David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.![David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-18-sabatini.jpg)
- Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Professor of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Regulation of Growth by the mTOR Pathway
January 9, 2014
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Ron Vale, Ph.D.![Ron Vale, Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-17-vale.jpg)
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; UCSF
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Mechanisms of Biological Motility
January 30, 2014
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Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D.![Russ Altman, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-16-altman.jpg)
- Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, and Medicine at Stanford University
- Chair, Department of Bioengineering
- Members, Institute of Medicine
The Emerging Network of Data Connecting Genes to Drugs
February 6, 2014
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Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.![Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-15-deisseroth.jpg)
- D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Members, Institute of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
The Science of Dyslexia: Translating Science into Practice
February 20, 2014
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Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.![Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-14-lifton.jpg)
- Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Yale University School of Medicine
- Chair, Department of Genetics
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Discovery of disease genes and pathways by next generation DNA sequencing
March 6, 2014
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Blake S. Wilson, DSc![Blake S. Wilson, DSc](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-13-wilson.jpg)
- Co-Director, Duke Hearing Center
- Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University Medical Center
- Lasker Award Winner, 2013
The development of the modern cochlear implant and the first substantial restoration of a human sense using a medical intervention
March 13, 2014
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David Clapham, M.D., Ph.D.![David Clapham, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-12-clapham.jpg)
- Aldo R. Castañeda Professor of Cardiovascular Research at Boston Children's Hospital
- Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Ciliary Ion Channels and Hedgehog Signaling
April 3, 2014 | 3:00 p.m.
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Sally E. Shaywitz, M.D.
Bennett A. Shaywitz, M.D.![Shaywitz](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-11-shaywitz.jpg)
- Co-Directors of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
- Yale University School of Medicine
- Members, Institute of Medicine
The Science of Dyslexia: Translating Science into Practice
April 17, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Department of Pediatrics
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Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.![Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-10-gilmcher.jpg)
- Dean, Weil Cornell Medical College
- Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University
- Professor of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
ER Stress Sensors in Disease
May 1, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Wei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Marie Griffin, M.D., M.P.H.
John Graves, Ph.D.![Zheng-Griffin-Graves](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-09-ZhenGravesGriffen.jpg)
From Populations to Policy
May 15, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
202 Light Hall
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Borden Lacy, Ph.D.
James Crowe, Jr., M.D.
Simon Mallal, M.B.B.S.![Lacy-Crowe-Mallal](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-08-LacyCroweMallal.jpg)
From Bench to Bedside
May 22, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Heidi Hamm, Ph.D.![Heidi Hamm, Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-07-Hamm.jpg)
- Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Chair in Cardiovascular Research
- Professor of Pharmacology
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Studies of G protein regulation: the Vanderbilt years
June 12, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Richard J.H. Smith, M.D.![Richard J.H. Smith, M.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-06-Smith.jpg)
- Professor of Otolaryngology and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Hearing Loss, Personalized Genomic Medicine and You
Sept. 11, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and Department of Otolaryngology
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Bernard Lo, M.D.![Bernard Lo, M.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-05-Lo.jpg)
- President of Greenwall Foundation
- Professor of Medicine Emeritus
- Director Emeritus, Program in Medical Ethics, UCSF
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Decisions near the end of life: Can we make them less agonizing?
Sept. 25, 2014
Sponsored by Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Patricia Townsend Meador Lectureship
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Peter Doherty, Ph.D.![Peter Doherty, Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-04-Doherty.jpg)
- Michael F. Tamer Chair, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Laureate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1996
The Killer Defence
October 2, 2014
Sponsored by Department of Pharmacology
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Michael T. Longaker M.D., M.B.A., FACS![Michael T. Longaker M.D., M.B.A., FACS](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-03-Longaker.jpg)
- Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor and Vice Chair
- Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
- Director, Children's Surgical Research
- Director, Program in Regenerative Medicine
- Professor, by Courtesy, of Bioengineering
- Professor, by Courtesy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Director, Human Health Initiative
- Stanford University School of Medicine Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital
Minimizing Scarring: A Journey from Bench to Bedside
October 16, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Section of Surgical Sciences
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George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.![George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-02-Daley.jpg)
- Samuel E. Lux IV Professor of Hematology/Oncology
- Director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Children's Hospital Boston
- Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Cellnet: Enhancing Cellular Engineering Through Network Biology
October 30, 2014 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program
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Suzanne Bakken, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN![Suzanne Bakken, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN](https://www.vumc.org/discovery-lecture-series/sites/default/files/public_files/2014-01-Bakken.jpg)
- Alumni Professor of Nursing and Professor of Biomedical Informatics
- Columbia University
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Weaving a Strong Fabric of Trust for the Learning Health System through Community-Engaged Research with an Urban Latino Population
Dec. 11, 2014
Sponsored by Department of Biomedical Informatics