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. All lectures, unless otherwise indicated, start at 4:00 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.
Richard Locksley, MD
- Director of the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center, University of California, San Francisco
February 20, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation
Jennifer Grandis, MD
- Robert K. Werbe Distinguished Professor in Head and Neck Cancer, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
February 27, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Department of Otolaryngology
Susan Amara, PhD
- Scientific Director, National Institute of Mental Health
March 12, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology
Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD
- Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and
- Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
March 26, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Vanderbilt Supporting Careers in Research for Interventional Physicians and Surgeons (SCRIPS)
Alejandro Sanchez-Alvarado, PhD
- Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
April 16, 2020 | 4:00 p.m.Sponsored by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Developmental Biology, and Stem Cell Biology