Nancy J. Cox, Ph.D.
- Director, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
- Director, Division of Genetic Medicine
- Mary Phillips Edmonds Gray Professor of Genetics
- Professor, Department of Medicine
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Building a Catalog Linking Genes to the Medical Phenome in BioVU
Dec. 17, 2015
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Joe G. N. "Skip" Garcia, M.D.
- Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
- Arizona Health Sciences Center
- Merlin K. DuVal, MD Endowed Chair for Leadership and Innovation
- Professor of Medicine
- UA College of Medicine
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Systems Biology Approaches to Personalize Critical Care Therapies
Dec. 10, 2015
Sponsored by Pediatrics
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Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.
- 2014 Vanderbilt Prize Winner
- Professor of Biology, MIT
- Investigator, HHMI
- Member, Institute of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
From Yeast to Human Stem Cells:
A Powerful Discovery Platform For Combatting Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nov. 19, 2015
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Elazer R. Edelman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Senior Attending Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
- Member, Institute of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
Pushing Innovation At The Cusp Of Engineering, Biology And Medicine
Nov. 5, 2015
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program
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Ingeborg J. Hochmair, Ph.D.
- Vienna University of Technology, Innsbruck University of Medicine
- CEO and CTO of MED EL Corporation
- Receipient, Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Hearing Restoration via Cochlear Implants: Achievements and Future Challenges for Engineering and Research
Oct. 8, 2015
Sponsored by Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center Department of Otolaryngology
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David M. Bader, Ph.D.
Nancy J. Brown, M.D.
Thomas J. Wang, M.D.
Vanderbilt Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
David M. Bader, Ph.D.
- Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology
- Gladys Parkinson Stahlman Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Nancy J. Brown, M.D.
- Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Chair, Department of Medicine
- Physician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Thomas J. Wang, M.D.
- Professor of Medicine
- Gottlieb C. Friesinger II Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Physician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute
Human Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease and Treatment
Sept. 24, 2015
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Timothy Jost, J.D.
- Washington and Lee University School of Law
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Who Should Control Health Care Costs: Consumers, Purchasers, Providers, or the Government?
Sept. 10, 2015
Sponsored by Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society, Patricia Townsend Meador Lectureship
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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
- Director of National Institutes of Health
- Member, Institute of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Investigator, HHMI
Exceptional Opportunities in Biomedical Research
May 28, 2015 | 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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David Cortez, Ph.D.
Robert J. Coffey, Jr., M.D.
Hilary A. Tindle, M.D., M.P.H.
David Cortez, Ph.D.
- Professor of Biochemistry
- Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Robert J. Coffey, Jr., M.D.
- Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Hilary A. Tindle, M.D., M.P.H.
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Director of Tobacco Research and Treatment
Vanderbilt Cutting-Edge Discovery: Gene environment interactions in cancer etiology and prevention
May 21, 2015
Sponsored by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
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Eric I. Knudsen, Ph.D.
- Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor, School of Medicine
- Professor of Neurobiology
- Stanford University
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
How the brain controls attention: a study in birds
April 30, 2015
Sponsored by Vanderbilt Brain Institute
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Roel Nusse, Ph.D.
- Daniel Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research
- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
- Department of Developmental Biology
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Investigator, HHMI
- Member, National Academy of Science
Wnt Signaling Stem Cell Control and Cancer
April 23, 2015
Sponsored by Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, CDB Distinguished Speaker
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Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D., FRCP, FRCPI, FRCPath, FRS, FMedSci
Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Science
- Co-Director, IMS; Director, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories; Director, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit
- Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
- Member, Royal Society, UK
Human Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Lessons From the Extremes
April 2, 2015
Sponsored by Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
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Louis Staudt, M.D., Ph.D.
- Lymphoid Malignancies Branch Head, Molecular Biology of Lymphoid Malignancies Section
- Deputy Branch Chief, Center for Cancer Research
- National Cancer Institute
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Therapy of Lymphoma Inspired by Functional and Structural Genomics
March 19, 2015
Sponsored by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H.
- Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics & Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- University of California, San Francisco
- Chief of Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Acculturation: What immigrants teach us about being American
Feb. 26, 2015 | 4 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Department of Pediatrics
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Mark E. Frisse, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
- Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Seeing Systems Differently: How Can Informatics Support 21st Century American Health Challenges?
January 22, 2015 | 4 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Department of Biomedical Informatics
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Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D.
- Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
- Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology and Chemistry
- University of California, Berkeley
- Investigator, HHMI
- Member, Institute of Medicine
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Crispr Biology: From Foundational to Translational Science
Jan. 8, 2015 | 4 p.m.
208 Light Hall
Sponsored by Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology and Center for Structural Biology