MUSC names Goodwin as chief innovation officer
July 3, 2018
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has named Jesse S. Goodwin, Ph.D., chief innovation officer, effective July 2. Goodwin is charged with building a culture of innovation and creating an effective and efficient pipeline for innovation at MUSC.
“There are many great innovations emerging from MUSC and we need a visionary leader to help us fully develop our potential in this area and to build bridges between MUSC and industry,” said Lisa K. Saladin, Ph.D., MUSC executive vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Goodwin will have oversight of innovation across the enterprise, working closely with MUSC’s existing innovation-focused teams to build resources supporting and expanding the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, and to catalyze MUSC faculty, staff and students to generate new ideas, develop new skill sets, and embrace different perspectives that achieve impactful innovation in the laboratory, classroom, and clinic. In addition, Goodwin is committed to developing and fostering long-term public-private partnerships through sponsored research, corporate alliances, and other opportunities for collaboration.
“I am excited to be a partner in growing and building upon the innovation infrastructure already existing at MUSC in so many key areas, including research, clinical care delivery, medical device development, and digital health solutions,” she said. “Backed by the strong support of MUSC’s administration, I believe MUSC is positioned for great success.”
Goodwin has more than a decade of experience in identifying intellectual property strategies for broad range medical therapies for academia and industry. She has a demonstrated track record for driving improved outcome metrics and process improvements that lead to transparency, efficiency and accountability. Prior to accepting the role of chief innovation officer, Goodwin was vice president of development for the Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences, a technology accelerator working to develop and commercialize technologies generated by the department of Neurosciences at MUSC. Goodwin has been deeply engaged in innovation, more recently, leading the therapeutics translation core for SCTR, and serving as the Deputy Director for the MUSC Foundation for Research development, the university’s technology transfer office responsible for managing intellectual property. Prior to joining MUSC, Goodwin was the director of the medical device practice of a Boston-based intellectual property consulting firm.
Goodwin earned her bachelor of science degree in bioengineering from Syracuse University in New York and her doctorate in philosophy in biomedical engineering from Stony Brook University, also in New York. She served as a post-doctoral associate in the Harvard-MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology in Cambridge, MA, and enjoyed numerous research opportunities in labs at both Stony Brook and MIT.
About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina is the oldest medical school in the South. Today, MUSC continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 700 residents in six colleges (Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy), and has nearly 14,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty members. As the largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $2.4 billion, with an annual economic impact of more than $3.8 billion and annual research funding in excess of $250 million. MUSC operates a 700-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized children’s hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (a National Cancer Institute-designated center), Level I trauma center, Institute of Psychiatry, and the state’s only transplant center. In 2017, for the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the number one hospital in South Carolina. For more information on academic programs or clinical services, visit musc.edu. For more information on hospital patient services, visitmuschealth.org.
