MBA part-time program for working professionals in USA

An article written by two graduates of the NC State College of Management's Jenkins MBA program was featured in the May 2010 issue of BioPharm International, a publication that focuses on the integration of the science and business of biopharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing.
“We chose to write this article because we wanted to both publicize the usefulness of the NC State Jenkins MBA program to scientific professionals in the biosciences area and to encourage those considering enrolling in the program,” said Vincent Turula, Ph.D., one of the authors.
Turula is an associate research fellow at Pfizer BioTherapeutics and Vaccines Outsourcing in Research Triangle Park (RTP), N.C. His classmate and co-author Navdeep Malkar, Ph.D., is a principal scientist at the startup company Seachaid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., also in the RTP area. Richard Kouri, Ph.D., professor of practice and director of the BioSciences Management Initiative in the NC State College of Management, is a third co-author of the article.
Turula and Malkar were in the NC State Jenkins MBA part-time program for working professionals. Malkar graduated in May 2009, and Turula in 2008.
As part of the Jenkins MBA program’s biosciences concentration, Turula, Malkar and fellow student team member Mac Rich completed a practicum experience with the Hamner Institute for Health Sciences in fall 2009. Their article, Building Partnerships between Academic and Biosciences Companies, summarized their project, which included developing a two-pronged approach to match Hamners’ research in the area of type 2 diabetes with potential partner companies.