Awards in Excellence for Reimagine the World Campaign and Website
Each day members of the Wyss Institute community work to Reimagine a World where anything is possible: It’s a world of scientific discovery, imagination, and reality, where diseases are cured, climate change is reversed, pandemics are prevented, and lives are ultimately changed for the better.
For nearly two years, the Institute’s Communications and Events Teams used this concept as the foundation for an awareness campaign, focusing on telling personal stories from members of our community and broader ecosystem, sharing their motivations for the work they do and their visions for a better future.
This Reimagine the World campaign and the Institute’s website recently earned the Wyss five prestigious Awards for Excellence from The Communicator Awards, which is presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA).
The awards were given for the following categories:
- Reimagine the World: Campaigns & Series Branded Campaign for Social
- Reimagine the World: Video Series-Educational Institution
- Reimagine the World: Video Series-Documentary
- Wyss Institute Website: Biotechnology
- Wyss Institute Website: Science
The Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals, with more than 3,000 entries submitted from across the U.S. and around the world in 2024. The competition also celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with a pledge to honor timeless communication.
I am extremely proud of our Communications and Events Teams, who constantly look to tell captivating stories of our community, and through different mediums from written, video, audio, and event production.
Reimagining a Better World
Patients, clinicians, and family members of patients share how Wyss researchers are giving them hope for a better future, and inspire us to keep going.
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Parkinson's DiseaseLisa and Patrick Peterson were soulmates whose loving and happy marriage was cut tragically short by Parkinson’s Disease. In this video, Lisa recounts their harrowing story from Patrick’s diagnosis to her experience as caregiver. Watch video.
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Breast Cancer ReconstructionDenise Skok, a two-time breast cancer survivor, Luba Perry, a scientist at the Wyss Institute, and Samuel Lin, a plastic surgeon collaborating with the Wyss, are all working to reimagine a world where breast cancer patients have better reconstruction options. The ReConstruct project at the Wyss uses adipose tissue assembled from a patient’s own cells and integrates it into their body to offer more natural breast reconstruction and augmentation with fewer health risks, providing hope to future breast cancer patients. Watch video.
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Infectious DiseasesWilliam Lautzenheiser narrowly survived a rare and devastating infection that claimed all four of his limbs. In a brilliant display of resilience and to cope with his new normal, he turned to comedy as a way of telling his story in a relatable way. Watch video.
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