John Karijolich, M.D., Ph.D.
Ashley Shoemaker, M.D., M.S.C.I
Jonathan Kropski, M.D.
Cutting-Edge Discovery Lecture
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Medicine
November 21, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Sanofi
Tackling AIDS and Cancer with Novel Antibody Therapeutics
November 14, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center
Bennet Landman, Ph.D.
Bradley Malin, Ph.D.
Colin Walsh, M.D., M.A.
Cutting-Edge Discovery Lecture
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Department of Biomedical Informatics
- Department of Biomedical Informatics
Better Healthcare through Data Science
(with a Dash of Privacy Assistance)
October 24, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Christine Grady, M.S.N., Ph.D.
- Chief of the Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bioethics Research: Opportunities and Challenges
October 17, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society (Patricia Townsend Meador Lecture)
Thomas Südhof, M.D.
- Avram Goldstein Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute
Towards a Molecular Logic of Synapse Formation
October 3, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
- Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
- Director, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism
- Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Nuclear Receptors, Circadian Rhythms, and Metabolism
September 19, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center (Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Sciences)
Christine Seidman, M.D.
Vanderbilt Prize Lecture
- 2019 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science Recipient
- T.W. Smith Professor of Medicine & Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute
Mutations, Mechanisms, and New Medicines for Cardiomyopathy
September 12, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Tony Hunter, Ph.D.
- American Cancer Society Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Renato Dulbecco Chair
Phosphorylation as a Paradigm for Reversible Post-translational Modification of Proteins
May 2, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Scott Zeger, Ph.D.
- Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Precision Medicine: A Contrarian Data Scientist's View
April 18, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Biostatistics
Gerard E. Francisco, M.D.
- Wulfe Family Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Professor and Chair of PM&R, UTHealth McGovern Medical School
- Chief Medical Officer and Director of the NeuroRecovery Research Center at TIRR Memorial Hermann
Rehabilitation: The Science and Translation of Function and Enablement
March 28, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics
Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D.
- Chair, Department of Cell Biomolecular Medicine
- Director, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, NYU Langone Medical Center
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Mitochondrial Inheritance and Selection
March 21, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Ronald Evans, Ph.D.
- Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Science
- Professor and Director, Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- HHMI Investigator
- March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
Nuclear Receptors: Resetting Metabolism and Treating Diabetes
March 7, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
Lloyd B. Minor, M.D.
- The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine
- Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Professor, by courtesy, of Neurobiology and Bioengineering
February 21, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Otolaryngology
Angelika Amon, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Prize Lecture
- 2018 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science Recipient
- Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research
- Professor of Biology, Koch Instititute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Effects of Aneuploidy on Cell Physiology and Its Role in Tumorigenesis
January 31, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., DrPH
- Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University of Public Heath
- Past President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Epidemiological Society
Health Not Healthcare: What We Should Talk About When We Talk About Health
January 24, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Helen Hobbs, M.D.
- Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas Heart Ball Chair in Cardiology Research
- Philip O'Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D., Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology
- Eugene McDermott Distinguished Chair for the Study of Human Growth and Development
Genetics of Fatty Liver Disease: Ancient Mutations for a Common Disease
January 10, 2019 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program