Life Sciences Career Fair
Annual Stanford University Life Sciences Career Fair. Attending Companies: BioMarin, BioRecruits, Boston Scientific, Celera, Entelos, Exelixis, Fish & Richardson (law), Genentech, Invitrogen, On Assignment, Rosetta Inpharmatics. Usually held in early winter.

SSB and Stanford Biodesign Network Resume Book
Stanford Student Biodesign & the Stanford Biodesign Network work together to help Stanford students seek jobs and internships in the biomedical industry. Whether you are looking for a job in business development, manufacturing or R&D, the Biodesign Job Resource exposes your resume to professionals in the biomedical industry. A resume book of Biodesign job & internship seekers is sent to over 100 biomedical technology companies.

Stanford Student Biodesign Bioethics Panel
Held in Spring 2003 and 2004, this large-scale panel brought together a variety of opinions related to the highly interesting and controversial topic of bioethics. In 2004, it focused on end of life care and abortion. There were clinical, legal, religious, scientific (research), and industry perspectives.

Panel Discussions
* Majors in Biotechnology, Winter 2004 panel series that gave students an overview of different majors possible for entering a career in biotechnology.
* How to prepare for medical school and graduate schools, Spring 2003 panel co-sponsored by residential education program.
* How to get into Biotechnology, Winter 2003, featuring Dr. Chaitan Khosla, Professor, Chemical Engineering, and industry professionals.
* Ask the Experts: Future Demands of Biotech, Spring 2002, panelists included Professor Donald Kennedy, Editor in Chief of Science magazine, Mr. Howard Rosen, the VP of ALZA, and other prominent figures in the field.

SSB Lunch Series Speakers
* Dr. Phyllis Gardner, Associate Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Medicine and the former Associate Dean of the School of Medicine
* Linda Macdonald Glenn, Senior Fellow, Institute of Ethics, American Medical Association
* Dr. Wayne Hall, Director & Professorial Research Fellow, Office of Public Policy and Ethics, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Australia
* Dr. Michael Kahana, Professor, Brandeis Univeristy
* Dr. Mark Kay, Professor, Pediatrics and Genetics
* Dr. Matthew Scott, Chair of Bio-X program at Stanford; Professor, Developmental Biology
* Dr. Irving Weissman, Professor, Pathology and Developmental Biology
* Dr. Paul Yock, Director of Biodesign Program and Co-Chair of the Bioengineering Department

Stanford Student Biodesign Dinner
SSB hosts at least one dinner event quarter to create an intimate setting where the Stanford students can meet with faculty (dinners with academia) and industry leaders (dinners with industry) and seek career advice (dinners with bio-x, dinners with biotech start-ups). Departments such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology, Civil & Environmental Engr, Geological Sciences, and Biological Sciences are represented in dinners with academia. Industry dinners have included guests from Kosan Biosciences, Alza, Genencor, Guidant, Maxygen, Broadview International, Codexis, and Genentech.

Resume Workshops
Resume writing workshop given by representatives from Center for Career Development and from Biotech companies to advise students on resume writing.

Biodesign Invention Challenge
This event was co-sponsored by the Biodesign Program, Spring 2003. It was an invention competition to help students learn about invention and intellectual property. Teams came up with novel solutions to biomedical problems.

Society of Women Engineers Exploring New Worlds Conference
The Public Education Committte taught 4th and 5th graders about exciting new developments in biomedical science. SSB spoke to the students about cardiac surgery.

How Doctors Know What They Know
In 2002, SSB gave a seminar explaining how the medical devices work that doctors use. This included devices such as: an electrocardiogram, a blood pressure cuff, an 02 saturation meter, and a portable ultrasound device.

Graduate Student Division

Courses on Careers in Biomedical Technology
Speakers from the industry with diverse backgrounds come in and introduce students to different career pathways in biomedical technology, such as medicine, business, science, engineering, and law. Speakers include executives from major biotech firms, entrepreneurs from biotech start-ups, venture capitalists and investment bankers, and intellectual property attorneys.
* Medicine 276: Careers in Medical Technology (Spring 2004) * Medicine 275: Careers in Biotechnology (Winter 2004)

Stanford Student Biodesign Venture Team
This is an ongoing team project to provide hands on experience in analyzing market potential, and research on the technologies and products pertinent to inventions in the areas of biotechnology, medical technologies, and bioengineering.

Acknowledgements: the fundings for the SSB events have been provided by ASSU, School of Engineering, Bio-X, and other sponsors.