Trenton Public Policy Seminar Series

FREE SEMINAR - No. 81

“New Jersey’s Bioscience Industry:

An Action Plan for Economic Growth”

presented by

Prof. David Finegold

Dean of Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations

Sponsored by:

Rutgers Office of State Relations

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

STATE HOUSE ANNEX

Committee Room 1, 1st Floor

9:30 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.

SESSION SYNOPSIS

New Jersey, historically a leader in the bioscience industry, has struggled as innovation has shifted from large pharmaceutical corporations to networks of bioscience start-ups and research universities.  Professor David Finegold will discuss a major initiative underway to develop the human talent needed to remain a leader in this industry. Professor Finegold led the effort that resulted in a $5.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) program, designed to help create high-quality, high-paying jobs and grow the region’s bioscience industry. 

For more information, contact the Office of State Relations by phone at

(732) 932-7741 or by email at staterel@oldqueens.rutgers.edu