From Inputs to Impact:
Changing the Conversation
State of Research 2015
Caroline Whitacre, Vice President for Research
October 22, 2015
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The Office of Research is:
• A unified voice for research at
Ohio State
• Shaping the face of
interdisciplinary research
• An advocate for research
locally and nationally
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INPUTS
people,
dollars,
facilities
data
collected
OUTPUTS
OUTCOMES
publications,
invention
disclosures,
changes to policy
changing lives
IMPACT
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RESEARCH
INPUTS
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Ann Hamilton
National Medal of Arts
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2 Ohio State professors
Tin-Lun Ho
Members of the
American Academy of
Arts and Sciences
Roger Ratcliff
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6 Ohio State faculty
Lynne Abruzzo
Daniel Herms
Fellows of the
American Association
for the Advancement
of Science
Bruce McPheron
Michael Oglesbee
Esther van der Knaap
Jessica Winter
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Heather
Allen
Humboldt
Research
Prize
Linda
Saif
Wolf Prize
in Agriculture
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Ching-Shih
Chen
Yasuko
Rikihisa
National Academy of
Inventors Fellows
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Wondwossen
Gebreyes
Michael P. Malone
International
Leadership Award
Anita
Hopper
Lifetime Achievement
Award from the RNA
Society
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6 Ohio State faculty
Heather Allen
Rebecca Jackson
Distinguished Scholar
Award
Thomas Kasulis
Dhabaleswar (DK)
Panda
Steven Ringel
Amy Shuman
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Anne Co
Lori Dalton
Lisa Hall
Brian Kulis
Arnab Nandi
Hannah Shafaat
Anastasios
Sidiropoulos
Daniel
Thompson
8 Ohio State faculty
CAREER awards from
the National Science
Foundation
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Robert Baker, Cosmin Blaga and
Yuejie Chi
Young Investigator Research Program Award
(Air Force Office of Scientific Research)
Yuejie Chi
Baker
Blaga
Young Investigator Program Award
(Office of Naval Research)
Robert Baker
Department of Energy Early Career
Research Award
Chi
Jaroniec
Christopher Jaroniec
American Chemical Society Physical Division
Early Career Award in Experimental Physical
Chemistry
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Joshua
Goldberger
Camille Dreyfus
Teacher-Scholar
Award
Marcos
Sotomayor
Sloan Research
Fellow
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Timcheck
Jonathan Timcheck
Churchill Scholar
Crockett
Alexis Crockett and
Henry Tran
Goldwater Scholars
Tran
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David
Danesh
Truman
Scholar
Nima
Dahir
Beinecke
Scholar
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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and
Chemistry Building (CBEC) shown above
James Cancer Hospital and
Solove Research Institute shown below
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RESEARCH
OUTPUTS
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RESEARCH
OUTCOMES
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Buckeye Current
EcoCAR 3
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General Motors Innovation Challenge
Genetesis LLC
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The real value of our research is the
IMPACT
IT HAS ON
SOCIETY.
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WHAT IS
IMPACT?
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RESEARCH
HAS REAL
IMPACT
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Health is improved
Environment is cleaner
Food is accessible27
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When we work together, we have greater impact.
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IMPACT:
FROM ONE
PERSON TO
MILLIONS
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Peter Mohler
Therapeutic
strategy for
arrhythmia
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Ness Shroff, Chi-Chih
Chen, Can Emre Koksal
and Roland Tallos
Nikola Labs
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IMPACT:
FROM HIGH
TECH TO LOW
TECH
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Yiying Wu
Solar-flow battery
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Douglas Scharre
SAGE test
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IMPACT:
FROM BASICS
OF MATTER TO
OUR EVERYDAY
LIVES
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Louis DiMauro
First real-time image of
two atoms vibrating
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Brad Bushman
“Overvalued” kids
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Bennett Tepper
Hostile bosses
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IMPACT:
SOMETIMES
RESEARCH
SURPRISES US
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Geoffrey Durso, Andrew
Luttrell and Baldwin Way
Acetaminophen and
emotions
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Stan Gehrt
Urban coyotes
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IMPACT:
FROM FOOD
TO WATER
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Michelle Kaiser
Food map of Columbus
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Field to Faucet Initiative
Ensuring safe drinking
water for all Ohioans
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IMPACT:
FROM THE U.S.
TO THE WORLD
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Collecting and disseminating data
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Alison Norris
Health for life: Changing
lives in Malawi
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Global Water Initiative
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IMPACT:
FROM OUR
BODIES TO THE
HEARTS AND
MINDS WE TOUCH
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John Byrd
Life-saving drug for
Waldenstrom’s
macroglobulinemia
patients
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Ann Hamilton’s the event of a thread
YouTube
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Appalachian Project
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IMPACT:
FROM OUR
STUDENTS
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Jed Johnson
Nanofiber Solutions
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Neuro Startup Challenge
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A voice and advocate for research across this great institution.
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HOW DOES YOUR
RESEARCH
IMPACT THE
WORLD?
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Student Innovator of the Year Nominees
• Iti Patel
• Sarah-Jane Baserman, Megan Miller-Lloyd, Phillip
Newman, Stephanie Ritchie and Hayley Townsend
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Sarah-Jane Baserman
Megan Miller-Lloyd
Phillip Newman
Stephanie Ritchie
Hayley Townsend
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Early Career Innovator of the Year
Nominees
• Melissa Bailey
• Randi Foraker
• Asimina Kiourti
• Zhong-Lin Lu
• Anupam Vivek
• Michelle Fennessy
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Melissa Bailey
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Innovator of the Year Nominees
• Jim Davis
• Robert Lee
• Umit Ozkan
• Dehua Pei
• Yael Vodovotz
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Robert Lee
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Join us in congratulating the winners
and nominees at a reception across the
hall in Woody’s Tavern.
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