International
National Academy of Engineering
· 2015
The Russ Prize is the top honor worldwide in bioengineering and is one of three Prizes awarded by the United States’ National Academy of Engineering that are collectively known as the “Nobel Prizes of Engineering.” The Russ Prize is awarded biennially and the other two Prizes are awarded annually; only 15 persons have received the Russ Prize since the inception of the awards program in 2001. Further details about the Russ Prize are presented at http://www.nae.edu/Projects/Awards/RussPrize.aspx.
2014 Lasker Lecture, presented at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
International
The Lasker Foundation
· 2014
Bull City Hall of Fame
Other
Chamber of Commerce, Durham, NC, USA
· 2014
Wilson was one of three inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame. The other two inductees were Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. and winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D. and winner of the 2013 World Food Prize. Durham, North Carolina, USA, also is known as the “Bull City” and “The City of Medicine.” It is the home of Duke University, the Duke University Health System, North Carolina Central University, and the Durham Performing Arts Center. Durham is a vibrant city with a diverse population of about 240,000.
Life Fellow of the IEEE
International
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
· 2014
The Fellow appointment is the highest honor bestowed by the IEEE and less than 0.1 percent of the voting members are elevated to the Fellow grade each year.
Hopkins Medicine Distinguished Speaker Lecture
International
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
· 2014
The following is a description of the Distinguished Speakers Series: “The Distinguished Speaker Series was established by a group of medical students at Johns Hopkins to inform and inspire medical scientists, clinicians, public health leaders, and students through scholarly exchange with the world’s foremost visionaries and thinkers. Our inaugural event brought together seven recipients of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” for a lively dialogue on the ways in which creative minds engage the public. Since then, we have hosted Lasker Award recipient Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, noted bioethicist Dr. Charles Bosk, and Dr. Francoise Barré-Sinoussi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and co-discoverer of HIV. Our most recent events featured Dr. K. Anders Ericsson, cognitive psychologist and expert on expertism, Dr. Robert Langer, head of the largest biomedical engineering laboratory in the world, and five exceptional faculty at Johns Hopkins presenting their personal and professional journeys in medicine.”
Göttingen Sensory Lecture
International
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
· 2014
The Lecture was jointly supported by the collaborative sensory research grant on Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Flexner Discovery Lecture
International
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
· 2014
The following is a description of the Flexner Discovery Lectures: “The Flexner Discovery Lecture Series features the world’s most eminent scientists, who speak on the highest-impact research and policy issues in science and medicine today. Prior speakers have included multiple Nobel Laureates and members of the United States’ Institute of Medicine.”
Scholar in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering
University
Duke University
· 2013
This appointment was created for Wilson, was approved by the President of the University, and has a five-year term that is renewable.
Commendation of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance
International
American Cochlear Implant Alliance
· 2013
Wilson was one of the first three recipients of the Commendation of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. The other two recipients were Ingeborg J. Hochmair, Ph.D., and Graeme M. Clark, M.D., Ph.D. The Commendation for each of them was "in recognition of the lifetime contributions contributions of 2013 Lasker Award winner Dr. (name) in serving those with hearing loss through (his or her) remarkable contributions to the science of cochlear implantation."
Chandra Sekhar Lecture
International
The Chandra Sekhar Fund and the New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
· 2013
The Chandra Sekhar lectures honor Dr. Hosakere K. Chandra Sekhar for his work in temporal bone histology and for his contributions to education and clinical care during his distinguished career at the NYU School of Medicine, which began in 1971. The lectures are supported by a fund established by his family upon his retirement in 2008; the present lecture by Wilson was the second in the series of lectures.
International
Lasker Foundation
· 2013
This award was to Blake Wilson, Graeme Clark, and Ingeborg Hochmair, "for the development of the modern cochlear implant -- a device that bestows hearing to individuals with profound deafness." The Lasker Awards are among the most respected science prizes in the world and are second only to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for recognizing advances in medicine and medical science; indeed, fully a third of the winners of a Lasker Award go on to win the Nobel Prize at a later time. The Lasker Awards are popularly known as “America’s Nobels.” Only about 250 persons have received a Lasker Award since the inception of the awards program in 1945. Please see http://www.laskerfoundation.org/ for further details about the Lasker Foundation and its awards.
Co-Chair, with Co-Chair Christoph von Ilberg, M.D., of the Presbycusis Research Meeting, Munich, Germany
International
The conference sponsors
· 2012
Dean’s Leadership in Innovation Seminar
University
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia
· 2011
Guest of Honor, Munich Hearing Implant Symposium: Reaching New Heights, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2011
Wilson was one of two Guests of Honor. The other was Jan Helms, M.D.
One of Wilson's inventions was named as one of the four greatest inventions or discoveries in the 50-year history of the Research Triangle Park
Other
Triangle Business Journal
· 2009
The Research Triangle Park is the largest research park in the USA and includes more than 170 research organizations whose aggregate number of full-time employees exceeds 42,000. The other three inventions or discoveries were the UPC barcode, invented at IBM; the anti-cancer drug Taxol, discovered and developed at the Research Triangle Institute; and the anti-viral drug AZT used to treat HIV-AIDS, invented at GlaxoSmithKline.
Guest of Honor, Ninth European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Warsaw, Poland
International
The conference organizers
· 2009
This Symposium is among the largest conferences in the field of cochlear implants; more than 1,700 delegates attended the symposium in Warsaw, which was an all-time high for these symposia.
Invitation to write the lead article for the special issue of the journal Hearing Research on Frontiers of Auditory Prosthesis Research: Implications for Clinical Practice
International
The editors for the special issue
· 2008
Neel Distinguished Research Lectureship
International
American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
· 2008
The two-part lecture for this year was given with Richard T. Miyamoto, M.D., Chair of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine; the attendance for the Annual Meeting approximated 8,500. The prior Neel Lecture was given in 2007 by Elias Zerhouni, M.D., the Director of the NIH.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
University
Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
· 2007
Guest of Honor, Workshop on the Present Status and Future Directions of Cochlear Implants, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
International
Nano Bioelectronics & Systems Research Center, Seoul National University
· 2006
Guest of Honor, Sixth Wullstein Symposium 2006: New Developments in Hearing Technology, Würzburg, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2006
Guest of Honor, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, India
International
Indian Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam, India
· 2006
Special Guest of Honor, Ninth International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences, Vienna, Austria
International
The conference organizers
· 2006
Blake Wilson, Graeme M. Clark, and James F. Battey, Jr. are the only people to be so honored in this series of the largest conferences in the field of cochlear implants; the Vienna Conference was attended by more than 1,600 delegates from more than 70 countries.
Honorary member
National
Clinical Otologic Research Team (the CORT), USA
· 2006
The Clinical Otologic Research Team (CORT) includes leading otologists in the United States.
Guest of Honor, Meeting of the Clinical Otologic Research Team (CORT), Cal-Creek Ranch, near Santa Fe, NM, USA
National
The CORT
· 2006
The CORT includes leading otologists in the United States.
Chair, with Co-Chair Michael F. Dorman, Ph.D., of the Hearing Preservation Workshop V, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
International
The conference organizers
· 2006
Guest of Honor, Annual Meeting of the British Cochlear Implant Group: Pushing the Boundaries of Cochlear Implantation, Birmingham, UK
International
British Cochlear Implant Group
· 2005
Guest of Honor, Hearing Preservation Workshop IV, Warsaw-Kajetany, Poland
International
The conference organizers
· 2005
Guest of Honor, Annual Nalli Family Day, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
International
Nalli Family Fund
· 2005
Nalli Family Distinguished Lecture
International
The Nalli Family Fund and the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
· 2005
Guest of Honor, Fifth Wullstein Symposium on Bilateral Cochlear Implants and Binaural Signal Processing, Würzburg, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2004
Designation as a "Friend Forever" to the International Center of Hearing and Speech in Kajetany (near Warsaw), Poland
International
The International Center of Hearing and Speech, Kajetany, Poland
· 2004
Co-Chair, with Chair Peter S. Roland, M.D., of the Third Hearing Preservation Workshop, Dallas, TX, USA
International
The conference sponsors
· 2004
Special Guest, Eighth International Cochlear Implant Conference, Indianapolis, IN, USA
International
The conference organizers
· 2004
Guest of Honor, Hearing Preservation Workshop II, Frankfurt, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2003
Appointment as one of the first four Senior Fellows for RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Other
RTI International
· 2002
RTI International is a large not-for-profit research institute with a staff of more than 2,800 at locations in the United States, Africa, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and El Salvador; one of the principal charges of the Fellows is to serve as advisors to the RTI President in setting the scientific directions for the organization. The first four Senior Fellows were appointed simultaneously.
Co-Chair, with Chair Richard T. Miyamoto, M.D., of the Hearing Preservation Workshop, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
International
The conference sponsors
· 2002
Guest of Honor, Wullstein Symposium 2002 (3rd Conference on Bilateral Cochlear Implantation and Bilateral Signal Processing, 7th International Cochlear Implant Workshop, and 1st Workshop on Binaural Rehabilitation), Würzburg, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2002
Honorary Member of the British Cochlear Implant Group
International
British Cochlear Implant Group
· 2002
Guest of Honor, Wullstein Symposium (2nd Conference on Bilateral Cochlear Implantation and Bilateral Signal Processing, 6th International Cochlear Implant Workshop and 2nd Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) Workshop), Würzburg, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 2001
Guest of Honor, 5th International Cochlear Implant Workshop and 1st Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI) Workshop, Würzburg, Germany
International
The conference organizers
· 1999
Presidential Citation for “Major contributions to the restoration of hearing in profoundly deaf persons,” on the occasion of the 130th Annual Meeting of the American Otological Society, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
International
American Otological Society
· 1997
This Citation was to Wilson, Dewey T. Lawson, Charles C. Finley, and Mariangeli Zerbi, who were the principal members of the team at the Research Triangle Institute at the time.
Invitation to write a Guest Editorial in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the British Journal of Audiology
International
British Journal of Audiology
· 1997
Guest of Honor, International Workshop on Cochlear Implants, Vienna, Austria
International
The conference organizers
· 1996
Discover Award for Technological Innovation
International
Discovery magazine
· 1996
The award was in one of the nine categories, "sound."
Chair of the 1991 Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
International
Election by peers
· 1991
