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Meet enventure.

Enventure is a not-for-profit organization driving the growth of Texas' medical innovation industry.
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Since 2012, Enventure has served over 3000 students and 45 Startups
Enventure is a Houston-based nonprofit with programs designed to support life science innovators at every stage of the process, from needs finding, to business model development, to clinical strategy, and beyond. In doing so, we also provide our pool of advanced degree candidates with hands-on experience and opportunities to build professional networks in life science industries.
Our Values
Community
Connecting life science advanced degree candidates, entrepreneurs, and clinicians to build a robust, capable community of leaders in medical innovation.
INTEGrity
Providing evidence-based science and reliable data to early-stage life science startups, established companies, and innovators.
Adaptability
Creating a multidisciplinary, agile network of innovators prepared to move at the pace of science and meet the needs of today’s most pressing challenges in healthcare.
Professionalism
Equipping advanced degree candidates and entrepreneurs with critical tools for navigating life science innovation careers.
Diversity
Fostering a community in which all voices are heard, all identities are valued, and the tools of life science innovation are accessible to everyone with a vision for the future of healthcare.
Ingenuity
Meeting the complementary needs of both advanced degree candidates and life science entrepreneurs through creative approaches to education, business strategy, and career preparation.
Executive Directors
Manwal Harb
Executive Director - Community and Entrepreneurship
Rice University
Marco Maria Paci
Executive Director Enventure
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Enventure Leadership
Surbhi Sharma
Consulting Lead
MD Anderson/University of Texas Health Science Center
Shaghayegh Beheshti
Business Development Associate and Community Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Woojin Lee
Consulting Lead
Rice University and University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marisol Fernandez Ortiz
Inspire Seminar Director
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Jaylon Aggison
Executive Community Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Mohammad Fayyad Zaman
Business Development Associate, Case Interview Workshop Director
MD Anderson/University of Texas Health Science Center
Jay Gupta
VICE Lead
Baylor College of Medicine
Siqi Du
VICE Lead
Rice University
Courtney Chambers
VICE Assistant Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Jacob Essif
Inspire Seminar Lead
UT Health San Antonio
Alondra Escobar
SciComm Director - Podcasts
Rice University
Asra Noor
Basecamp Co-Director, Case Interview Workshop Director
UT Health San Antonio
Board of Directors
Jeanne Manalo, PhD
Director of Client Engagement
saleSEER
Marjan Majid
Lead Venture Associate
Included VC
Joanna Nathan, MBA
Manager New Ventures, J&J Center for Device Innovation
J&J Center for Device Innovation
Emily Reiser, PhD
Senior Manager, Innovation Community Engagement @ TMC Innovation
TMC Innovation
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enventure.
A 501(c)3 non-profit organization
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