Life Sciences PA is pleased to announce the next program for Tell Me About Your Job. This new program, as part of our Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, continues bi-weekly on March 10 featuring:
Norris Turner, Principal, Turner Healthcare Quality Consulting, LLC
What is Tell Me About Your Job? This 30-minute, live online program is geared toward students. It will be held bi-weekly and will feature underrepresented groups who will highlight their career path, explain their roles and associated responsibilities, and answer questions about the career opportunities within the life sciences industry.
This program is offered completely complimentary to students & LSPA Members!
Why should you tune in? This program offers:
- Insight into the many roles that exist in the life sciences industry
- Advice from industry leaders
- Direct lines of communication with experts in various life sciences fields
LSPA Members, register now to network with students, share your perspective, and help students determine their path in the world of life sciences. This is a great opportunity to inform and inspire the next generation of life sciences leaders.
At the conclusion of each program, all attendees are encouraged to join in a post event conversation to foster connections with the students, speaker, moderator, and other industry professionals.
About Norris Turner:
Norris Turner is the Principal of Turner Healthcare Quality (THCQ) Consulting, LLC. THCQ Consulting helps biopharmaceutical clients identify and be responsive to prioritized payer and provider customer pain points. THCQ Consulting introduces opportunities to be able to better "stand in their customers’ shoes." Norris leads the THCQ Consulting team in advising clients on health care quality and the external value-based care environment to powerfully inform internal business strategy and position the biopharmaceutical company to achieve its market access goals.
For over twenty years, Norris worked in the biopharmaceutical industry as an executive for Pfizer, Purdue Pharma, and Johnson & Johnson. His vast industry experience stretches across clinical development, medical affairs, and market access/quality. Prior to launching THCQ Consulting, Norris worked as a senior executive at a non-profit, quality measure development organization, Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), in the Washington D.C. area. In this role, Norris led efforts involving a diverse range of healthcare stakeholders and organizations that included commercial and public payers, technology vendors, pharmacy, and biopharmaceutical companies.
His extensive professional background and education includes doctoral degrees in clinical pharmacy (Pharm D.) from The University of Michigan and pharmaceutical chemistry (Ph.D.) from the University of California San Francisco. He also has a Health Policy Educational Certificate from Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health.
Norris serves on the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Committee. He also is a member of the Board of Directors for the non-profit organization, National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC).
Norris was honored as a 2016 PhRMA We Work For Health Champion.
He lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania with his wife and three grown children, a girl and two boys (23, 22, and 18). When not working, Norris enjoys reading, traveling with his family, and holds great passion for running.
