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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