Dean’s Lecture Series
The Dean’s Lecture Series at the McGovern Medical School was established in 1983 to promote and encourage professional development and spark collaborative interest. Sponsored by the Research Committee, each year eminent scientists across various scientific disciplines are invited to present their work. Lecture topics range from basic science research to patient care topics.
FY 2026
October 7, 2025
Dean’s Lecture
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., MSB 2.006
Miriam Goodman, Ph.D. (external link)
Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University
“Deciphering where and how touch happens”
Goodman Recording (external link)
Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery & IMM-Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
Director, Pediatric Trauma Program at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
Children’s Fund Distinguished Professor
FY 2025
Dineo Khabele, M.D. (external link)
Washington University
Recording Khabele (external link)
Eileen White (external link)
Rutgers Cancer Institute
Recording White (external link)
FY 2024
Recording Scott (external link)
FY 2023
FY 2022
FY 2021
Johns Hopkins University
FY 2019
John Ioannidis, M.D., DS.c. (external link)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Michael Young, Ph.D. (external link)
The Rockefeller University
FY 2018
Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Ph.D. (external link)
Stanford University
Richard Morimoto, Ph.D. (external link)
Northwestern University
FY 2017
Michael Rosen, Ph.D. (external link)
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Keith Klugman, MBBCH, Ph.D. (external link)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
FY 2016
Darcy Krueger, M.D., Ph.D (external link).
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Richard Sidman, M.D. (external link)
Harvard Medical School
FY 2015
Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
Texas A & M Health Science Center
Morgan Sheng, Ph.D. (external link)
The Broad Institute MIT
Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D. (external link)
University of California, Santa Barbara
FY 2014
Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School
FY 2013
Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D. (external link)
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Arnold Levine, Ph.D. (external link)
Institute for Advanced Study
FY 2012
Salih Wakil, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D. (external link)
The Rockefeller University
Herbert Fred, MD, MACP
McGovern Medical School
FY 2011
Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D. (external link)
University of Texas Southwestern
Mortimer Mishkin, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Doug Wallace, Ph.D. (external link)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
FY 2010
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., (external link)
University of Pennsylvania
FY 2009
Marshall Nirenberg, Ph.D.,
Nobel Laureate
National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
David Russell, Ph.D. (external link)
UT Southwestern Medical Center
FY 2008
Gerald Edelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate
Harvard Medical School
Huda Zogbhi, M.D. (external link)
Baylor College of Medicine
Daniel Hale, M.D. (external link)
Penn State Health
FY 2007
Carla Shatz, Ph.D. (external link)
Stanford University
Christine Seidman, M.D. (external link)
Harvard Medical School
Mark Bear, Ph.D. (external link)
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
FY 2006
Christopher Miller, Ph.D. (external link)
Brandeis University
James Rothman, Ph.D. (external link)
Nobel Laureate
Yale University
FY 2005
Dame Julia Polak, M.D.
Imperial College, London
Allen Cowley, Jr., Ph.D. (external link)
Medical College of Wisconsin
C. David Allis, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
Randy Schekman, Ph.D. (external link)
Nobel Laureate
University of California, Berkeley
FY 2004
Victor Mckusick, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D. (external link)
University of Texas School of Public Health
Neal Lane, Ph.D. (external link)
Rice University
FY 2003
Owen Witte, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Susan Amara, Ph.D. (external link)
National Institutes of Mental Health
Matthew Scott, Ph.D. (external link)
Stanford University School of Medicine
FY 2002
Peter Libby, M.D. (external link)
Harvard Medical School
A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D. (external link)
The Rockefeller University
FY 2001
David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D. (external link)
New York University School of Medicine
Ron Evans, Ph.D. (external link)
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Bruce Stillman, Ph.D. (external link)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
FY 2000
Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
George Washington University
Patricia K. Donahoe, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Eric N. Olson, Ph.D. (external link)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
FY 1999
Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate
The Rockfeller University
Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Michael J. Welsh, M.D. (external link)
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
FY 1998
Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
Nobel Laureate
Duke University Medical Center
Brigid L. M. Hogan, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Judah Folkman, M.D. (external link)
Harvard Medical School
FY 1997
Stanley G. Schultz, M.D.
McGovern Medical School
L. Maximillian Buja, M.D.
McGovern Medical School
John Mendelsohn, M.D. (external link)
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth K. Wu, M.D.
McGovern Medical School
Christian R. H. Raetz, M.D., Ph.D. (external link)
Duke University Medical Center
Ernst Knobil, Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School
Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D. (external link)
Nobel Laureate
University of Utah
FY 1990
Samuel Kaplan, Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School
FY 1988
John H. Byrne, Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School
FY 1987
G. Barry Pierce, M.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
FY 1984
Jean D. Wilson, M.D. (external link)
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas