Michael Kinch

Chief Innovation Officer
Michael Kinch began as the inaugural Chief Innovation Officer at Stony Brook University in 2024. Prior to this, he served as the Executive Dean for Sciences and Vice President for Innovation, creating and deploying innovative approaches to improve biomedical translation and entrepreneurship.

He founded the directed the Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology (CRIB) at Washington University in St Louis, which analyzes the sources of biomedical innovation. As Associate Vice Chancellor at Washington University in St. Louis, he helped lead entrepreneurship activities and founded the Centers for Research Innovation in Biotechnology (CRIB) and Drug Discovery (CDD), which analyzes innovation in the science and business of medicines. At Yale University, he founded and led the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery. Prior to Yale, Dr. Kinch held executive positions at MedImmune, and at Functional Genetics, Inc, where he led R&D. He was also on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University and Purdue University.

Dr. Kinch has published more than 150 papers and five dozen US patents. He has written four books, which convey key trends in the research, development and distribution of medicines and vaccines. His research has been profiled in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, the BBC and Bloomberg News. 

CONTACT

Reina Esteras
Senior Executive Assistant
Phone: 631-216-7132
1500 Stony Brook Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794