Moving Forward, Giving Back

We’re almost halfway through 2025, and it is no secret that the first six months of the year have been a chaotic time for the life sciences industry.  On the latest episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, LSC Founder and Chairman Rob Perez sits down with a roundtable of life sciences leaders at this year’s BIO conference from Alexion’s Boston headquarters to discuss how they’ve been navigating the...

As summer begins, students across the country will be shedding the carefree summers of childhood in exchange for work experience and college credits in the form of internships. But beyond just completing a graduation requirement, research shows that internships create positive and crucially important outcomes for students as they move into the workforce and develop skills and interests, build netw...

In recognition of National Volunteer Month this April, the latest edition of Moving Forward, Giving Back explores the transformative power of volunteerism with three inspiring guests who have seen firsthand the incredible impact of giving back to their communities. Hosted by Life Science Cares Boston’s new Executive Director, Rosie Cunningham, this episode defines and illustrates the importance of...

Health equity can only be achieved when every individual has accessible, high-quality care that allows them to reach their full potential for well-being. In the latest episode of podcast Moving Forward, Giving Back, our CEO Sarah Macdonald sits down with three incredible guests to discuss the social determinants of health and how we can remove inequities that prevent access to care in our communit...

In this episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, four of our incredible donors and life sciences leaders sit down for a roundtable discussion about their involvement in our program Life Science Shares. This campaign is a way for companies or individual leaders to contribute to Life Science Cares if and when they reach financial milestones or other positive events by pledging a percentage of a futur...

In the final episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back for 2024, Life Science Cares’ (LSC) CEO Sarah MacDonald sits down with LSC founder and Chairman Rob Perez to reflect back on another exciting year and look forward to LSC’s plans to scale both nationally and internationally to do what the organization does ‘better and bigger.’ They examine how LSC’s successful Project Onramp program continues to...

Today on a very special back to school episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, San Diego Executive Director Alicia Quinn Kitagawa speaks with Afira DeVries, the President and CEO of the Monarch School Project, which has been dedicated to providing a sense of belonging for thousands of unhoused youth and their families in San Diego since 1987.  The episode is an open, fascinating and informative co...

In this episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, Life Science Cares’ CEO Sarah MacDonald sits down for a wide ranging and insightful conversation with John Crowley the President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. Known broadly as BIO, it is the world’s largest biotechnology advocacy organization, representing biotechnology companies, academic and research institutions, state biot...

In the latest episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back we look at the state of immigration and the plight of today's immigrants through the lens of three Life Sciences Cares’ nonprofit partners. From Boston to Philadelphia to San Diego, each of these organizations is doing incredible work to support and help thousands of immigrant families in their journey to find their place in the United States, a...

ROI serves as an important benchmark for all life sciences companies, whether it involves a pipeline candidate, new products, or marketing strategies. But what does ROI have to do with creating a culture of care? In this episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, our guests Troy Wilson, CEO of Kura Oncology, Kate Wilson, President of the Gilead Foundation, Matt Gline, CEO of Roivant, and Tom Croce, V...

Hosted by the Executive Director of Life Science Cares Bay Area Aisha Baro, the latest episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, is a panel discussion that explains how mentorship makes a workplace more reflective of the diverse patient population that the life sciences industry serves, while also fostering an inclusive workforce. Baro is joined by Jennifer Condon, Vice President, Head of Talent Acq...

This episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back features the “Reputation Reboot: Steps to Restoring Public Trust in the Biopharma Industry,” panel discussion that took place at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 9th in San Francisco. The panel brought together several industry heavy-hitters to tackle how we can enhance trust by demystifying our work, sharing empathy and information, and pr...

Earlier this year, Life Science Cares Boston presented its first ever Impact Award to the individuals and companies who best exemplify the mission and goals of LSC. In the inaugural episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, host and Life Science Cares President Sarah MacDonald chats with some of the 2023 award winners including Halloran Consulting, Third Rock Ventures and several other industry lead...

Welcome everybody to the Moving Forward, Giving Back podcast. A conversation about the importance of corporate philanthropy as an engineer of social change within the life science industry. Moving Forward, Giving Back is brought to you by Life Science Cares, an organization committed to leveraging the deep resources and power of the life science industry to address important social issues in those...