MD, President, ProjeX Therapeutics

Lecture

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Join us as we celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week with a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar. Today's Featured Speaker is Edward F. Schnipper, MD, Presdient, ProjeX Therapeutics, with over 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience and academic and private oncology practice.

Edward Schnipper, M.D. is President of ProjeX Therapeutics, Menlo Park . Dr. Schnipper has more than 20 years of management experience in the clinical development of medicines for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Prior to ProjeX Therapeutics, he served as executive vice president and chief medical officer (CMO) at Novacea. Dr. Schnipper also served as president and chief executive officer of CellGate Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company.

Dr. Schnipper has been responsible for numerous clinical trial programs that served to support successful New Drug Application (NDA) strategies and competitive market positions for new therapeutic products.

Prior to CellGate, Dr. Schnipper was vice president of Clinical Development at ALZA Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company. In this role, Dr. Schnipper was responsible for overseeing the clinical development for new pharmaceutical products, as well as the Phase IV strategies for products in the company's pipeline and in its pharmaceutical product portfolio. While at ALZA, he provided input on research and development efforts and marketing programs, acted as a spokesperson on company affairs to diverse external audiences, and provided guidance to scientific and medical advisory boards for the company. Before joining ALZA, Dr. Schnipper served as senior vice president and medical director at SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, where he was responsible for clinical and regulatory functions and a member of the Executive Committee. Between 1983 and 1996, he held various positions at Hoffmann-La Roche, culminating in his appointment as vice president of Clinical Operations, Virology.

Dr. Schnipper earned his B.A. degree from Hobart College in Geneva, New York and his M.D. from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He trained in medicine at the Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center and completed fellowships in hematology at New York University and in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians, among other professional societies.

Each day the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is proud to bring an informative brown bag lunch seminar featuring different daily content to the campus community--all students, faculty, staff and members of the Silicon Valley business community are welcome to attend this free event. Bring your own lunch or stop by the Cadence Cafe to pick up your lunch and we'll provide something sweet for dessert.

More Information

Linda Bookin Jenkins

408-554-5757

ljenkins@scu.edu