Associates Award for Creativity in Research
Download the 2013 Associates Award guidelines.
Nomination Deadline: October 1, 2012. Please email materials to the Office of Research (vpres@usc.edu).
Overview
The Associates Awards for Creativity in Research are the highest honors the university faculty can bestow on its members for distinguished intellectual and artistic achievements.
Creativity in research includes the written publication of ideas, artistic creation, and artistic performance. Creativity may stem from a single brilliant idea or from a significant body of work that forms a coherent whole. Creativity in research leads to major impacts on a discipline, on the interface between different disciplines, or on the creation of viable new areas of scholarly inquiry.
2013 Recipients of The Associates Award for Creativity in Research
Yves De Clerck, Pediatrics
De Clerck is an outstanding scientist and medical doctor who is a pioneer and a leading investigator in the areas of tumor and microenvironment. He has been funded through the National Institutes of Health and published more than 110 scientific peer-reviewed manuscripts. Over 25 years of studying the interactions between tumor cells and their microenvironment, De Clerck was the first to discover a novel inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase and its involvement in tumor invasion and growth. His contribution in the area of tumor microenvironment resulted in his election to chair of the American Association for Cancer Research Tumor Microenvironment Working Group.
In 2010, De Clerck received a five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a research center studying drug resistance in pediatric cancer. The center is one of 11 tumor microenvironment centers in the United States.
De Clerck has served on the faculty for more than 30 years at USC including 15 years as director of the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. He is currently a professor of pediatrics, biochemistry and molecular biology at the Keck School of Medicine.
Peter Mancall, History
Peter Mancall has established himself as one of the world’s leading scholars of the early modern era in trans-Atlantic contexts. He is an historian of early America, early modern Atlantic world, and early Native American history. In addition to serving as Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and professor of history and anthropology, Mancall has been chair of the department of history and associate vice provost for research. He is currently vice dean for the humanities in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Mancall is known for writing books that are both academically important and accessible to the public. His work includes eight written and eleven edited books and various journal articles.
His books on Hakluyt and Henry Hudson are excellent examples of his talents, displaying painstaking research, compelling narrative skill, and analytical insights.
As director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, Mancall has forged an academic partnership that has greatly expanded USC’s reputation for important scholarly research in the humanities.
Previous Recipients
2012
Antonio Damasio, Neuroscience
Alan Willner, Engineering
2011
Thomas Jordan, Earth Sciences
Ruth Weisberg, Fine Arts
2010
Mark Humayun, Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering
Priya Vashishta, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Physics & Astronomy
2009
Edward J. McCaffery, Law
P. Daniel Dapkus, Engineering
2008
Nicos Petasis, Chemistry
Nicholas Warner, Physics
2007
Cheng-Ming Choung, Pathology
Mark Thompson, Chemistry
2006
Theodore Berger, Biomedical Engineering
David James, Critical Studies
2005
Stephen Hartke, Music
Larry Swanson, Biological Sciences, Psychology & Neurology
2004
Terence Langdon, Engineering
Elyn Saks, Law
2003
Adrian Raine, Psychology
John E. Wills, Jr., Chinese History
2002
Barry Glassner, Sociology
Charles G. Sammis, Geophysics/Materials Science
2001
Myron F. Goodman, Molecular Biology
William H. Steier, Electrical Engineering
2000
Prakash, G.K. Surya, Chemistry
Thompson, Richard F., Psychology & Biological Sciences
1999
Biederman, Irving, Letters, Arts and Sciences
Shih, Jean C., Pharmacy
1998
Barnouw, Dagmar, Letters, Arts and Sciences
Lai, Michael, Microbiology
1997
Klein, Malcolm W., Letters, Arts and Sciences
Aoun, Joseph, Letters, Arts and Sciences
1996
Adleman, Leonard, Computer Science
Pike, Malcolm, Preventive Medicine
1995
Bergman, Richard N., Physiology & Biophysics
Kinder, Marsha, Cinema Television
1994
Resnik, Judith, Law
Garmire, Elsa, Electrical Engineering
1993
Aki, Kei, Geological Sciences
Dear, Micheal J., Geography
1992
Susskind, Miram M., Molecular Biology
Waterman, Michael S., Biological Sciences
1991
Bengston, Vern L., Gerontology
Breuer, Melvin A., Electrical Engineering
1990
Dalton, Larry R., Chemistry
Goldstein, Joshua S., International Relations
1989
Banner, Lois W., S.W.M.S.
Lawler III, Edward E., Business Administration
1988
Benedict, William F., Pediatrics
Reed, Irving S., Electrical Engineering
1987
Massry, Shaul G., Medicine
Pollack, Daniel, Music
1986
Reed, Christopher A., Chemistry
Rosenau, James N., International Relations
1985
Finch, Caleb E., Gerontology
Olah, George A., Chemistry
1984
Benson, Sydner W., Chemistry
Maki, Kazumi, Physics
1983
Jones, Peter A., Biological Chemistry
Wittig, Curt F., Physics
1982
Cope, Jackson I., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Heidelberger, Charles, Medicine
1981
O’Toole, James, Management & Organization
Warshel, Arieh, Chemistry
1980
Ritcheson, Charles, History
Slavkin, Harold C., Dentistry
Stone, Christopher D., Law
1979
Bau, Robert, Chemistry
Birren, James E., Psychology
1978
Bessman, Samuel P., Pharmacology & Nutrition
Schnepp, Otto O., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1977
Stephens, Philip J., Chemistry
1976
Hellwarth, Robert W., Electrical Engineering
McClelland, Charles A., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Parker, Hershel, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1975
Dales, Richard C., History
Moore, Sally F., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Vogt, Peter K., Microbiology
1974
Greene, Donald J., English
Taylor, Howard S., Chemistry
1973
Dunn, Arnold, Biological Sciences
Moote, A. Lloyd, History
1971
Bavetta, Lucien A., Dentistry
Porto, Sergio P. S., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1970
Adamson, Arthur W., Chemistry
Schulz, Max F., English
1969
Grings, William W., Psychology
Spitzer, William G., Physics, Astronomy, Electrophysics
1968
Brodie, Arnold F., Biological Sciences
Golomb, Solomon W., Electrical Engineering/Systems
1967
Bandy, Orville L., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Waterman, John T., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1966
Christensen, Francis, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Hartman, Olga, Biological Sciences
1965
Lovell, Colin R., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
McElderry, Bruce R., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
1964
Anton, Bruce R., Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Giulford, J. P., Letters, Arts and Sciences
1963
Busemann, Herbert, Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Webb, John L., Pharmacology