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The Office of the Vice Provost for Innovation (OVPI) is responsible for harnessing the innovative power of the Tufts community to develop strategic and new business opportunities for research, scholarship, and education. The primary mission of the office is to provide business development services for the university. Key efforts are focused on the innovation community and brand development, network development (internal & external), the innovation infrastructure (physical and digital), global initiatives and international strategy, as well as other advisory services.

Staff

Nancy Humphrey

Program Manager, Board of Advisors

Jonathan Kaplan

Director, Board of Advisors

Antoinette Matthews

Special Advisor to the Vice Provost for Innovation

Calicia Mullings

Business Development Associate

Julie Wall

Program Coordinator, Board of Advisors

News and Updates

From left: TUCCA Head of Communications Meera Zassenhaus, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, assistant professor of agriculture, food, and environment, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Alex Blanchette, associate professor, anthropology and environmental studies, School of Arts and Sciences.

Uncovering the Social Impacts of a Cultivated Meat Boom

Cultivated meat aims to provide meat products in a...
Attendees gather at Tufts Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day at District Hall in Boston, MA on January 19, 2023..

Tufts University Announces Third Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day

Leading experts and industry players will unite to discuss...
Shown clockwise from top left: David Kaplan, Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering; Kendra Field, associate professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts; Fiorenzo Omenetto, Doble Professor of Engineering and director of Silklab; Kerri Greenidge, Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora; Dariush Mozaffarian, Distinguished Professor and director of the Food Is Medicine Institute; and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health and director of the Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice.

Provost’s Catalyst Program Launches

Objectives include strengthening competitiveness for large, multi-disciplinary funding opportunities...
01/11/2024 - A panelist speaks to the crowd while the moderator and other panelists listen during Medford/Somerville, Mass. - Tufts University Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day 2024 at the Joyce Cummings Center. (Paul Rutherford for Tufts University)

Stakeholders in Cellular Agriculture Set Strong Goals for the Future

Scaling and consumer buy-in considered crucial aims during second...