Cultivating Bioscience Talent

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Cultivating Bioscience Talent
Creating 30.00 per hour High Tech
Jobs
Russ H. Read June 9th, 2008
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Biotechnologys Potential
Vast and Imaginative

• Food agriculture
• Industrial
• Medicine
• Environment
• Information
• Fuels

Photograph bySteve Brown Carl A. Sharif - NYT
Pictures
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Size of US Biosciences Industry

Year 2004
Companies 40,454
Employees 1,243,000
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Multiplier Effect

• 1.2 Million Bioscience Jobs (2004)
• Effect on other support jobs 5.8 Million Jobs
• Total Net Effect on Economy 7.0 Million
• Pays well too! 26,000 greater than the average
  private sector annual wage

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Bioscience Segments

• Agricultural 8
• Pharma 25
• Medical Devices 33
• Research Testing 33

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Geography

• Bioscience Employment occurs in all 50 States
• Sizeable employment is found in less than half of
  the states
• 193 of 361 metropolitan statistical areas have a
  specialization in one of four bioscience sectors

Its a Bio world!
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Global Biotechnology Market- Present Future

• 2006 73.5 B
• 2010 100 B(14 annual growth rate)
• 2014 128 B
• BT Jobs are across the country in all forms (313
  occupations) positions growing at double digits.
• Examples Scientists, clinicians, technicians,
  chemists, biologists, pharmacologists,
  toxicologists, research associates, regulatory
  experts, manufacturing production teams,
  packaging, ancillary support teams etc.,

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Building the Future

• There is a piece of the BT action for everyone
• Harmonized utilization of Bioscience throughout
  the regions is the future
• Agricultural, Industrial, environmental and
  medical, health are traditional segments What
  about the new interface bio-nano,
  bio-informatics, biofuels, etc?
• Academic Medical Research infrastructures are
  magnets for bioscience companies
• Home grown industry needs capital, educated
  manpower an efficient, effective business
  environment

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USA Competitiveness
Scientific Publications 37,822 1
Share of Patents 43.3 1
Growth of Patents 1.5 20
High School Science Proficiency 20
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U.S. Department of Labor Grant
Five Distinct Centers of Expertise (Community
Colleges)
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Piedmont Triad Region

• 130 Total Bioscience/ Support Co.s
• 13 Contract Research
• 28 Production/Mfg.
• 24 Research Development
• 11 Sales Distribution
• 54 support/service companies

• 4 Research Universities
• NC AT State, Greensboro
• UNC Greensboro
• Wake Forest University Medical School
• Winston Salem State
• 9 Regional Community Colleges
• 300 M/year in extramural research funding
• 350 Life Science Graduates per year

Population 1,517,790 Health Care- Largest
employers
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Demand-Driven Process
Know Local Resources
21 initiatives strategic plan
www.triadbiotech.com
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Partnerships are Essential
Collaboration
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Systems Approach

• Summer enrichment programs for middle and high
  schoolers
• Articulations from high school to 2 year colleges
  
• Community College Regional Partnerships 11
• Internships for all levels ( H.S., college/4 year
  and post. grad.)
• US DOL approved Biotechnology Apprenticeships
• Seamless articulations from 2 year schools to 4
  year schools 22
• Reverse articulations
• Distance learning hybrids
• Short(120 hours) non-credit programs for
  technical operators

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Apprenticeship Internship Models

• Provide hands on experience required
• Offer a win /win- cover student and employer
  needs
• Lead to employment opportunities

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James Crawford, BS, AAS
From Textiles to Technology

• Interns at WFIRM
• Graduates 06
• Hired
• Heads large Tissue Core

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• Wife, Mom, who loves science
• Former 18 wheeler truck driver
• 2006 interns at WSSU at the research park
• Graduation May 2007 3.98 GPA
• Off to Salem College to complete BS
• 2008 Rising Senior at Salem with high GPA

Mica Welsh, AAS
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Katrice Jalbert The Apprentice
Apprentice Programs
1000 hours with industry
1000 hours at NHCTC
registered with US DOL

• 18 years old loves science
• Apprentices at LONZA
• Graduates from NHCTC, AS
• Offered job prior to graduation
• Working 2008 pursuing BS

New Name
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Biotech Training
Our Experience 4 years /- 400 graduates

• Employer needs based training works Demand
  Driven
• Hard soft skill preparation Qualified Human
  Capital
• Apprenticing Internships Experience /
  Employment
• Life long opportunity Back to the Future
• Research entrepreneurial activities Real
  life Prep.
• Job/self employment/advanced education Success
• Track your graduates Investment
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Tools on line- www.biotechworkforce.org
Profiles
BT Resource Line

Videos
Examples Career Path Demand Driven
Reward of Excellence
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Communication

• Life Science Informatics
• Bellevue Community CollegeLife Science
  Informatics
• Patricia Dombrowski
• Director, Life Science Informatics
• pdombrow_at_bcc.ctc.edu
• Research and DevelopmentForsyth Tech
• Dr. Lucas D. Shallua (VMD, PhD)
• Department Chair
• lshallua_at_forsythtech.edu

Agriculture Food Processing Indian Hills
Community CollegeJanet Paulson
jpaulson_at_indianhills.edu Bioprocessing MiraCo
sta CollegeRic Matthews Dean, Math and
Sciences rmatthews_at_miracosta.edu
Biomanufacturing New Hampshire Community
Technical College Director Sonia Wallman,
Ph.D. swallman_at_nhctc.edu
new name
Russ H. Read Executive Director rread_at_forsythtech.
edu

• www.workforce3one.org
• www.biotechworkforce.org