OTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Hand-in-hand with a world class educational infrastructure, Buffalo Niagara provides other workforce development initiatives to support the talent needs of the region's growing life sciences industry. The CoE works closely with its community partners to support such crucial workforce development initiatives as:

Human Resources Services Network is a consortium of industry groups and professional service providers focused on helping life sciences and IT organizations in Buffalo Niagara succeed through optimal human resources. Life sciences candidates receive free resume posting services, and life sciences companies can receive free assessment of their human resources needs.

The Workforce Development Council (WDC) involves regional business representatives in its mission to develop available, talented employees with core skill sets for Buffalo Niagara businesses and to deliver cost effective training systems to those businesses. The WDC includes a life sciences focus (e.g., including needs assessment for employee training) as one of the top growth industry targets for the region.

The Buffalo Employment and Training Center brings together a variety of workforce development organizations and partner agencies with a primary goal of assisting residents of Buffalo and Erie County to gain employment and assist employers in finding qualified workers.

News

Turning Research Into Practicality is Focus of Roswell Park Workshop
11/4/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "The daylong 'translational research workshop' brought academics and industry representatives together to tackle the difficulties and opportunities of commercializing medical research..." [Read On...]

UB Engineering Professor Honored at White House
10/08/2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - "President Obama honored Takeuchi for inventing the battery that powers many of the world's implanted medical devices, but he just as easily could have lauded her as living proof that the American dream still comes true..." [Read On...]

Life Science Careers Touted: UB leads consortium promoting variety of job possibilities in Western New York
10/6/2009 - BUFFALO, NY -- "A program designed to bring careers in the life sciences within reach of more Western New York job-seekers was rolled out Tuesday by a consortium of agencies and businesses led by two branches of the University at Buffalo.  The program is called iSciWNY... " [Read On...]

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Events

November 19 - "Vybion: The Successful Morphing of a Contract Research Organization into a Therapeutics Company" featuring Lee Henderson, CEO, Vybion Inc. Click here for more information.

December 10 - "The Passport of a Life Sciences Entrepreneur," featuring Shreefel Mehta, Ph.D., MBA.  Click here for more information. 

To view the complete list of events and event details, please visit our Events page

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