Dean’s Lecture Series

Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, Ron Evans

Ernst Knobil Distinguished Lecture, Ron Evans, The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

 

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 2023

September 20, 2022 
Dean’s Lecture
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
Kennedy Family Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Columbia University
“Genomic medicine: disparities and opportunities to improve health equity”

October 11, 2022  
Dean’s Lecture
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
“Evidence Generation and Dealing with Misinformation: Public Health Priorities of our Time

FY 2022

Malcolm Gillis University Professor
Director, Rice 360 Institute for Global Health
Department of Bioengineering
Rice University
“Developing and Translating Affordable Technologies to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Low-Resource Settings”
April 5, 2022
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
MSB 3.001

FY 2021

Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Translational Tissue Engineering Center
Wilmer Eye Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Lessons in translation: How clinical experience guides discovery in regenerative medicine”
November 10, 2020
4:00 p.m.
WebEx Recording

FY 2019

John Ioannidis, M.D., DS.c.
Stanford University School of Medicine

Michael Young, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University


FY 2018

Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Richard Morimoto, Ph.D.
Northwestern University


FY 2017

Michael Rosen, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Keith Klugman, MBBCH, Ph.D.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


FY 2016

Darcy Krueger, M.D., Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Richard Sidman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School


FY 2015

Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
Texas A & M Health Science Center

Morgan Sheng, Ph.D.
The Broad Institute MIT

Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara


FY 2014

Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School


FY 2013

Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Arnold Levine, Ph.D.
Institute for Advanced Study


FY 2012

Salih Wakil, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Herbert Fred, MD, MACP
McGovern Medical School


FY 2011

Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern

Mortimer Mishkin, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health

Doug Wallace, Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia


FY 2010

Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania


FY 2009

Marshall Nirenberg, Ph.D.,
National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

David Russell, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center


FY 2008

Gerald Edelman, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

Huda Zogbhi, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Daniel Hale, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio


FY 2007

Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Christine Seidman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

Mark Bear, Ph.D.
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory


FY 2006

Christopher Miller, Ph.D.
Brandeis University

James Rothman, Ph.D.
Yale University


FY 2005

Dame Julia Polak, M.D.
Imperial College, London

Allen Cowley, Jr., Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin

C. David Allis, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University

Randy Schekman, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley


FY 2004

Victor Mckusick, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital

Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D.
University of Texas School of Public Health

Neal Lane, Ph.D.
Rice University


FY 2003

Owen Witte, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Susan Amara, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Mental Health

Matthew Scott, Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine


FY 2002

Peter Libby, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University


FY 2001

David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine

Ron Evans, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Bruce Stillman, Ph.D.
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.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center


FY 1999

Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.
The Rockfeller University

Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine

Michael J. Welsh, M.D.
University of Iowa College of Medicine

Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School


FY 1998

Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Brigid L. M. Hogan, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Story Landis, Ph.D.
Allen Institute

Judah Folkman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School


FY 1997

Stanley G. Schultz, M.D.
McGovern Medical School

L. Maximillian Buja, M.D.
McGovern Medical School

Bert W. O’Malley, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

John Mendelsohn, M.D.
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.
Duke University Medical Center

Ernst Knobil, Ph.D.
McGovern Medical School

Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
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.
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas