The 23rd Annual Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Lecture will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 29. in 208 Light Hall.
This year’s lecturer is Constance M. Mobley, MD, PHD, FACS, who is associate director of Liver Transplantation at Houston Methodist Hospital and associate professor of Clinical Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. Awards; deadline is Oct. 4
Awards will be given to honor at least one VUSM or VUMC faculty member, house staff member, graduate and professional student, and medical student. Organizers are asking nominators to nominate individuals that have made outstanding contributions in improving diversity, inclusion, and equity to honor Dr. Watkins’ commitment to improving healthcare for all people.
Dr. Levi Watkins, Jr. was passionate about increasing opportunities for those from historically marginalized groups in medicine and the biomedical sciences. He became the first African American student to be admitted to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, in 1966, and was the only African American student at Vanderbilt until he graduated in 1970. Dr. Watkins distinguished himself as a student, being selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and as a physician-scientist at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He was a renowned mentor and role model for countless students, trainees, and faculty members pursuing in medicine and the biomedical sciences.
Please submit your nominee and upload a one-page nomination letter describing your nominee’s contributions to the redcap link below by Oct. 4.