This award recognizes a faculty or staff member (either as individual or team) who developed a new research method, technology or innovative service that will radically improve or transform patient health. The work of the nominee(s) should exemplify the process of accelerating ideas, insights, and technologies from the research enterprise out of the university setting via industry partnerships, start-up companies, or other commercial routes. Examples of such innovations might include technologies that have achieved major milestones through partnership with industry, those that have resulted in successful start-up companies, or technologies that are on the path to successful licenses with existing companies. The common theme is that research is accelerating the possible impact of technology or service on patient care.
Criteria
Nominations are welcome from faculty, staff, and/or learners (self-nominations also permitted), and must include the following in a single PDF file. Individual nomination letters and letters of support must be limited to one page. For letters exceeding the one page requirement, only the first page will be considered.
- Letter of nomination regarding the nominee’s innovation, technology or service and its impact on patient care.
- A letter of support from a colleague or external contact evaluating the importance of innovation.
Submit a Nomination
To submit a nomination, please click here and select ‘Faculty, Staff, & Learners’. (Level 2 password required).
The 2024 nomination deadline TBD.
Past Award Winners
PAST WINNERS OF INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION AWARD (2015-19)
2019: William D. Chey, M.D. & Jonathan L. Eliason, M.D.
2018: Daniel A. Orringer, M.D. & Glenn E. Green, M.D., AND David A. Zopf, M.D., M.S. (joint)
2017: Shaomeng Wang, Ph.D. & Kevin R. Ward, M.D.
2016: Israel Hodish, M.D., Ph.D.
2015: James A. Shayman, M.D.
From 2001-06, the Medical School sponsored a similar honor — the Innovations Award — to recognize faculty who had developed an innovation that radically improved or transformed clinical outcomes, educational processes, or research processes.
PAST WINNERS OF INNOVATIONS AWARD (2001-06)
2006: Larry Antonuk, Ph.D.
2005: Lazar Greenfield, M.D. & Jonathan Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
2004: Edward McGuire, M.D.
2003: Robert Bartlett, M.D.
2002: Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D.