Mentorship Lunch: Industry Perspectives

On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, HBHL hosted a Mentorship Lunch that brought together experienced industry professionals and over 40 McGill graduate students, postdocs and postgrads over coffee and lunch at the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. Mentors shared about their experience navigating the workforce and engaged in lively roundtable discussions with the mentees. Topics ranged from academia-industry collaborations and social innovation to technology transfer, medical affairs, scientific entrepreneurship and operational management.

Thank you to our mentors for their insights and expertise: 

• Adrienne Crampton, PhD, Associate Director, Business Development - NeuroSphere
• Giovanna Sebastiani, PhD, Director of Administration - DNA to RNA (D2R), McGill
• James Doyle, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer - Phocus Pharmaceuticals
• Prisca Bustamante, PhD, Advisor, Business Development - Mitacs
• Tanya Girard, PhD, Head, Patient Experience - AbbVie Institute of Health Education
• Leigh MacIntyre, CEO and Co-Founder - Lasso Informatics
• Aleem Mohummed, Chief Operating Officer - Lasso Informatics 
• Claudia Vezeau, Senior Advisor - Maison de l'innovation sociale (MIS)
• Greg Labrosse, Advisor - Maison de l'innovation sociale (MIS)