by Agnes Lenagh, UNeMed
For UNeMed, Innovation Week provides an opportunity to expose the UNMC research community to technology transfer. UNeMed needs to demonstrate that anyone can be an inventor and offer ideas to improve health.
With Innovation Week just around the corner, we sat with UNeMed staffers and chatted about Innovation Week.
Steve Schreiner, PhD
Vice President & Director of Licensing and Marketing
“Through innovation, people’s lives are changed for the better.” – Schreiner
Q: What does Innovation Week mean to you?
A: A chance to acknowledge those who have identified or created something new, while motivating others to do the same.
Q: What do you hope the UNMC community will gain from attending Innovation Week?
A: An increased awareness of thinking of ways to innovate.
Q: Why is innovation so important?
A: Through innovation, people’s lives are changed for the better. Think affordable automobiles, air travel, internet, electric light.
Q: What connections between innovation, strategy, and leadership do you see on campus?
A: Campus leaders are engaged in motivating, identifying, and rewarding innovators on campus to improve public health.
Q: Which Innovation Week event are you looking forward to most? Why?
A: The Innovation Awards ceremony. To hear all of the groaning when a potential iPad winner isn’t present to win!!
Join us next time when we sit down with another UNeMed staff member.
