From Ideas to Impact: How Research Gets Out of the Lab and Into Our Lives

From Ideas to Impact: How Research Gets Out of the Lab and Into Our Lives

Science Pub | Registration opens 10/28/2026 7:00 AM EDT

541 Main Street New London, NH 03257 United States
Galligan's Pub
11/11/2026 (one day)
6:00 PM-7:30 PM EDT on Wed
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From Ideas to Impact: How Research Gets Out of the Lab and Into Our Lives

Science Pub | Registration opens 10/28/2026 7:00 AM EDT

How does university research impact our lives? Are all those academic researchers just studying abstract ideas at taxpayer expense? If one of them has an idea that has practical use, how does it get from the lab to us? If you have taken warfarin or had a COVID vaccine, if you use Google or have taken a picture with your cell phone, you are benefitting from federally-funded research. And some of it was generated at Dartmouth and DHMC! Join us to learn how research is translated from ideas to everyday products. Meet Kim Rosenfield, Director of Technology Transfer at Dartmouth and DHMC, to hear about the process for transferring research results into practical solutions, and some groundbreaking inventions seeded in our own backyard. 

  • As always, doors open in Galligan's Pub at 5 PM for those who would like to purchase food and/or drink ahead of the talk, which begins at 6 PM.
Rosenfield, Kim
Kim Rosenfield

Kim Rosenfield, J.D. joined the Darmouth College Office of Entrepreneurship & Tech Transfer in 2017 and became Director of Tech Transfer in 2020. Kim has served as a strategic legal and business advisor to universities, medical centers, companies, and entrepreneurs for more than 30 years.

She previously worked at MIT and Partners Healthcare Innovations in Cambridge, and served as General Counsel and Board Secretary of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York, which manages all sponsored projects and intellectual property for SUNY’s 32 research campuses, and the UAB Research Foundation.

She was previously General Counsel for Stereotaxis, a NASDQ listed university spin-off medical equipment company, and VP Commercial Transactions for a NYSE pharma company. She was a co-founder and member of the management team of BioHorizons, and represented universities, start-ups, and publicly- traded companies as a Member of Mintz Levin in Boston, and before that, as Head of the IP Practice at Sirote Permutt in Birmingham, AL.

Kim is a graduate of Yale College and University of Virginia School of Law. She is an avid audience member and supporter of the performing arts – especially when her kids are onstage – and is Board Chair of Camille A. Brown & Dancers. From April to November you can find her jumping into Lake Sunapee after a bike ride.