Post on 31-Dec-2015
Five Years ago, Haiti was hit by a major earthquake
More than 250,000 people feared dead A few months later, the country was hit by a
cholera epidemic which killed another 8,000+
Haiti has no equivalent of a CDC, FDA to protect the population against diseases, drugs, or poor quality food products.
Agricultural production is complicated Forensic science is almost non-existent Few facilities for food processing and
transformation From Soil analysis to Drugs Discovery Bioscience for Haiti is the real deal: Can Create Jobs that pay livable wage Opportunity for new industries
An influx of unregulated professional schools Students learning is a mismatch for the
country’s need
Very few schools have a license to train students in the life sciences
Almost no professional or vocational school of bioscience/biotech
Haiti has a huge deficiency in scientific research institute
Train, educate the next wave of Haitian Bio-Entrepreneurs
The Initiative seeks to provide the basic laboratory techniques, academic preparation and Hands-on experience in state of the art facility
Our graduates shall be ready for industries such as biotech, bio-manufacturing, Agro-Industry and beyond
Reduce the knowledge gap in modern and innovative areas of study
Train 60 students in first two years
Training that can relate and help solve local issues
An opportunity for Haitian government to create agencies similar to the FDA/CDC/NIH etc…
We have already done proof-of-concept via a pilot launch in May 2014
We have a curriculum ready to train students We have great professional and academic
partners Local collaboration: Ecole Superieure
Infotronique d’Haiti, Universite Notre Dame Haiti-Hinche
International Partners: Labster, Solano Community College, Amplyus, uBiome
Modern laboratory space Equipment/materials Classrooms Students Qualified Local staff Operational funds through a discipline
budget
Phil Gibson James Dekloe Patrick Attie Elaine Johnson Sebastian Kreaves Labster uBiome Jowel Laguerre Barry Hoopengardner