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Task Force on Industry-Funded Research Agreements

This task force is charged with designing a unified, flexible, and strategic framework to govern research partnerships between UCLA and industry sponsors, across both the UCLA campus and the UCLA Research Park. The task force will develop policy recommendations, agreement templates, and administrative pathways to streamline collaboration, protect academic and institutional integrity, and enhance UCLA’s competitiveness in securing and sustaining corporate research alliances.


Membership


Alissa Park

Committee Chair & Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean and Professor, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering


Ina Bryant

Deputy Chief Campus Counsel, Chancellor’s Office – Legal Affairs


Steven Dubinett

Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA


Miguel García-Garibay

Dean, Division of Physical Sciences, UCLA College of Letters & Science


Martha Lawrence

CEO, Co-Founder of AccendoWave


Harold Monbouquette

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities on the UCLA Research Park


Amir Naiberg

Associate Vice Chancellor, CEO & President, UCLA Technology Development Group


Arvin Patel

Board, UCLA Technology Development Group


Roger Wakimoto

Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities, UCLA


Karla Zepeda

Senior Director, UCLA Technology Development Group