Bioinnovation

Professional Science Master’s in Bioinnovation

Move Biological Discoveries Beyond the Lab

Temple’s Bioinnovation PSM prepares professionals to bridge science, business and innovation to help transform biological discoveries into real-world solutions. Through an interdisciplinary curriculum developed by the College of Science and Technology and the Fox School of Business, students gain the skills to navigate scientific, operational and strategic environments where innovation happens.

What Is Bioinnovation?

Bioinnovation sits at the intersection of science, business, entrepreneurship and innovation. It focuses on translating biological discoveries into products, technologies and solutions that improve lives and create meaningful societal and economic impact.

As biological innovation becomes increasingly collaborative, organizations need professionals who can communicate across disciplines, connect scientific and business priorities and help move discoveries from concept to implementation.

Who Is This Program For?

  • Biotech/pharmaceutical professionals and healthcare professionals 
  • Researchers interested in commercializing innovation
  • Scientists seeking leadership and strategic roles
  • Business professionals entering the life sciences sector

Why Choose Temple’s Bioinnovation PSM?

Temple’s Bioinnovation PSM is designed to build interdisciplinary fluency across science and business while providing practical skills that can be applied immediately in professional settings.

Customize Your Path

All students begin with a shared interdisciplinary core that builds foundational knowledge across science, business and innovation. Students then choose either a science-focused or business-focused concentration to deepen expertise while expanding their interdisciplinary perspective.

Flexible Online Learning

Complete the program fully online through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous coursework. The flexible format allows students to balance graduate study with professional and personal commitments.

Experiential Learning and Capstone

Apply what you learn through hands-on projects and a capstone experience focused on real-world innovation challenges. Students strengthen collaboration, communication and problem-solving skills while exploring areas such as translational innovation, operational strategy and emerging life sciences technologies.

Career Opportunities

Graduates are prepared to contribute across a range of scientific, operational and innovation-focused environments.

Potential career paths include:

  • Scientific operations and project management
  • Biomanufacturing and technical operations
  • Clinical operations and healthcare innovation
  • Business development and life sciences consulting
  • AI, digital transformation and emerging technologies
  • Cross-functional leadership and innovation management

Industries include:

  • Biopharmaceuticals and biotechnology
  • Healthcare and hospital systems
  • Medical devices and healthcare technology
  • Clinical research and laboratory services
  • Precision medicine and translational innovation
  • Strategic consulting and emerging technology sectors

Two Pathways. One Bioinnovation Degree.

Build a solid foundation and then pick your path. All students begin with an interdisciplinary core designed to build foundational fluency across science, business, and innovation ecosystems with courses including:

  • Biomarkers and Biotargets: Research and Commercialization
  • Dissemination of Biodiscoveries and Virtual Reality in Medicine
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking and New Venture Creation
  • Business Model Innovation

Then, they tailor their Bioinnovation PSM curriculum to their interests and career goals through one of two concentration pathways.

Business-focused: 

  • Lean Entrepreneurship/Innovation: Fast & Frugal Methods to Launch Startups & Test Innovative Ideas
  • Open Innovation and Managing Strategic Alliances

Science-focused:

  • Innovative Biomodels and Concepts
  • Systems Biology: Principles and Applications

Both pathways prepare professionals to navigate the intersection of science, innovation and real-world impact.

For more information about courses, click here. 

Application

Requirements and deadlines

Application requirements.

  1. Applicants should have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 system.

  2. A GRE is not required.

  3. For applicants whose native language is not English, the TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE Academic Exam is required.  The minimum TOEFL/IELTS standard as set by the Graduate School of 79 for the TOEFL and 6.5 for the IELTS is strictly enforced in the admissions process.  International applicants that have either completed an undergraduate or graduate program in the United States or that has obtained a degree from an institution where the instruction was conducted in English will be applicable for a TOEFL/IELTS waiver once all transcripts have been received, reviewed and approved by the Graduate School. 

Application deadlines.
                       Early decision                  Application closes
Fall                 June 1                              August 1
Spring            October 15                       November 1

Apply now.

Bioinnovation Board Members

Advisory Board

As a PSM, the Temple bioinnovation program relies greatly on its board of outside experts drawn from industry and research centers in the Philadelphia area. These board members advise on curriculum issues and internship/research opportunities.

J. Todd Abrams

Executive Director
Innovation Nest

Khuram Chaudhary

Scientific Senior Director
Bristol Myers Squibb

Anthony DiSandro

Partner
Stevens & Lee

Antonio Graziano

President and CEO
Rigenera HBW

Alan Kerzner

Associate Professor of Practice
Fox School of Business and Management

Dirk Simpson

Partner
Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

David Yu

Managing Director
AAVA Group

Gianfranco Bellipanni

Associate Professor of Instruction at Temple University

Program Directors:

  • Antonio Giordano

    Antonio Giordano

    • College of Science and Technology

      • Department of Biology

        • Professor

          Programs

          • Molecular and Cellular Biology
        • Director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine

          Concentrations

          • Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center for Biotechnology
        • Co-Director PSM program in Bioinnovation

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  • Gianfranco Bellipanni

    Gianfranco Bellipanni

    • College of Science and Technology

      • Department of Biology

        • Associate Professor of Instruction

          Programs

          • Molecular and Cellular Biology
        • Co-Director PSM program in Bioinnovation