BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1550@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210202T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20210202T123000 DTSTAMP:20210123T121821Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/how-vaccines-impact-arizonas-economy SUMMARY:How Vaccines Impact Arizona’s Economy - - 2 Feb 21 11:30 DESCRIPTION:\nHow Vaccines Impact Arizona’s Economy\nTuesday\, February 2 \, 2021 \; \; 11:30 – 12:30 AM\n\nModerator: Michael Mobley\, Ph D\, Executive Director\, Grand Canyon University\n\nFeatured speakers: &nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \;\n\n Phyllis Arthur\, MBA\, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)\n Andrew JP Carroll\, MD FAA FP\n Jim Rounds\, Rounds Consulting Group\n\nPlease join us for a robust discussion about the impact of vaccines and vaccine development on Arizona ’s economy.\nREGISTER\nHosted By:\n\nAbout Our Panelists\nModerator: Mic hael Mobley\, PhD\nExecutive Director\, Office for Research and Innovation \, Grand Canyon University\n\nMichael Mobley\, PhD is Executive Director o f the Office for Research and Innovation at GCU leading the development of a new grants and sponsored research effort and building relations with in dustry partners. \; Dr. Mobley has over 30 years of experience in both industrial and academic settings and as a consultant to the health care a nd consumer products industry. \; He was previously Associate Director and Industrial Liaison for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State Unive rsity\, being responsible for many operational elements in the formation o f this flagship research institute. Formerly\, Dr. Mobley held senior posi tions as Director of R&\;D at the Procter &\; Gamble Company\, manag ing large divisions in their Health Care and Skin Beauty Care sectors. Dr. Mobley has served on the Board of Directors (Chairman) of the Arizona Bio industry Association and on the AZ Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. He obtained an M.S. in Chemical Physics from Simon Fraser University in Br itish Columbia and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Arizona State Univer sity.\n\n \;\n\n \;\nPhyllis Arthur\, MBA\nVice President\, Infect ious Diseases and Diagnostics Policy\, Biotechnology Innovation Organizati on (BIO)\, Washington\, D.C.\n\nIn her role at BIO\, Ms. Arthur is respons ible for working with member companies in vaccines\, molecular diagnostics and bio-defense on policy\, legislative and regulatory issues. Ms. Arthur joined BIO in July 2009 as the Director of Healthcare Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining BIO\, she worked in numerous marketing and sales positio ns for Merck &\; Co.\, Inc. in their Vaccine Division. Over her 16 year career in vaccines Ms. Arthur launched several exciting new vaccines in t he United States and internationally\, including the first HPV vaccine GAR DASIL. During her years in Marketing she worked closely with clinical and academic thought leaders in infectious diseases\, oncology and public heal th. In addition\, Ms. Arthur also led a large vaccine sales organization o f over 75 representatives and managers covering 14 states. Before graduate school\, Ms. Arthur worked as a research assistant for two economists at the Brookings Institution in Washington\, DC. There she conducted economic analyses related to savings and investment policies for the OECD countrie s. Ms. Arthur received her B.A. in 1987 in Economics and International Pol itics from Goucher College and her MBA in 1991 from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.\nAndrew JP Carroll\, MD FAAFP\ nOwner and Medical Director\, Atembis LLC\n\nAndrew Carroll MD FAAFP\, a f amily physician in Chandler\, Arizona\, is the founder\, owner and medical director of Atembis LLC\, an integrated multisite medical-behavioral fami ly medicine practice. Dr. Carroll’s practice combines full scope family medical care as well as full breadth behavioral care through a team-based embedded approach. In addition to traditional payer patients\, he cares fo r uninsured patients. Through per diem and membership models\, his clinics enable patients to receive comprehensive healthcare\, and by partnering w ith local labs and diagnostic facilities\, his patients receive that care affordably.\n\nDr. Carroll\, is a member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP represents 134\,600 physic ians and medical students nationwide. As an AAFP board member\, Dr. Carrol l advocates on behalf of family physicians and patients to inspire positiv e change in the US health care system.\nDr. Carroll also serves as medical director for VaxCare in Arizona and initiated the company’s expansion i nto the state. Since 2000\, Carroll also volunteers as a clinical assistan t professor with the department of family and community medicine at the Un iversity of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix.\n\nA member of the AAF P since 1999\, Dr. Carroll served as an Arizona delegate to the AAFP Congr ess of Delegates. He also served as a member of the Commission for Quality and Practice and the Commission for Governmental Advocacy. Carroll curren tly serves on the board of trustees for the AAFP Foundation\, the philanth ropic arm of the AAFP.\n\nAt the chapter level\, Dr. Carroll has served th e Arizona Academy of Family Physicians in various leadership roles\, inclu ding chapter president and media liaison. He has been one of the primary v oices on local television during the Covid-19 pandemic.\nDr. Carroll earne d his Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry and cell biology from the University of California\, San Diego\, Revelle College. He earned his med ical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada. He completed his residency at Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program in Kingston\, New York. \;He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow\, an earned degree a warded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medic al education.\nJim Rounds\nPresident\, Rounds Consulting Group\n\nJim Roun ds is President of Rounds Consulting Group. \; The firm specializes in economic development and tax policy analysis\; education research\; healt hcare economics\; transportation economics\; fiscal planning including rev enue forecasting and budget development\; strategic planning and marketing \; impact and market studies\; and litigation support.\n\nMr. Rounds regul arly provides advice to policymakers at the State Capitol\, mayors through out the state as well as city council members\, county board members\, and other public and private sector leaders in the community. \; He has d elivered hundreds of economic presentations throughout Arizona and is quot ed weekly on television\, radio\, and in printed media.\n\nMr. Rounds spec ializes in using proper analysis and communication to bridge political gap s. For example\, Jim is a Senior Fellow at the Goldwater Institute\; a boa rd member of the Maricopa County IDA and Valley Partnership\; and advisor to education focused groups including the Helios Education Foundation\, Ac hieve 60 AZ\, the Rodel Foundation\, the Arizona Board of Regents\, and th e various state universities\, among others. He is also the lead economist for multiple rural and urban area healthcare and hospital associations.\n \nOther areas of recent study include advanced workforce analysis\; minimu m wage impact analysis\; State Trust Land finance\; public employee pensio n reform\; utility infrastructure investment\; and state and local area to urism planning.\n\nRecently\, Mr. Rounds has been supporting the concept o f “growing from within\,” which includes efforts to better understand small business development issues\, and strategic investment in education and workforce training. He is a lead member of the Joint Legislative Budge t Committee’s Finance Advisory Committee\, and has served on scores of c ommittees and task force efforts at both the state and local levels.\n\nMr . Rounds began his career as a Senior Economist and Senior Budget Analyst with the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee\, and has been engaged in policy related economics for more than two decades. He has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in Economics from Arizona State University. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20200203T113000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR