Women's Institute for Science Entrepreneurship

Founded in 2023, the Women’s Institute for Science Entrepreneurship (WISE) is a program designed to support women innovators in cultivating new scientific concepts and launching new businesses that will make a significant difference in their communities and in the world, as well as encourage them to pursue STEM education and research. WISE draws upon faculty and students at New York Medical College (NYMC), Touro University (TU) and BioInc@NYMC. WISE connects interdisciplinary teams of students, researchers, faculty, and biotech entrepreneurs on and off campus to work collaboratively creating synergy to lead to pioneering and exceptional projects.

Objectives

• Encourage young women in sciences to pursue STEM education and research endeavors with the aim to strengthen their continued passion in biomedical careers and further incubate their future scientific entrepreneurial ambitions.
• Through the Summer Trainees in Academic Research (WISE-STAR) Program, provide the initial exposure of future women in biomedical science to basic translational research opportunities during their undergraduate education. 

Contacts

Marina K. Holz, Ph.D., M.P.H. ’23
Director, WISE 
Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Interim Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology