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MCA Foundation: Preparing our Region for the Future of Healthcare and Innovation

Vianey Romo, Workforce Coordinator Michaele Linden Johnson, Director of Clinical Trials and Business Development

• Geographic isolation
• 3 states = 3 major cities are the

“red-headed step children” of the states

• 2 countries = international boundary
• Low skill / low wage manufacturing

emphasis for 50 years

• Flight of manufacturing to China,
• etc. in the 80s & 90s
• Medically underserved rural

communities / very difficult to recruit medical professionals

The Need

Act Regionally To Compete Globally

El Paso, Texas Las Cruces, NM Juarez, Mexico

Development of a Regional Vision

• Healthcare
• Improves health
• Contributes to improved “quality of life” essential for

recruiting business, professionals

• Stable / good paying jobs all along the professional

spectrum

• Many “related” industries (e.g., Health IT, biomedical

innovation, medical manufacturing, Clinical research )

• Tremendous education and research requirements

New Dean; moved into the MCA’s Cardwell Collaborative; growing faculty & new centers, including Institute for Healthy Eating & Active Living

2000

TTUHSC - 2 year Lubbock program Since 1973 TTUHSC El Paso

• independent university status + $180M new buildings
• 4-year medical school; nursing school; graduate school of biomed sciences;

residents/fellows, upcoming dental school

• new private academic teaching hospital with Tenet

UTEP – historical focus on engineering, geological sciences, etc. UTEP: - Achieved Tier 1 Research Institution status (Jan. 2019)

• New buildings ($270MM): biological sciences, chemistry/computer science,

nursing/health sciences, bio-engineering, interdisciplinary research building

• New programs: pharmacy, nursing, public health

Tenet & HCA Hospitals, status quo County hospital in financial trouble 3 major hospital renovations, including county hospital 6 new hospitals, including Children’s, TTUHSC/Tenet, 2 in Juarez, DOD 3,000 daily users of MCA Campus 13,000 daily users of MCA Medical Campus (MCA Campus Master Plan, phase I,II & III + SmartCode + TIRZ + incentive zone + utility & traffic plan MCA Today

• $50MM in assets; $5MM annual operating budget

MCA Foundation non-existent NMSU land grant university Partnered with Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine UT Houston School of Public Health, El Paso Campus

2020

Who We Are:

Mission Statement To develop and catalyze the life sciences ecosystem in the Paso del Norte region. Vision Statement To cultivate a dynamic health industry and innovation / entrepreneurship ecosystem that competes globally.

What We Do…

We operate a strong organization to be able to accomplish our mission through these activities:

Infrastructure

Programs

Major Accomplishments

Master Planning, Land Acquisition, & TTUHSC SON

• 3 MCA Campus Master Plans
• $180k EDA grant
• Over 14 acres acquired
• Over $500k of environl remediation
• Funded development of TTUHSC SON

Cardwell Collaborative

• Built on-time & on-budget
• $24 million project funded
• $3 million in NMTCs
• 80% paid occupancy after 3 years

Innovation Center & Seed Fund

• Supported over 20 start ups in 2

• Won prestigious EDA i6

VA Wellness Clinic

• Won competitive bid
• 20-year lease agreement
• $16 million project funded
• $5 million in NMTCs
• On-time, on-budget

BIO-EPJ

• Launched 501c6
• Over 35 members & $100k

• $180k EDA grant
• Completed bi-national biomedical

MCA Organization

• Secured City Impact Fund & complied

• Raised $9 million in capital campaign
• Closed 2 NMTC deals & complied

HC Think Tank & Clinical Trials

• Recruited 3 IROs to EP
• 6 new hires in EP
• 15 new trained PIs in EP
• Comprehensive HC industry

Almost 14 years of flexible Persistence has yielded significant

• accomplishments. You can be proud!

The MCA Campus of the Future…

Cardwell Collaborative

• Completed in June 2016
• LEED Silver Certified
• 60,000 sf – offices, wet &

dry labs, meeting/collaboration spaces

• Shared lab equipment
• Laboratory safety

program

• 20+ start-ups

Innovation Center

• Steve Jobs

• ur people.”
• Julia Gillard

Core Offerings

• Innovation Boot Camps
• STTR/ SBIR Workshops
• Start-Up Company Resources
• Access to State-Of-The-Art Facilities & Equipment
• Seed Funding
• Mentorship/ Advisors/ Office Hours
• Resource Network (Healthcare Providers/ Professionals)

Potential Future Offering

• Healthcare Boot Camps
• Fundamentals of Healthcare Practices
• HC Payment Mechanisms
• Revenue Cycle (charge capture, coding & billing)
• Accounting for HC practices
• Health Policy Update
• Health IT
• Healthcare Compliance

40 members 15 leads

Medical Device Development & Manufacturing

• 30 + Factories
• Employing 40,000 + workers
• Producing Class I, II and III medical devices

Founding Members

Healthcare Programs

Core Programming (On-going Programming)

• Events, Networking, Education
• HC Events – Primer (1X/Year) / HC Summit / Awards (1X/Year)
• Webinar-Podcast (1X/month)
• Regional Vision, Goals & Measures, Health Disparities
• Market Entrants (research and Introductions)
• HC Data & Research Hub
• Clinical Care & Collaboration
• HC Grants / Funding

Sub-Program(s)

• Clinical Trials
• MMTP
• CoE--Desert Health
• COVID-19

MCA Program Assistance MCA Campus Innovation Center

• Resource Network
• HC Bootcamps
• Tech Tuesdays
• HC Innovation Challenge (Manufacturing & HC Providers) - Winners win $

and/or pilot site opportunities

• Product Development

BIO-EPJ

• Recruit BIO-EPJ Members
• Prototype Development, Scale & Manufacturing

MCA STEM Innovation Lab Camp

• A FREE* One-Day STEM Focused Camp that will introduce students to

STEM fields – with a special focus on healthcare, biomedical industries and innovation in our region.

• 4 Components
• Introduction to the MCA
• Career Exploration
• Tour of Building
• Demonstrations and Hands-on Experiments

* School/group is responsible for transportation & lunch

Snapshot of STEM Camp

Agenda is subject to change STEM Camp Statistics Total # of camps: 14 Total # of students: 382 Total #of schools: 9 Total # of school districts: 4

Demonstrations & Hands-on Experiments

Clinical Trials Landscape

“I have often wondered if there are medical treatments that never made it to patients because of the lack of clinical trial participation.”

Clinical Trials Consortium

Miss ission: to expand and accelerate our region’s infrastructure and competitiveness in clinical research and innovation. 30 30+ + key y in industry stak akeholders from the US US and Mexico

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• Expand the region’s attractiveness for biomedical research
• Facilitate clinical trial innovation, operational excellence & collaboration
• Advance niche areas matching our region’s core capabilities and health

disparities

30 + Institutions 6 Partners

What is Clinical Research?

The Definition, The Types, How It’s Different and The Clinical Research Process

How is Clinical Research Different?

20

• f progress and

Characteristics of Successful Clinical Research Professional

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Attitudes & Behavior

• Medical Terminology
• Attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written

• Connection and collaboration
• Cool under pressure
• Strong organizational capabilities
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Customer Focused
• Empathetic
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Professional
• Multi-tasker
• Self-Directed
• Team Player
• Tech Savvy
• Commitment
• Curiosity
• Enthusiasm
• Humbleness
• Integrity

Despite these advances, we still have lots of challenges and need talented people to help solve them!

Million children are saved each year by vaccines New types of antibiotics have been developed since 1928 Antiretroviral treatments have been developed for HIV/AIDS Survival rates for patients with cancer have increased dramatically Decline in infant mortality

• ver the past 20 years

Decrease in chronic disability among seniors

2.5m 19 35+ 300 40% 30%

New treatments have been developed in the last 10 years for hard-to-treat diseases Reduction in the death rates for coronary heart disease and stroke

60%

National Institutes of Health-funded Research Contributions

To learn more about health statistics and the impact of diseases, visit the World Health Organization, http://origin.who.int/features/factfiles/global_burden/en/

Job Growth Potential and Salary Opportunities

Secure Your Future

The CRA role has been in the Top 100 Best Jobs in America for a few years and in 2012 it was #4! This role has experienced an 8% growth rate for the past 10 years It has a high quality of life rating!

Job Opportunities

Typical Salary Ranges for Key Roles

Role Low Average High CTA

Clinical Trial Assistant

$31,000 $51,000 $74,000 CRC

Clinical Research Coordinator

$41,000 $57,000 $80,000 CRA

Clinical Research Associate

$58,000 $84,000 $108,000

Considering a Career in Clinical Research

Clinical research is an important part of the healthcare industry, an industry that is expanding faster than any other (in the U.S.) Combine the overall growth of healthcare sector, with rapid growth of new technologies and innovations, clinical research presents a huge employment

• pportunity which should see

continued growth for a long time

What Types of Careers are Involved?

Take a Glance at Where You Could be Working

How to Get Started?

Find Your Element and More

ACRP CRP

Entry Level CRC Competency & Development Roadmap:

https://acrpnet.org/2020/04/20/acrp-publishes-free- resource-to-support-crc-workforce-development/

Help us to Grow the Clinical Trial Workforce

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Students interested in clinical research as a career option can now go to the “Find Your Element” website developed and funded by members of ACRP’s Partners in Workforce Advancement (PWA). careersinclinicalresearch.org Teachers / Professional Resources: PowerPoint & Fact Sheet Files https://careersinclinicalresearch.org/recruitment-tools ACRP: acrpnet.org

Q & A Thank You

Vianey Romo

Workforce Coordinator Vianey@mcamericas.org

Michaele Linden Johnson

Director of Clinical Trials and Business Development Michaele@mcamericas.org