Resources

Convergence Thinking

Part 1/3 – Convergence: From Integration to Impact| The Central Idea: "Convergence is often described as the integration of disciplines. I have come to believe that this is both correct and insufficient."

Part 2/3 – Learning to Think Convergently: An Open Letter to a Young Scientist| The Central Idea: The Convergence Thinking Cycle is not a process model; it is a model of how a mature scientist learns, innovates, and continuously reframes challenges.

Part 3/3 – Building the Convergent Ecosystem| The Central Idea: If convergence changes how scientists think, the scholarly enterprise must evolve to cultivate, connect, and sustain that way of thinking. Universities become not merely places where convergence occurs, but participants within a larger convergence ecosystem organized around purpose, impact, and societal need.

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Building Commercial Strategy in the Life Sciences

Part 1/3 – Innovation Is Not Enough: Rebuilding Commercial Strategy in Life Sciences| The Central Idea: The Life Sciences Industry Doesn’t Have a Science Problem, It Has a Customer Understanding Problem.

Part 2/3 – How To Recognize a Life Sciences Commercialization Problem | The Central Idea: The warning signs that innovation is not translating into customer adoption.

Part 3/3 – Why Most Life Science Innovations Under perform Commercially | The Central Idea: The structural mistakes preventing great science from becoming great businesses.

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Perspectives on Building a Convergence Research Career

Schmidt M, Boulanger-Espeut C, Liou G, Ma N, Torres S, Cersosimo S, Bogler O, Zahir N. Evaluation of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) Program. J Cancer Educ. 2024 Oct;39(5):490-503. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02420-1. Epub 2024 Mar 18. Erratum in: J Cancer Educ. 2024 Oct;39(5):504-506. doi: 10.1007/s13187-024-02450-9. PMID: 38499846; PMCID: PMC11461553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-024-02420-1
Boulanger-Espeut C, Demblowski L, Schmidt M, Torres S, Bogler O, Zahir N. Outcome Evaluation of NCI Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) Program. J Cancer Educ. 2026 May 22. doi: 10.1007/s13187-026-02896-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42171864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-026-02896-z
Yanai I, Bogler O, Carroll SB, Couch J, Dahlberg ML, Fuhrmann CN, Kaufman JC, Majumdar S, Oyler-Yaniv J, Priestley RD, Stearns T, Stern B, Vinson V, Yamamoto KR, Lercher MJ. Teach creativity in science higher education. Science. 2024 Aug 23;385(6711):837. doi: 10.1126/science.adr4539. Epub 2024 Aug 22. PMID: 39172831. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr4539

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