Dr. Fariba Ghodsian

 

Honors and Awards

 

• Miss Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1982.

• Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship. 1987-1988

• Dean’s List, UCLA Graduate School of Management, two quarters. 1990.

• Beta Gamma Sigma. 1990.

• Best Seed Stage Venture Award for the presentation of a business plan on “Vapor Delivery Technology”, at the International Meeting on Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation, Moot Corporation, Austin, Texas. April 1991.

• NIH Scientific Grant Review Board, Study Section “Assistive Devices and Skin Integrity”, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 1993.

• Judge - UCLA Venture Proposal Competition. 1994.

• Judge- California State Science Fair. 1994

• Who’s Who in American Investors, 1996.

• Outstanding Iranian Woman of the Year, Iranian Jewish Women’s Organization of Southern California, 1997.

• New Economy Project. Invited participant in an Industrial Development Study assessing the capital structure, employment, technology development and market strategies in Los Angeles County. 1994.

• Founding member of Board of Directors (1995-Present), Chairperson of Finance Committee (1995-1996) & Head of Selection Committee (1998-2000) – Southern California Biomedical Council.

• Judge- Knapp New Venture Forum, UCLA, 1999.

• International Executive Guild’s Who’s Who, 2000.

• Judge- Knapp New Venture Forum, UCLA, 2000.

• Member of Board of Trustees, American Technion Society, 2000-Present.

• Judge- Knapp New Venture Forum, UCLA, 2001.

• Ranked among the top five biotechnology analysts (4 out of 53) in the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” survey on June 17, 2002, for 2001 stock recommendations.

• Leader, Capital Structure & Resources Session in Government Gray Davis Life Sciences Summit for Southern California, June 19, 2003.

 

 

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