Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP)
dzinner@brandeis.edu
Heller
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781-736-3971
Expertise
health care management, clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical technology
Courses
- HSSP 106a - Managing Medicine
Scholarship
- Zinner, Darren E.. "Does Focus Improve Operational Performance? Lessons from the Management of Clinical Trials." Strategic Management Journal 29. (2008): 173-193 (with Robert S Huckman).
Profile
Dr. Zinner is a health management scholar whose research focuses on the various relationships between industry and academic scientists in the development of new medical technology. At one end of the spectrum, he is investigating the unique aspects of corporate-university technology transfer for extremely nascent technologies. At the other end, he is studying the how well academic and private investigators manage the recruitment, screening, and enrollment of subjects within clinical trials for medical products very close to market. Prior to Brandeis, he managed several research projects at the Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy, studying the implications of academic-industry relationships on the productivity and innovativeness of life scientists. From 1996 to 2000, he was Senior Associate for Covance Health Economics and Outcomes Services, where he led multiple consulting engagements concerning the clinical development, insurance reimbursement, and product launch strategy for novel biotech, pharmaceutical, and device products. In the early 1990s, he worked as a biomedical engineer designing and developing laparoscopic instruments for United States Surgical Corporation.
Degrees
Harvard University
Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S.
Duke University
B.S.