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SUMMARY:Building Bridges in Medical Sciences - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20160311T083000Z
DTEND:20160311T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Building Bridges in Medical Sciences is a one-day conference t
 hat brings together scientists from different disciplines\, career stages 
 and countries. The conference emphasises the need for interdisciplinary ap
 proaches to tackle the biomedical research and global health challenges of
  the 21st century.\n\nOur goal is to promote crosstalk and collaborations 
 within the scientific and medical communities by bringing to you renowned 
 experts and have them share about how their work has answered important sc
 ientific questions and to contemplate future directions for the advancemen
 t of their fields.\n\nBBMS is aimed at graduate students and early career 
 researchers who want to better understand the current state of cutting-edg
 e biomedical research and develop useful connections to other scientists a
 cross a variety of fields.\n\nOur confirmed speakers are: \nHelen Rees (Un
 iversity of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg)\nMichael Owen (Cardiff Univ
 ersity)\nSusan Galbraith (Vice President and Head of Oncology iMed AstraZe
 neca)\nNorman Maitland (University of York)\nGail Martin (University of Ca
 lifornia)\nLeo Cheng ( The Royal London and Homerton University Hospitals 
 in London)\nDawn Coverley (University of York)\nLee Cronin (University of 
 Glasgow)\n\nWe also have a training on transitioning between academia and 
 entrepreneurship led by: \nAndreu Soldevila Fabrega (LeanBio)\n\nThe day w
 ill end with an elevator pitch session by two promising health startups:\n
 JustMilk\nHealark\n\nDo join us for an enriching and enlightening day of t
 alks and networking!
LOCATION:Robinson College
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