2017 Speakers
Sally E. Wenzel, M.D.
- Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Director, Asthma Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Chair in Translational Airway Biology, Subsection Chief of Allergy, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Precision Medicine and Asthma: Is the Vision Meeting the Reality?
November 9, 2017
Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program
David Sweatt, Ph.D.
William P. Tansey, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
Epigenetics, Transcription, and Disease
October 26, 2017
Sponsored by Office of the President and CEO
Joshua C. Denny, M.D., M.S., FACMI
Consuelo H. Wilkins, M.D., MSCI
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
Propelling Precision Medicine and its Promise of Health Equity
October 12, 2017
Sponsored by Office of the President and CEO
Marija Zanic, Ph.D.
Christine M. Lovly, M.D., Ph.D.
Lauren Parker Jackson, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Faculty Cutting-edge Discovery Lecture
Cutting-Edge Molecular Tools Drive Basic Science Discovery and Patient Care
September 21, 2017
Sponsored by Office of the President and CEO
David Allis, Ph.D.
- Joy and Jack Fishman Professor, Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, The Rockefeller University
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Varying the Terrain of Epigenetic Landscapes: Implications for Gene Regulation, Development, and Cancer
September 7, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
At the request of Dr. Allis, this lecture was not recorded.
Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
- University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor, Department of Neuroscience Columbia University
- Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science
- Co-Director of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
- Investigator, HHMI
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
James Spudich, Ph.D.
- Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry
- Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease
- Member, National Academy of Sciences
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: from Fundamental Research to New Therapeutic Approaches
Apr 6, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. – 2016 Vanderbilt Prize Winner
- Head, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer
Mar 30, 2017
Sponsored by the Office of the President and CEO
Ajit Varki, MBBS (M.D.)
- University of California, San Diego Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Co-Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center
- Co-Director, UCSD/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)
- Adjunct Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Member, Institute of Medicine
Glycans: the Dark Matter of the Biological Universe
Mar 23, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of Medicine
Paul Bieniasz, Ph.D.
- Investigator, HHMI
- Professor and Head, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University
Intrinsic Cellular Defenses Against Retroviral Attack
Mar 9, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Roderic Pettigrew, M.D., Ph.D.
- Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health
Engineering Medicine For A Global Society
Mar 2, 2017
Co-Sponsored by the Institute of Imaging Science and the Office for Diversity Affairs
Josep Dalmau, M.D., Ph.D.
- Research Professor ICREA-IDIBAPS
- Service of Neurology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona
- Adjunct Professor Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- Member, National Academy of Medicine
Antibody-mediated Diseases Of The Synapse
Feb 23, 2017
Sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics