Hands-on programs for future healthcare leaders

An introduction to life science investing for STEM graduate students, no finance background needed. Industry experts lead weekly lectures, and teams apply each lesson to a clinical-stage biotech company they follow all semester.

• Lectures on valuation, scientific diligence, market strategy, and investment thesis
• Guided in-person workshops in teams of 3–5
• Simplified investment research report and poster-style stock pitch
• $500 prize for the winning pitch and a certificate for the full track
• Lecture-only track open to Penn graduate students and postdocs
• Stock Pitch Showcase open to PBG members

PBG's first structured case-practice program. Members are matched into small groups by experience and availability, then practice a new case each week to get ready for consulting interviews.

• Rotate between interviewer, interviewee, and observer
• Weekly cases with a shared feedback rubric
• Casing foundations orientation led by a PBG alum
• In-person workshop with a life sciences consultant
• Groups for beginners through advanced casers
• About 1–2 hours a week for one semester

Seminars with professionals, many of them PBG alumni, on how to break into the careers our members pursue most.

Planned for spring: life sciences venture capital, networking and interviews, and entrepreneurship.

An on-ramp to life science venture capital for future investors and founders. Speakers from VC, startups, and law share their stories, followed by hands-on workshops where members build real deliverables.

• VC fundamentals, the investor's job, and thesis development
• Company formation from science and university spinouts
• Market and technical diligence
• Valuation, cap tables, and term sheets
• Build an investment memo and sourcing network
• Leads into a venture competition at the 2027 Wharton Biotech Conference