UNIVERSITIES AS INNOVATION DRIVERS IN THEIR REGION - President - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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President Satish Tripathi, PhD University at Buffalo

UNIVERSITIES AS INNOVATION DRIVERS IN THEIR REGION

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Change is Impacting Research Universities

• Decreasing governmental

support – Federal & State

• Increasing pressure to serve

as economic development driver

• Competition for research &

philanthropy is increasing

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Scope, Scale, and Impact

Scope, Scale, and Impact

• 30,000+ students (50 U.S. states, 120

nations)

• AAU member and largest public research

university in New York State

• 6,000 FTE employees
• $383M annual research expenditures
• 249,000 alumni in 147 countries
• Top 20 U.S. international enrollment
• Economic impact: $2.18 billion per year

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UB 2020: Achieving Our Mission to its Fullest

277 faculty hired in high-demand areas (2010-14) $38 M increase in annual federal research expenditures Inter-disciplinary research communities Connecting the curriculum to the research enterprise Learning communities to navigate the research environment Study-abroad opportunities for global discovery Six major new facilities on three campuses World-class new medical school building under construction

Advancing high-impact research Transforming the educational experience Building UB campus master plan Engage with our community

Fostering entrepreneurs in the region through START-UP NY Integrating STEM experience into local public schools

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Western New York Regional Economic Development Council

• Established by the Governor in 2011
• Economic development decisions

made locally

• Region spans 5 counties of Western

New York

• Core strategies
• Entrepreneurship
• Health Life Sciences

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Driving Growth of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

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New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

• Opened in 2005, epicenter housing UB’s technology-based

economic development entities and programs

• Wet labs, CCR, office space, three UB Core facilities (Clean

Room, Genomics & Bioinformatics, Proteomics & Bioanalysis)

• Over 250 resident scientists

Clinical and Translational Research Center

• Biosciences incubator including laboratories and office space

to facilitate formation of startups as spinoff companies

• Comprehensive support for investigators including

examination rooms, space for blood drawing and specimen collection, and a certified research pharmacy

• Space for 25 Principal Investigators with translational

research

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Buffalo Institute for Genomics

• $100 million collaboration between the University at Buffalo and the NY

Genome Center in New York City

• Partnership builds out existing computational infrastructure & expand existing

biomedical research capacity at UB

• Project is expected to create more than 500 jobs
• Development of companies focused on diagnostics and IT essential to

breakthroughs in personalized medicine

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A World-class Academic Health Center

• New medical school

building - open 2017

• Will bring 2,000

faculty, staff, and students to Buffalo daily

• Close proximity

enhanced medical education, patient care, clinical research, and bench- to-bedside innovation

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Medical Campus Growth (2016-17)

Conventus John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital UB School of Medicine Roswell Park’s Clinical Sciences Center

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Converting Research Into Jobs

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Investing in Innovation

Advancing Faculty Innovation

• 165+ patents benefiting the

public good

• 200+ technologies available for

licensing Fostering Student Entrepreneurship

• WNY Prosperity Scholars
• Panasci award competition
• Academy in Entrepreneurship
• E-lab “boot camp” for startup

ventures

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New York State Programs to Grow Startups

WNY Innovation Hot Spot

Partnering in Regional Economic Growth

• START-UP NY

Leadership

• Innovation Hot Spot
• Center for

Entrepreneurial Leadership

• Partnership with

43North

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Next Phase: Taking the Innovation Districts to UB’s Other Campuses

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A New Image for Western NY