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(photo by Mary Donaldson)

Discovery Lecturer Patricia Donahoe, M.D., shares a laugh with Dan Roden, M.D., at a reception last week. Donahue, professor of Surgery at Harvard and director of the Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital, discussed the genetic causes of birth defects.

To view a video of her lecture, go to www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries.