Mar 10, 202629 minS1
Donde Plowman was appointed Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2019, having previously served on the faculty of business, and as Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer of the...
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The Innovators podcast, a product of Harris Search Associates, features interesting conversations with global thought leaders in the areas of higher education and research, engineering, technology, and the health sciences and provides our listeners an opportunity to benefit from lessons learned from the national leaders changing the landscape of innovation and discovery.
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What is Innovators about?
The Innovators podcast, a product of Harris Search Associates, features interesting conversations with global thought leaders in the areas of higher education and research, engineering, technology, and the health sciences and provides our listeners an opportunity to benefit from lessons learned from the national leaders changing the landscape of innovation and discovery.
What has Innovators covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Bright Lights in Tennessee: UT Knoxville Recruits World-Class Researchers" (10 March 2026, 29 minutes), "Independent Research Institutes, Science and Cuts to Federal Support of Research" (30 December 2025, 33 minutes), and "The Governments' Role in Higher Education: A Brief Oral History (with Richard L. McCormick, PhD, President Emeritus, Board of Governors and Professor of History and Education at Rutgers University)" (18 November 2025, 36 minutes).
How often does Innovators publish?
Innovators publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 76 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Innovators?
Booking probability for Innovators is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Innovators requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Innovators's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Innovators?
The strongest fits for Innovators are Universities & Colleges and Scientific Research & Development. Innovators has an education audience.
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Innovators is an education podcast with 76 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Dec 30, 202533 minS1Hermann Haller, MD President, Professor, MDI Biological Laboratory; Professor, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School Haller received his medical degree from the Free University of Berlin and...
Nov 18, 202536 minS1Federal and state governments play significant roles in both public and private universities. The federal role in research is, at once, old enough to now span three-plus generations and yet recent enough that many...
Sep 30, 202541 minS1Dr. Daniel Linzer retired as President Emeritus of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement in July of this year after eight years of leadership. He joined RCSA from Northwestern University where he was on the...
Jul 22, 202526 minS1Kevin Byrne is the President & CEO of TUFF, recognized for his innovative solutions to capital challenges faced by institutions. He specializes in non-traditional public-private partnerships and real estate financing...
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Oct 8, 202440 minS1Dr. Claire Pomeroy is a distinguished physician, educator, and advocate for healthcare reform. With an undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Kentucky, Dr...
Sep 3, 202432 minS1In this episode of INNOVATORS, Dr. Jennifer Potter's talk offers an in-depth analysis of the enduring and deadly opioid crisis in America, exploring the factors that have sustained this epidemic for decades and...
- Oct 17, 202327 minS1
In recent years, a number of new medical schools – both allopathic and osteopathic – have launched and still more are in preparation. In 2017 Kaiser Permanente announced the appointment of Dr. Mark A. Schuster of...
Jul 5, 202327 minS1Christopher Gaiteri, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Empire Innovation Scholar at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Dr. Gaiteri earned his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee...
Jan 17, 202338 minS1Dr. Philip Bourne, founding Stephenson Dean of the School of Data Science at the University of Virginia, established in 2019 with a gift of $120 million. Dr. Bourne's career encompasses work at Columbia University, the...
Nov 1, 202233 minS1Over the past year, several INNOVATORS were devoted to learning more about the state of pediatric research. In this podcast, we learn about a breakthrough in the development of tissue from silk for use in the treatment...
Oct 4, 202233 minS1Dr. Talitha Washington is Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative. On leave to the National Science Foundation, she received the NSF Director's Award for...
Sep 20, 202232 minS1David Kaplan is Distinguished Professor and Stern Family Professor of Engineering and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University and was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Research is...
Aug 30, 202239 minS1While the dispute over the causes and sources of climate change continues, few doubt the need for action to deal with the consequences of climate change. And action can best be guided by findings from solid scientific...
Jun 28, 202240 minS1Hard work, family support, and education are often cited as key elements in the success of most of the immigrants to the United States. These hold true for many Hispanics and Dr. Rivera-Mills of Ball State and her...
Jun 21, 202226 minS1Even as the COVID pandemic continues to plague the world, assessments of the effects of the virus and its variants are in order. Healthcare systems have borne some of the brunt of the effects and those associated with...
Jun 14, 202238 minS1In an extended and extensive interview, Dr. Perakslis drew on his experience in industry, regulatory agencies, and academia as well as his book co-authored with Martin Stanley, Digital Health: Understanding the...
Feb 23, 202247 minS1Dr. Raymond Bergan, Deputy Director at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Fred and Pamela Buffet Cancer Center and Professor in both UNMC's Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and the Division of Oncology and...
Nov 17, 202145 minS1Jack Kufahl, Chief Information Security Officer at Michigan Medicine, joins Innovators to talk about the world of information security as it relates to healthcare. Jack Kufahl is responsible for planning, developing...
Nov 2, 202126 minS1Fred H. Cate – vice president for research, Distinguished Professor, C. Ben Dutton Professor of Law and adjunct professor of informatics and computing at Indiana University – joins Innovators to talk about the state of...
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Kevin Byrne
retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Corps, The University Financing Foundation
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David Kaplan
Distinguished Professor and Stern Family Professor of Engineering and Chair of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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David Allison
Professor of paediatrics and director of the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
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Jing Liu
Chief Economist for Greater China, Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Mic
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