Upcoming Lectures

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).


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Dana Pe'er, PhD

  • Chair, Computational and Systems Biology Program

  • Scientific Director, Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

September 21, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall

Sponsored by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

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Ruth Lehmann, PhD

  • Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

May 11, 2023 | 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

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odunsiKunle Odunsi, MD, PhD

  • Director of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago

  • AbbVie Distinguished Service Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

April 6, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall

Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program

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Yifan Cheng, PhD

  • Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco

  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

March 9, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall

Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Center for Structural Biology

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Sir Paul Nurse, PhD

  • Director, Francis Crick Institute

  • Chancellor, University of Bristol

February 9, 2023 | 2:00 p.m. | Location: 208 Light Hall

Sponsored by the Department of Physiology and Biophysics

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