Marnie LaVigne, Ph.D.

Director, Business Development
UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology
New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

A native of Buffalo, New York, Dr. LaVigne holds a BS in neuroscience and a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester. She has spent 20 years creating new products and start-up businesses involving innovative applications of technology in healthcare and life sciences across a range of sectors, including work with managed care (e.g., Aetna USHealthcare), pharmaceuticals (e.g., Bristol-Myers Squibb), medical devices (e.g., Welch Allyn) and medical informatics (e.g., Medscape/MedicaLogic, now GE Medical and WebMD). After cofounding Patient InfoSystems, a technology-based consumer health management company which had an Initial Public Offering within two years of incorporation, she subsequently joined a Web portal and medical informatics company, Medscape, where she was Chief Marketing. Since 2001, Dr. LaVigne has focused her efforts back in Upstate New York to grow the life sciences industry, first as an independent consultant, then with BuffLink, an economic development organization in Buffalo.

In her current position as Director of Business Development for the UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, Dr. LaVigne is responsible for creating partnerships and commercialization linkages that facilitate the transfer of technology coming from the region’s premier research institutions in a ‘bench to the bedside’ approach facilitating economic growth and creation of jobs in the Buffalo Niagara region and Upstate New York. Dr. LaVigne is an adjunct faculty member at D’Youville College’s Doctoral program in Health Policy and Health Education, an editorial board member for Biotechnology Healthcare and Disease Management, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Business Center at Canisius College and the Upstate New York Professional Healthcare Information Education Demonstration Project (UNYPHIED).

 

News

Nutrient-Rich Diet Might Cut Cervical Cancer Risk
06/18/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Eating a high-fiber, fruit- and vegetable-heavy diet might dramatically reduce your risk of developing cervical cancer, according to a recent study in the journal, Nutrition and Cancer...The study focused on 239 women being treated for cervical cancer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York...[Read On...]

UB Recognizes Faculty Entrepreneurs
06/12/2008 - BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Edmund Egan and Bruce Holm are the first winners of the UB Faculty Entrepreneur Award, an annual award created by the university to recognize faculty members who demonstrate the vision and perseverance to translate their discoveries and inventions into products that save lives, relieve suffering or otherwise improve the well-being of individuals and communities...[Read On...]

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Events

Fall 2008 - Life Science Commercialization Lecture Series
Join us this fall for our monthly Life Sciences Commercialization Lecture Series presentation.  Hear the latest developments in the technology commercialization efforts growing the region’s life sciences economy.  Specific program content topics will be announced in the coming weeks...Click here.

Fall 2008 - Beakers 'n Beer
Come join researchers, entrepreneurs, and medical professionals from the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus for food and networking.  Invite friends to this FREE event!  Refreshments will include beer and chicken wings.  For details on dates and locations please Click here.

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