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ARTICLE | Strategy

A conversation with Laurie Glimcher

January 12, 2012 8:00 AM UTC

As Laurie Glimcher was preparing to take over as dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, SciBX caught up with her to discuss her views on research priorities for academic medical centers, the role of industry-university partnerships in promoting translational research and the potential of New York City to emerge as a biopharma hub. According to Glimcher, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to public-private partnerships, and a combination of models may be most effective.

Previously, Glimcher was a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health and a practicing rheumatologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research interests span immunology, skeletal biology and neurodegenerative diseases...