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Dean's Lecture Series

The Dean’s Lecture Series at the University of Texas 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.

Speakers — FY 2010

Ellen Vitetta, M.D., Ph.D.
The Scheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunobiology

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Redesigning Poisons for Biomedicine and Biodefense"

October 20, 2009

Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

University of Pennsylvania
"How Obesity Causes Diabetes"

November 18, 2009

Mortimer Mishkin, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator

National Institutes of Health
"TBA"

February 10, 2010

Past Speakers

FY 1984
Jean D. Wilson, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas

FY 1987
G. Barry Pierce, M.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

FY 1988
John H. Byrne, Ph.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

FY 1990
Samuel Kaplan, Ph.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

FY 1997
Stanley G. Schultz, M.D..
University of Texas Houston Medical School

L. Maximillian Buja, M.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

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

John Mendelsohn, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Kenneth K. Wu, M.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

Christian R. H. Raetz, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Ernst Knobil, Ph.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
University of Utah

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.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Judah Folkman, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

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 2000
Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School

Patricia K. Donahoe, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Past Speakers

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 2002
Peter Libby, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

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

FY 2003
Owen Witte, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

Susan Amara, Ph.D.
Vollum Institute for Biomedical Research

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

FY 2004
Victor Mckusick, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital

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

Neal Lane, Ph.D.
Rice University

FY 2005
Dame Julia Polak, M.D.
Imperial College, London

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

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

FY 2006
Christopher Miller, Ph.D.
Brandeis University

James Rothman, Ph.D.
Columbia University

FY 2007
Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

Christine Seidman, M.D.,
Harvard Medical School

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

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 2009

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

David Russell, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center