Innovator of the Year Awards

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/glassdn1.jpg” caption=”To acknowledge their achievement, this year’s McMaster Innovator Award recipients will each receive a glass sculpture created by artisan Paull Rodrigue of Greensville, Ontario.”]This year's nominees for the McMaster Innovator Awards were announced Tuesday morning. The winners will be announced this Friday during the closing reception of the McMaster Innovation Showcase 09.

Creating a product or service is one way researchers can transfer their research discoveries and inventions back to society. The newly created McMaster Innovator Awards recognize those researchers who have achieved commercialization success.

Sponsored by the Vice-president of Research and International Affairs, these awards aim to encourage a culture of innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship within the McMaster community.

Two awards will be given this year: the McMaster Innovator of the Year Award and the McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award.

2009 McMaster Innovator Award Nominees

Mehran Anvari, Professor of Surgery

Suzanna Becker, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour

Leslie Berry, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Wei Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow of Chemical Engineering

Gordon Guyatt, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Simon Haykin, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jack Hirsh, Professor Emeritus of Medicine

John MacGregor, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering

James Mahony, Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Peter Mascher, Professor of Engineering Physics

Ann Mohide, Associate Professor of Nursing

Heather Sheardown, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Summaries of the work that each person was nominated for can found on the awards website.

Registration for the McMaster Innovation Showcase will close at 4 P.M. on Tuesday, June 16.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/glassdn1.jpg" caption="To acknowledge their achievement, this year's McMaster Innovator Award recipients will each receive a glass sculpture created by artisan Paull Rodrigue of Greensville, Ontario."]This year&#039;s nominees for the McMaster Innovator Awards were announced Tuesday morning. The winners will be announced this Friday during the closing reception of the McMaster Innovation Showcase 09.<br />
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<p>Creating a product or service is one way researchers can transfer their research discoveries and inventions back to society. The newly created McMaster Innovator Awards recognize those researchers who have achieved commercialization success. <br />
<br />
<p>Sponsored by the Vice-president of Research and International Affairs, these awards aim to encourage a culture of innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship within the McMaster community. <br />
<br />
<p>Two awards will be given this year: the McMaster Innovator of the Year Award and the McMaster Lifetime Innovator Award.<br />
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<p><b>2009 McMaster Innovator Award Nominees</b><br />
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<p><li>Mehran Anvari, Professor of Surgery</li><p><br />
<p><li>Suzanna Becker, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour</li></p><br />
<p><li>Leslie Berry, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics</li></p><br />
<p><li>Wei Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow of Chemical Engineering</li></p><br />
<p><li>Gordon Guyatt, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics</li></p><br />
<p><li>Simon Haykin, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering</li></p><br />
<p><li>Jack Hirsh, Professor Emeritus of Medicine</li></p><br />
<p><li>John MacGregor, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering</li></p><br />
<p><li>James Mahony, Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine</li></p><br />
<p><li>Peter Mascher, Professor of Engineering Physics</li></p><br />
<p><li>Ann Mohide, Associate Professor of Nursing</li></p><br />
<p><li>Heather Sheardown, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering</li></p><br />
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<p>Summaries of the work that each person was nominated for can found on the <a href="http://milo.mcmaster.ca/showcase/awards.html"> awards website</a>.<br />
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<p>Registration for the McMaster Innovation Showcase will close at 4 P.M. on Tuesday, June 16.<br />
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