Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched the Discovery Lecture Series featuring the world's most eminent scientists, who will speak on the highest-impact research and policy issues in science and medicine today. In light of COVID-19, the Discovery Lecture Series may be conducted via interactive webinar, or in person with associated live stream. See each event listing for details. All lectures, unless otherwise indicated, start at 4:00 p.m. Please register here in order to receive the webinar instructions (only for lectures indicated as virtual).
Daniel Drucker, MD
Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Divsion of Endocrinology, University of Toronto
Banting and Best Diabetes Centre-Novodisk Chair in Incretion Biology
November 21, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center
Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft
November 6, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Informatics as part of the ADVANCE Symposium
If needed, join the backup live-stream via Teams
James Rothman, PhD
Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Chemistry
Director, Nanobiology Institute
Yale School of Medicine
October 3, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology
Venki Ramakrishnan, PhD
Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
September 26, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences
Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD
University Professor of the Medical Humanities, Professor of Medicine, Health Policy and American Studies, George Washington University
Adjunct Professor of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
April 18, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program
Frances Ashcroft, FRS, FMedSci, DBE
Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford
Fellow, Trinity College of Oxford
Fellow, Royal Society of London
March 21, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Offices of the Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer and the Dean of Basic Sciences
Timothy Springer, PhD
Chair, Computational and Systems Biology Program Latham Family Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
February 8, 2024 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall
Sponsored by the Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation