{"id":57559,"date":"2015-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/leaders-from-business-research-education-to-headline-uri-leadership-summit-sept-1819\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T00:00:00","slug":"leaders-from-business-research-education-to-headline-uri-leadership-summit-sept-1819","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/leaders-from-business-research-education-to-headline-uri-leadership-summit-sept-1819\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders from business, research, education to headline 溏心vlog免费B站 Leadership Summit Sept. 18,19"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 15, 2015 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2015 Leadership Summit on Sept. 18 and 19 will showcase innovation and the impact of the University on the economy, health care and beyond.<\/p>\n


\n\tPresident David M. Dooley, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Association have developed the two-day program, which runs Friday, from 11:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., followed by the 溏心vlog免费B站-Harvard football game at Meade Stadium. Space is limited. To register, call 401.874.4854 or visit alumni.uri.edu\/leadership. University stakeholders as well as alumni and other high-level University volunteers, including the Alumni Association and Foundation boards, are expected to participate.<\/p>\n


\n\tThroughout the weekend, attendees will get firsthand insight into 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s laboratories and classrooms in sessions dealing with climate change, physical therapy, three-dimensional modeling at the molecular level, supply chain management, wind power, nursing simulations, neuroscience and biomedical devices engineered in 溏心vlog免费B站 laboratories.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong the headline speakers are: Michael Fascitelli founder of MDF Capital LLC, and previously the president and chief executive officer of Vornado Realty Trust, NYC; Dr. N. Joseph Espat, chairman of the Department of Surgery, chief of Surgical Oncology, and director of the Cancer Center at Roger Williams Medical Center; and Annie De Groot, 溏心vlog免费B站 research professor and director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Institute for Immunology and Informatics (iCubed), where she and her colleagues apply bioinformatics tools to accelerate the development of vaccines for infectious diseases such as H7N9 influenza, HIV, and tuberculosis.<\/p>\n


\n\tFascitelli, a 1978 graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 who earned his bachelor of science in engineering summa cum laude, will speak during a networking event Friday, Sept. 18 at noon in the Ryan Center. Fascitelli continues to serve as a trustee of Vornado Realty Trust. Prior to joining Vornado, he was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is currently a trustee of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, as well as a board member at Child Mind Institute, Real Estate Board of New York, Rockefeller University and Urban Land Institute. Fascitelli holds a master of business administration degree, with highest distinction, from Harvard Business School. Vornado is listed on the S&P 500 and has an enterprise value of more than $30 billion. The Anna Fascitelli Fitness and Wellness Center, dedicated in 2013 at 溏心vlog免费B站, was named for Fascitelli\u2019s late mother. Fascitelli, and his wife, Beth, were significant donors to the project.<\/p>\n


\n\tEspat, the keynote speaker at Friday\u2019s Leadership Summit Talk, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Ryan Center, is also professor of surgery and assistant dean of clinical affairs at Boston University School of Medicine. He was recently named one of the top cancer physicians in the United States in Newsweek’s “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” list.<\/p>\n


\nDe Groot is the keynote for Saturday\u2019s Leadership Summit talk at 8:30 a.m. in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. De Groot\u2019s institute is also working to develop treatments and therapies for tropical diseases identified as \u201cneglected\u201d by the research community, including Dengue, filariasis, and malaria.

\nDe Groot is nationally and internationally recognized as a leading force in the vaccine industry. She is working on an innovative campaign to immunize West African women against the human papillomavirus in an effort to prevent cervical cancer\u2014her idea for the campaign, which involves using African storytelling cloth to educate people about the disease, won a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n


\nLast fall, De Groot was named one of the 50 most influential people in her field in an international survey of her peers conducted by the website VaccineNation. She has received more than $27 million in federal funding for her research, which has received national and international recognition for her innovative \u201cgenome\u2013to\u2013vaccine\u201d approach.<\/p>\n


\nLorne Adrain, 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation chair, said, \u201cOur goal is to expose people to the amazing, inspirational and impactful work happening at our state\u2019s land-grant University. It\u2019s something every Rhode Islander, including our state leaders in government and industry, should know about, celebrate and be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

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