The University of California, Davis, today (June 24) named the recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards. The awards recognize faculty, project teams and community partners for their work, dedication and success in improving the lives of others and addressing the needs of our global society through innovative solutions.
“UC Davis research not only unlocks key insights to understand the world’s most critical challenges, it generates innovative solutions with tremendous benefits to our society through new products, services, education and art,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “I would like to congratulate the recipients of our innovation awards for their success in reaching beyond what is expected — even beyond what is imagined by others — to provide solutions addressing important needs.”
The awards comprise Innovator of the Year, Innovative Community Partner and Lifetime Achievement in Innovation. The program is managed by the Office of Research.
“Researchers across the campus work tirelessly throughout their careers to develop solutions that advance quality of life and drive economic growth,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for Research at UC Davis. “These awards honor the significance of their work and the valuable contribution to our society.”
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This year’s recipients for Innovator of the Year are Jamie Peyton, chief of Integrative Medicine Service at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and Michael Rogawski, professor in the UC Davis Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology and former chair of the Department of Neurology.
The University of California, Davis, announced the recipients of the 2019 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at a ceremony at the UC Davis Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts tonight (May 30). It is the fourth year for the awards, which recognize the important contributions of faculty, community partners and industry leaders in helping to establish UC Davis as a global leader in innovation.
“These honorees represent the spirit of excellence and innovation that distinguishes UC Davis as one of the best public research universities in the nation,” said Chancellor Gary May. “They are the game-changers making a positive impact — not only in our region, but also around the world.”
“It is both a pleasure and a privilege to celebrate the campus innovators and community partners whose contributions have resulted in important societal and regional impact in the last year as well as through their lifetime of innovative achievement,” said Dushyant Pathak, associate vice chancellor of Innovation and Technology Commercialization, a division of the Office of Research, and the executive director of Venture Catalyst, a unit within this division. Venture Catalyst manages the award.
Innovator of the Year
This year’s recipients for Innovator of the Year are Jamie Peyton, chief of Integrative Medicine Service at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, and Michael Rogawski, professor in the UC Davis Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology and former chair of the Department of Neurology.
The Innovator of the Year award recognizes individual faculty, staff or teams whose innovative research or accomplishments have made a measurable societal impact in the preceding year, or whose university activities have achieved important milestones, and have had or present very strong potential for societal impact. Recipients receive $10,000 which can be applied to their research or to their university enabled societal engagement efforts.
The University of California, Davis, tonight (May 15) announced the recipients of the university’s 2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards at a ceremony on campus. Established in 2016, the awards recognize faculty, community partners and industry leaders for their work, dedication and success in improving the lives of others and addressing the needs of our global society either through innovations in technology or innovative societal engagement.
“These honorees reflect the growing importance of UC Davis as an incubator and promoter of innovation, not just in the Sacramento region, but in the world,” said Provost Ralph J. Hexter. “They are groundbreakers in finding new ways to feed the world, build community and develop technology that creates a better tomorrow for all.”
The university’s Venture Catalyst team manages the Chancellor’s Innovation Awards as part of its broader mission to enable innovative students, faculty and staff to engage effectively with the innovation community both within and outside the university. “Recognizing our campus innovators and celebrating how their research and innovative university activities positively impact society is one of the ways in which we are supporting a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at UC Davis,” said Dushyant Pathak, associate vice chancellor of research and the executive director of Venture Catalyst within the UC Davis Office of Research.
Innovators of the Year
These awards recognize individual faculty, staff or teams whose innovative research or accomplishments have made a measurable societal impact in the preceding year, or whose university activities have achieved important milestones, and present very strong potential for societal impact. Recipients receive $10,000 that can be applied to their research or to university enabled societal engagement efforts. This year’s recipients are the DryCard team from the Horticulture Innovation Lab and Richard Levenson, professor and vice chair for strategic technologies in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
DryCard team
The DryCard team from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture in the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences was selected for its simple, low-cost invention that helps prevent food spoilage. The reusable DryCard™ is about the size of a business card and uses a strip of cobalt chloride paper that changes color based on humidity. Instructions (available in multiple languages) are printed directly on the card. With a DryCard and an airtight container, farmers can test samples of their crops for dryness in 20 to 30 minutes. Crops that are stored before being sufficiently dry are susceptible to molds and dangerous aflatoxins. Mold growth on dried foods is a pervasive problem in developing countries, leading to food waste and foods that are unsafe for consumption.
Video: A inexpensive innovation to prevent food waste
The DryCard team from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture in the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences was selected for its simple, low-cost invention that helps prevent food spoilage. The reusable DryCard™ is about the size of a business card and uses a strip of cobalt chloride paper that changes color based on humidity. Instructions (available in multiple languages) are printed directly on the card. With a DryCard and an airtight container, farmers can test samples of their crops for dryness in 20 to 30 minutes. Crops that are stored before being sufficiently dry are susceptible to molds and dangerous aflatoxins. Mold growth on dried foods is a pervasive problem in developing countries, leading to food waste and foods that are unsafe for consumption.
The DryCard team includes: Elizabeth Mitcham, director; James Thompson, postharvest specialist emeritus; Michael Reid, leader for innovation and technology; Angelos Deltsidis, international postharvest specialist; Archie Jarman, program officer; Anthony Phan, staff analyst; and Brenda Dawson, communications coordinator.
The idea for the card came from Reid and Thompson, who have a history of working together in California and around the world on postharvest technologies to reduce crop losses. Last year the card was named as the top emerging technology for reducing food loss and waste across the African continent at the All-Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition in Kenya. Through the Horticulture Innovation Lab, the team has collaborated with a network of independent businesses in Africa and Asia that have manufactured and distributed more than 10,000 DryCards. Helping local entrepreneurs manufacture the cards inexpensively but for profit is the team’s strategy for helping spread the product throughout the developing world.
The Horticulture Innovation Lab is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, as part of the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative called Feed the Future.
Richard Levenson
Levenson, professor and vice chair for strategic technologies in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine, has been selected Innovator of the Year for the development of Microscopy with Ultraviolet Surface Excitation, or MUSE, to obtain high-resolution images of biological tissue specimens without first requiring the time-consuming preparation of thin sections mounted on glass slides.
Video: Richard Levenson on MUSE microscopy
The technology, based on intellectual property jointly developed at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and UC Davis, uses ultraviolet light to penetrate the surface of tissue samples to a depth of a few microns, about the same thickness of tissue slices on traditional microscope slides. The result is a detailed, diagnostic-quality image in minutes instead of the many hours that traditional methods require. MUSE has the potential to transform the practice of pathology, especially in low-resource settings, and to have a major global impact in health care by greatly reducing the cost and time to deliver definitive diagnostic results. The ability to obtain such nearly instant, high-resolution, full-color images can also be a valuable tool for researchers who want to get tissue-based insights at the laboratory bench. Levenson is the co-founder of MUSE Microscopy Inc., which is working to commercialize the technology.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation
Gurdev Khush, a world-renowned plant geneticist, is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation for his truly extraordinary leadership in developing rice strains that have enhanced the quality and quantity of global rice supplies. The award recognizes an acknowledged innovator whose career accomplishments include innovations that have led to a long-term positive impact on the lives of others and who is an inspiring influence for other innovators.
Gurdev Khush, a world-renowned plant geneticist, is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation. (Credit: International Rice Research Institute)
Khush is known one of the heroes of the Green Revolution, a movement that sought to significantly increase agricultural yields, particularly in developing countries.
Khush earned a B.Sc. from Punjab Agricultural University in India and a Ph.D. from UC Davis. He played a key role in the development of more than 300 innovative rice varieties. One of these, IR36, is the most widely planted food crop ever grown. He spent over 30 years at the International Rice Research Institute, or IRRI, directing and participating in both genetic research and the delivery of rice varieties to underserved populations around the globe.
Owing in large part to Khush’s contribution, world rice production increased from 257 million tons in 1966 to 718 million tons in 2011. Khush has won numerous international awards and has received honorary doctorates and degrees from multiple universities. After he retired from IRRI in 2002, Khush returned to UC Davis as an adjunct professor of plant sciences. Khush is also the recipient of the 2018 UC Davis Medal, given to those who have made exceptional and sustained contributions to the UC Davis community and beyond.
Innovative Community Partner Award
Seed Central is the recipient of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovative Community Partner of the Year Award, given in recognition of significant contributions to driving regional economic impact through innovation, entrepreneurship or support for growing the startup ecosystem in collaboration with university.
Francois Korn, managing director of Seed Central, and Kent Bradford, distinguished professor of plant sciences and director of the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis. Seed Central is the recipient of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovative Community Partner of the Year Award. (Credit: AJ Cheline, UC Davis)
Seed Central energizes the seed and ag-biotech industry around UC Davis and contributes to economic development in the region. The public-private partnership was co-founded in 2010 by Francois Korn, managing director, and Kent Bradford, distinguished professor of plant sciences and director of the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis. The innovative partnership facilitates communication and research collaboration between campus and industry in order to bring science to market faster. Seed Central connects campus scientists and students with industry researchers and managers at monthly networking events and encourages and helps industry sponsor research on campus. Seed Central also connects students with industry through frequent networking opportunities, field trips, shadowing experiences, internships, career development workshops and special events centered on outreach to women in STEM fields.
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AJ Cheline, UC Davis Office of Research, 530-752-1101, [email protected]
2018 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards Nominees
Ramsey Badawi, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Simon Cherry, Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering The world’s first total-body Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner.
John Boone, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering Breast CT system that is capable of generating 300 to 500 tomographic slices of the breast using the same radiation levels as two view mammography.
Robert Brosnan, Professor of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Discovery and development of a new inhaled general anesthetics, which led to the discovery of a novel analgesic.
Gino Cortopassi, Professor, Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Advanced the understanding of mitochondrial disorders, neuro-degeneration in humans and animals, as well as an understanding of diabetes and metabolic disorders.
Paul Feldstein, President and CEO at Circularis Biotech Unique ribozyme design that is capable of discovering all active promoters in an organisms’ genome so that they can be analyzed and then evolved for enhanced performance.
Allen Gao, Ralph de Vere White Professor, Urology, School of Medicine Prostate cancer therapies with special focus on cases of intractable cancers that become resistant to standard treatments.
Bruce Hammock, Distinguished Professor, Entomology and Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Inhibitors of the sEH enzyme which degrades natural mediators, thereby reducing hypertension, inflammation, and pain.
David Horsley, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering Miniature sonar sensor by combining microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) ultrasound transducers and ultralow-power integrated circuits in a tiny, millimeter-scale package.
Tina Jeoh, Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Herbert Scher, Research Engineer; Scott Strobel, Ph.D. Candidate; Yuting Tang, Ph.D. Student; College of Engineering. An inexpensive and effective method for encapsulation of chemicals or biologics in stable, identifiable capsules that enhance the stability and control the release of their encapsulants.
Austin Johnson, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; School of Medicine; Jason Adams, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; School of Medicine VentRight uses advanced sensors and waveform analytics to optimize ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure. Endovascular Perfusion Augmentation for Critical Care (EPACC) represents a device that optimizes blood pressure management during shock using automated dynamic control of an intra-aortic balloon-tipped catheter.
Samuel Louie, Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine The ROAD (Reversible Obstructive Airways Disease) Project addresses healthcare disparities and unmet needs in patient education and safety for the COPD population captured by UC Davis Health.
Mark Mascal, Professor, Chemistry, College of Letters and Sciences Processing waste biomass to produce plastics and bio-based fuels.
Prasant Mohapatra, Professor, Computer Science, College of Engineering Computer networks with specializations in Wireless Networks, Mobile Communications and Systems, Cybersecurity, Wireless Performance, Quality and Security, and Network Analytics.
Jan Nolta, Professor, Institute for Regenerative Cures, School of Medicine Cellular response to hypoxia and chemokines, cell motility, cell-to-cell interactions, and paracrine factors secreted by MSCs at the site of injury.
Hooman Rashidi, Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine An advanced app focused on hematology assessment.
Michael Rogawski, Professor, Neurology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine The first bench-to-beside translation for a therapeutic in postpartum depression.
Michael Siminovitch, Director, California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) Shifting of the paradigm in lighting and technology science from a sole focus on energy efficiency to a more complex understanding of the interplay among energy efficiency and quality, human health and well-being, and aesthetics.
Neelima Sinha, Professor, Plant Biology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Brad Townsley, CEO & Co-Founder of Amaryllis Nucleics; Mike Covington, CTO & Co-Founder of Amaryllis Nucleics Technology for synthesizing, sequencing, and analyzing RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) libraries.
Gang Sun, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering Sensitive, wearable, disposable, color changing sensor, to rapidly detect the presence of fumigants.
Garen Wintemute, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, School of Medicine Firearm safety and gun violence prevention research.
/wp-content/uploads/Innovation-Awards-2018.jpg226340Aj Chelinehttps://itc.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Venture20Catalyst20stretched-300x94.pngAj Cheline2018-05-22 08:35:532021-09-28 12:13:56UC Davis Innovators Honored for Contributions in Agriculture, Pathology
Ralph J. Hexter, Acting Chancellor at the University of California, Davis, announced the recipients of a new series of innovation awards at a ceremony on June 28 in Davis. The UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards recognize faculty, community partners, and industry leaders for their work, dedication and success in achieving societal impact either through innovations in technology or social engagement.
“These new awards reflect the growing importance of UC Davis as a vital incubator and promoter of innovation in the Sacramento region and beyond,” Hexter said. “Each of our inaugural winners is a model innovator who successfully nurtured to reality a novel idea that can improve the quality of our lives.”
Dushyant Pathak, Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Executive Director, Venture Catalyst adds, “UC Davis has a strong history of enabling societal benefit from our research, faculty service and community partnerships. The Chancellor’s Innovation Awards represent a visible new way in which we can recognize campus innovators and members of our community for their contributions to society.”
Innovator of the Year Award
The Innovator of the Year Award recognizes individual faculty or staff, or teams (which may also include students) whose inventive, innovative or entrepreneurial activities have had a measurable societal impact or have a very strong potential to do so. Each recipient receives a $10,000 award that can be applied to his or her research or social engagement program.
Two recipients received the award this year, Harry Cheng and Cristina Davis, both professors in the College of Engineering.
Harry Cheng, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Harry Cheng is the developer and leader of the UC Davis Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (C-STEM). C-STEM uses innovative computing and robotics technologies to increase student interest and transform computing and STEM education in both formal and informal K-12 programs. More than 200 schools in California have officially adopted the C-STEM curriculum, which directly benefits more than 10,000 students. Cheng has worked at UC Davis for 24 years and has dedicated the past 10 years to transforming K-12 math education through computing and robotics. Using Cheng’s approach, students learn how to integrate computer programming as well as logical and critical thinking skills. The results have shown significant potential in closing the math achievement gap for student subgroups that have historically underperformed.
Cristina Davis, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation Cristina Davis has a long history of creating novel solutions to problems in the fields of medicine, defense, agriculture and veterinary medicine. She holds seven patents that have been licensed and developed into product lines. She is the co-founder of two UC Davis affiliated startups, SensIT Ventures, Inc., and XTB Laboratories, Inc. Her most recent innovation is a miniature handheld device that can measure chemical biomarkers in human breath, which can be used to both diagnose and monitor medical conditions. In addition to portability, Davis’s device also has the potential to integrate with cell phones or other personal mobile devices, creating the possibility for near real-time diagnostics and monitoring on-demand. This innovation has the potential to have a life-altering impact in pediatric populations.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation
The Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation recognizes an acknowledged innovator whose career accomplishments include innovations that have led to a long-term positive impact on the lives of others and who is an inspiring influence for other innovators. Wayne Thiebaud, emeritus professor of art, was conferred the award this year.
Thiebaud, a painter whose innovative work defined an era, is best known for his renderings of the everyday, including food displays, pinball machines, lipsticks and Californian landscapes and cityscapes using a singular illustrative style. His contributions to creative expression, popular culture and artistic form through his groundbreaking approaches to art, color and content have made him one of the most important painters of our time. Thiebaud joined the UC Davis Department of Art as an assistant professor in 1960, where he continued his career until retiring in 1991. After retirement, Thiebaud continued to teach classes at UC Davis, and has been an active volunteer adviser to the university. He is widely regarded as an inspirational figure by students, aspiring artists and those who admire his considerable body of creative work.
Innovative Community Partner Award
The Innovative Community Partner Award recognizes a leader or organization in the community that has contributed significantly to driving regional economic impact through innovation, entrepreneurship or support for growing the startup ecosystem in collaboration with UC Davis. HM.CLAUSE, a subsidiary of Limagrain, was recognized with the award this year.
HM.CLAUSE is a leader in agricultural innovation specializing in the breeding, production and sales of vegetable seeds. The company has a long history of productive and innovative engagement with UC Davis including the departments of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, the World Food Center, the Graduate School of Management and Venture Catalyst, within the UC Davis Office of Research. HM.CLAUSE is a key sponsor of the Seed Biotechnology Center’s Kent J. Bradford Endowed Chair in Seed Science, and in 2015 partnered to launch the UC Davis-HM.CLAUSE Life Science Innovation Center, the first startup incubator of its kind in the region.
Using both social and conventional media to convey accurate information about stem cells to the non-scientific public.
Cristina Davis
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
A robust miniature/hand-held devices that measure trace chemicals in human breath.
David Horsley
Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Ultrasonic sensors based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).
Xiaoguang Liu
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Autonomous UXO Identification Platform, which will be composed of a high resolution millimeter wave ground penetrating radar integrated on a high performance drone.
James Do
Student
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Autonomous UXO Identification Platform, which will be composed of a high resolution millimeter wave ground penetrating radar integrated on a high performance drone.
Ruihong Zhang
Professor
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Bioconversion technologies for converting organic solid waste, such as food and agricultural waste, into renewable bioenergy and biofertilizers.
Peter Belafsky
Professor
Otolaryngology
A medical device that can manually control the upper esophageal sphincter, and is evaluating the use of muscle cells for difficulty in swallowing rehabilitation.
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Director
Clinical and Translational Science Center
California Reducing Health Disparities Project and RECAB will bring about change to the access and utilization of mental health services and resources and education to communities of color in the Sacramento and Solano County.
Robert McCarron
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
The Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship educates primary care providers in the basics of psychiatry, while providing mentorship and guidance to learners on how best to take this information and teach medical colleagues in underserved areas.
Shannon Suo
Co-Director
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship educates primary care providers in the basics of psychiatry, while providing mentorship and guidance to learners on how best to take this information and teach medical colleagues in underserved areas.
Angela Courtney
UC Davis Alumni
Integrative Pathology and Adrastia Biotechnology
A urine test for breast cancer based on a proteomic and multi-genomic pattern.
Andrew Hargadon
Professor and Faculty Director
Graduate School of Management and Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The foundational curriculum taught in Entrepreneurship Academies and Big Bang workshops is designed to help researchers think like entrepreneurs.
Amir Kol
Assistant Professor
School of Vetinerary Medicine
Innovative stem cell therapies to treat complex naturally occurring diseases in companion animals.
Boaz Arzi
Assistant Professor
School of Vetinerary Medicine
Innovative stem cell therapies to treat complex naturally occurring diseases in companion animals.
Dori Borjesson
Professor and Chair
School of Vetinerary Medicine
Innovative stem cell therapies to treat complex naturally occurring diseases in companion animals.
Frank Verstraete
Professor
School of Vetinerary Medicine
Innovative stem cell therapies to treat complex naturally occurring diseases in companion animals.
Kate Hurley
Director
Center for Companion Animal Health
A new field of veterinary medicine (Shelter Medicine) specific to the study and care of homeless animals in shelters.
Xiangdong Zhu
Professor
Physics
An optical sensing technology for simultaneous detection in real time of over 12,000 wet biochemical reactions.
Benjamin Keller
Surgery Resident
Surgery
A low cost, high fidelity, pulsatile Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) simulator.
Stephen Howell
Adjunct Professor
Biomedical Engineering
A new method termed kinematic alignment for surgically aligning implants used in replacing worn out knees with artificial knees and the invention of two new surgical techniques for achieving the desired alignment.
Maury Hull
Professor Emeritus
Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering
A new method termed kinematic alignment for surgically aligning implants used in replacing worn out knees with artificial knees and the invention of two new surgical techniques for achieving the desired alignment.
Katherine Kim
Assistant Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Tools for effective care collaboration between patients, their caregivers, and the healthcare team, including both health technology and training.
Elisa Tong
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
California’s first electronic referral (“eReferral”) to the California Smokers’ Helpline, which provides free evidence-based cessation services.
Lester Lusher
Student
Economics
CollegeBetter.com motivates students to commit to their academic goals by letting students place monetary wagers on their outcomes.
Scott Carrell
Professor
Economics
CollegeBetter.com motivates students to commit to their academic goals by letting students place monetary wagers on their outcomes.
Serena Williams
Lecturer
Linguistics
This project is a model for how to effectively evaluate, while maintaining human context, specifically experiences expressed in language objectively.
Soneet Dhillon
Student
Linguistics
This project is a model for how to effectively evaluate, while maintaining human context, specifically experiences expressed in language objectively.
Harold Leverenz
Lecturer and Project Scientist
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Development of a compact process for the recovery of sustainable nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers from concentrated waste streams.
Judy Van de Water
Professor/Director
Internal Medicine
A biomarker test to determine risk of having a child with autism.
Andy Haden
Student
Computer Science
Discourse is a website that helps UC Davis undergraduates understand their degree progress and intelligently schedule classes.
Minu Palaniappan
Student
Computer Science
Discourse is a website that helps UC Davis undergraduates understand their degree progress and intelligently schedule classes.
Delmar Larsen
Associate Professor
Chemistry
The UC Davis StemWiki is an online STEM Science textbook in a Wikipedia-like format where experts in STEM fields contribute individual chapters on levels from undergraduate to garduate teaching.
James Marcin
Professor
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Utilized telehealth technologies in innovative ways creating a variety of new models of care that help address disparities in access and quality of care provided to children in rural and underserved communities.
Sanjay Joshi
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Development of robotic assistance for people who have lost partial function due to accident, amputation, or disease.
Bruce Hammock
Distinguished Professor
Entomology and Nematology
Developed inhibitors of the sEH enzyme which degrades natural mediators reducing hypertension, inflammation and pain.
Richard Levenson
Professor and Vice Chair
Medical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
A novel, simple and non-destructive microscopy technique that uses the UV light excites to create histological images.
Harry Cheng
Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
An innovative educational computing and robotics technologies and related curriculum for K-12 hands-on math education.
Bruce German
Professor
Food Science & Technology
A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding in mechanistic detail how milk guides the health of the infant gut.
Carlito LeBrilla
Professor
Chemistry
A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding in mechanistic detail how milk guides the health of the infant gut.
Daniela Barile
Associate Professor
Food Science & Technology
A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding in mechanistic detail how milk guides the health of the infant gut.
David Mills
Professor
Food Science & Technology
A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding in mechanistic detail how milk guides the health of the infant gut.
Mark Underwood
Professor
Pediatrics
A highly collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding in mechanistic detail how milk guides the health of the infant gut.
Peter Yellowlees
Professor and Vice Chair
Psychiatry
Development, validation and implementation of indirect (asynchronous) video consultations in psychiatry incorporating automated language translation – a completely new way of consulting with patients in any language that could be used worldwide.
Erica Goude (On behalf of Neuromuscular Research Center)
Research Coordinator
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neuromuscular Research Center’s clinical trial program includes 1) development and validation of clinical and person-reported outcome measure tools for use in multicenter studies; 2) establishment of uniform guidelines for design and interpretation of clinical trials; and 3) conduct of investigations of promising new therapies.
/wp-content/uploads/Innovation-Awards-thumb.png227340Aj Chelinehttps://itc.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/Venture20Catalyst20stretched-300x94.pngAj Cheline2017-01-04 10:59:352023-01-23 16:14:59Recipients of 2016 UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards Announced
acknowledged innovator whose career accomplishments include innovations that have led to a long-term positive impact on the lives of others and who is an inspiring influence for other innovators. Wayne Thiebaud, emeritus professor of art, was conferred the award this year.