I recently caught up with Dr. Nancy Gray of BioVentures.

Dr. Gray currently serves as President, BioVentures, LLC, the technology licensing office and business incubator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).  Nancy has more than thirty years of experience in biomedical industries, including medicinal chemistry research, management of pharmaceutical research and development, and business operations. 

Since coming to UAMS in 2015 she has co-developed several entrepreneurship training programs.  She is the director of the seminar series titled “Health Science Entrepreneurs: Innovators of Health Care” which has evolved into a collaborative effort with five other universities in the U.S.  She is a founder and director of the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp that is offered to Arkansas-based undergraduate and graduate students interested in non-academic careers in health sciences.  In 2018, the Boot Camp earned a second place Innovations in Research and Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

Additionally, Nancy serves as the Satellite Director on UAMS’s hub for the fastPACE Program designed by the University of Michigan Fast Forward Medical Innovation team and sponsored by UAMS’s Translational Research Institute.

She joined UAMS from the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was vice president for corporate development. 

Don't miss her #myARstory