Outreach

SPARK is proud to support the programs at institutions across the world working to develop their own translational research programs. 

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Tokyo

In December of 2013 Daria was invited to speak in Japan at University of Tokyo’s Translational Research Initiative (TRI) Symposium. The Administration plans to launch SPARK Japan in 2014. Learn more about launching a SPARK program at your institution.

 

Daria speaking at University of Tokyo's Translational Research Initiative Symposium

 

Photo Credits: Left to right: Daria, Masuhiro Kato (PhD; Project Professor, Translational Research Initiative, University of Tokyo), Nobuhito Saito (MD; Manager, Translational Research Acceleration Network Program and Vice Director/Head of Education and Research Support, The University of Tokyo Hospital)

Daria meets Masuo Aizawa, PhD; Advisor, Japan Science and Technology Agency

 

Sydney, Australia

Celebrating the launch of SPARK Sydney

November, 2014

Taiwan

Kevin and Daria visited National Taiwan University and National Cheng Kung University to observe the progress of national translational efforts through Supra Incubation Center (SiiC) at their translational conference. 

SiiC Translational Conference

November, 2013

Singapore

Kevin delivers a talk entitled ‘An Expanded Role for Drug Development in Academia: The SPARK Approach.’

March, 2014

SPARK Welcomes Guest Lecturers

SPARK was pleased to have Dr. Yin-Ku Lin visit with teams and present a special lecture on his work with Traditional Chinese 
Medicine botanical treatments. His lecture was part of a special SPARK seminar on ‘Natural Products as Therapeutics’, which also featured Dr. William Fenical from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

 

Photo Credits:
Left to right: Che-Hong Chen (PhD, Senior Scientist, Stanford), Kevin Grimes, Yin-Ku Lin (MD, PhD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University), Daria Mochly-Rosen

Visiting Scholars from Zimbabwe