Joslin Diabetes Center CEO Speaks at Sawyer
John Brooks, the President and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center, will speak at Suffolk University’s Sawyer School of Business on February 5 as part of Sawyer’s Inside Leadership Podcast Series. He will speak from 4:15 to 5:30 in the Stahl Center on Suffolk University’s Boston Campus. The event is open to Suffolk students, faculty, staff, and alumni. This event and the rest of the Inside Leadership Podcast Series will be available to the general public on iTunes U.
The Inside Leadership Podcast Series features speeches by successful “self made” business leaders who have used innovation, collaboration, and education to further their careers. Each guest of the series is interviewed by Executive in Residence Larry Stybel in front of a student audience at Sawyer.
John Brooks began his career in accounting at Arthur Andersen. He gradually transitioned into business leadership while working at Pfizer. He founded three life science companies, and then co-founded Prism Ventures, a leading venture capital firm that specializes in the life sciences. Brooks currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Suffolk University.
At the Joslin Diabetes Center, Brooks developed the initiative Joslin Everywhere and created a special room called the Collaboratorium to help foster a broader perspective of diabetes research at the hospital. Joslin was originally a Boston-based Harvard Teaching Hospital, and Brooks hoped to transform the financially-troubled non-profit into an educational institution pursuing a global diabetes cure. He brings his significant startup experience to the Joslin Center to try to help the Institute grow and develop a global mission.
