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In this webinar, we have invited Dr Carolyn Ng, Managing Director of Vertex Ventures HC, who has taken the route less travelled and established her career from a biomedical PhD to the venture capital sector. She will share her paths taken, key decisions she made and deep dives into the critical ‘breaks’ and ‘mistakes’ made and lessons drawn in her career. It is a great opportunity for everyone who is keen to find out what venture capital is, and how to transition into it! What\u2019s more, she will also share the current trends in venture capitals!<\/p>\n

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Please register by clicking on the following link:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_XnBjFhUBTOeuHohkoIW3DA<\/a><\/p>\n

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About the Speaker:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Carolyn Ng is Managing Director at Vertex Ventures HC. At Vertex HC, Carolyn leads venture investments across biotechnology, medical devices and health technology fields. Carolyn currently serves on the Board of Directors for Epirium Bio, Obsidian Therapeutics, Twentyeight-Seven Therapeutics, Boundless Bio and Nuvaira. She led Vertex HC\u2019s investment into Elevate Bio, and was also previously on the Board of Directors of Bicycle Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BCYC), and a Board Observer for Visterra before it was acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical for USD430M. She has previously closely supported Vertex\u2019s investment into Twelve (acquired by Medtronic for USD458M). Working across the US, Europe and Asia, she plays an active role in expanding the geographical reach of Vertex HC and its portfolio companies for cross-border collaborations, business development and syndication.<\/p>\n

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She started her healthcare training in the oncology pharmacy department of the National University Cancer Institute of Singapore, where first hand clinical experience inspired her to pursue scientific research in oncology. As an oncology scientist, she is deeply passionate about innovation that impacts patients\u2019 lives. Prior to joining Vertex, Carolyn was also a Pharma Strategy Consultant at Deallus Consulting, a specialized London-headquartered life sciences consulting firm where she led global strategic projects for clientele comprised of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n

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Carolyn holds a PhD in Cancer Molecular Biology from the NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Technology (NGS), where she was a recipient of the prestigious NGS PhD Scholarship. As an inventor and patent holder of a novel small molecule nuclear receptor activator indicated for the treatment of neuroblastoma, her research work was awarded the AAPS-NUS Prize (American Association of Pharmaceutical Society-National University of Singapore). She also holds a BS degree in Pharmacy with First Class Honours from the National University of Singapore, where she received the PSS Prize for Pharmaceutics awarded to the top graduating student in the class.<\/p>\n

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Outside of Vertex, Carolyn is a retired competitive squash player, a high intensity interval training enthusiast, and an aspiring but untalented oil painter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8685,"featured_media":-1,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"event_type":[],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-13693","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_organizer-nusmed-postdoctoral-association"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReimagining Career Possibilities: Venture Capital - NUS Medicine Graduate Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/graduatestudies\/events\/reimagining-career-possibilities-venture-capital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reimagining Career Possibilities: Venture Capital - 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