SC Innovation Awareness Month (IAM) Featuring MUSC Innovation Week 2025

In 2023, our office worked in tandem with the State of South Carolina to earn the governor's office's designation of April as South Carolina Innovation Awareness Month (IAM), bringing attention to the state’s growing innovation ecosystem. MUSC hosts events throughout IAM, including our annual Innovation Week.

Since 2018, MUSC has celebrated Innovation Week, our five-day celebration geared towards empowering the MUSC Enterprise to imagine creative solutions for a variety of healthcare challenges. Featuring several award and pitch sessions, the week highlights how MUSC is "Changing What's Possible" through innovation.

This year, our Innovation Week will be held April 21-25. Events are still being added.

April 23, 2025 – Open House, hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Location: MUSC Charleston – Basic Science Building, BS101

Please join us for a special open house with the Vice President for Research as a part of MUSC's Innovation Week. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about vice president for research Timothy Stemmler's vision for the future of research at MUSC and share your own ideas, ask questions and network with others in the research and innovation community.

Click here to register.

April 24, 2025 – National Academy of Inventors Ceremony (by invitation)

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Location: MUSC Charleston – Drug Discovery Lobby

Hosted by the Zucker Institute for Innovation Commercialization, this annual event recognizes innovative champions who have been inducted into the National Academy of Inventors.

Awards are also bestowed for leadership, mentorship and collaboration.

April 25, 2025 – Brady/Lydiard Excellence in Psychiatry Research Day

12:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Location: MUSC Charleston – Institute of Psychiatry Lobby

Join us for the inaugural Brady/Lydiard Excellence in Psychiatry Research Day! The keynote speaker is Dr Michael Mithoefer, MD speaking on Why Psychotherapy with Psychedelics?

Observations from 20 Years of MDMA Clinical Research. The poster session will begin at 2:00 p.m.

Please register here.

April 28-30, 2025 – DREAM Studio Tours

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. each day

Location: MUSC Charleston – Dream Studio, MUSC Library, 1st Floor

Open tours for anyone interested in exploring the DREAM Studio and learning more about its 3D printing, VR, and design thinking resources.

April 30 – May 1, 2025 – Neuroscience Symposium

April 30, 2025, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

May 1, 2025, 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Location: MUSC Charleston – Bioengineering Building, BEB110

Please join us as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Department of Neuroscience at MUSC and celebrate the career of Dr. Peter Kalivas. Dr. Kalivas is the Founding Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and is a pioneer in developing the glutamate neuroplasticity hypothesis of substance use disorders. Drs. Nora Volkow (Director, NIDA NIH) and George Koob (Director, NIAAA NIH) will be providing keynote addresses as well as several distinguished nationally and internationally known researchers and a few of Dr. Kalivas's former trainees.

Register here.