ProfessionalSeries:CrowdfundingPanelDiscussion

Date: Thu6/13/2013 Time: 11:30AM1:30PM Location: RPHB407@1665UniversityBoulevard Organizer: DrDavidB.Allison Aslunchwithbeserved,pleaseRSVPbeforeMon6/10/2013viaemailto RichardSarver,rsarver@uab.edu.Questions,205.975.9169?

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Overview:Crowdfundingisdrawingmuchattention.Itpromisesdemocratizationoffundingofresearch,ease,expediency, andaninfluxofnewfundingfromnewsources.Buthowdoesonegoaboutthispractically,ethically,andlegally?Isthe excitementaboutpotentialpromisewelljustified?Aretheircautionsanddownsides?Doesitreallywork?UABpanelistswill leadaninformalconversationonthesequestionswhichareunderactiveconsiderationbyUABsadministrativeleadership. TargetedAudience:SOPHfacultyandfellows.OpentoallotherpostdoctoralfellowsandfacultyintheUniversitypending availablespace. Panelists LarryLawal PriortofoundingHealthfundit,Inc.,heattendedUABforhisundergraduatestudiesin BiologyasamemberoftheUniversityHonorsprogramandlatertheUniversityofAlabama SchoolofMedicine.AsaBarryM.GoldwaterScholarwith11yearsofresearchexperience, hehasservedasEditorinChiefforInquiro,UABsUndergraduateResearchJournal, conductedresearchwithDr.LarryDeLucasattheCenterforBiophysicalSciencesand Engineering,andhasmultiplepublicationsandpresentationsatinternationalconferences. Hehasrecentlybeenselectedasa2012AmericanAssociationforCancerResearch(AACR) MinorityScholarinCancerResearchandreceivedthe2012ConstantinCopeMedical StudentResearchAwardfromtheSocietyofInterventionalRadiology.Hehasspentthe last6months,fulltime,developingacrowdfundingplatformforhealthandbiomedical research. BisakhaSenPhD AssocProf,HealthCareOrganization&Policy http://www.soph.uab.edu/hcop/directory?facname=3334 Healtheconomistwhospecializesinanalyzingtheeffectsofstatepoliciesonpublichealth outcomes.OneoftheareasthatDr.Senhaspublishedinisstategunbackgroundchecks andhomicides&suicides.SheattemptedcrowdfundingviaMicroryza.comtotakethat researchfurther,andthusgainedsomeinterestinginsightsintohowtheworldofcrowd fundingforacademicresearchcurrentlyoperates. LynnStedmanMBA Dir,OfficeofSponsoredPrograms http://www.uab.edu/osp/stafflist/byarea#admin Ms.StedmanoriginallyjoinedUABin1999andbrings20+yearsofprivatesectorand independentresearchinstituteexperienceinindustryandgovernmentcontracts,contract manufacturing,financialanalysisandbusinessmanagement.Ms.StedmanhasaBSdegree inAccountingwithaconcentrationinprogramminganddataprocessingfromAthensState UniversityandaMBAfromtheUniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham.Ms.Stedmanisa memberoftheUABAlumniAssociation,DeltaMuDelta,SocietyofResearch Administrators,NationalCouncilofResearchAdministrators,AmericanAssociationof ChristianCounselors,andresidesinShelbyCounty.

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