Giacomini to deliver Discovery Lecture
Kathleen Giacomini, Ph.D., a leader in the study of membrane transporters — proteins that move medicines into and out of cells — will deliver the next Discovery Lecture on Thursday, March 11.
Her lecture, “Personalizing Anti-diabetic Drug Therapy,” will begin at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.
Kathleen Giacomini, Ph.D.
Giacomini is co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the Institute of Medicine.
Her research focuses on the role of membrane transporters in drug absorption and disposition and how genetic variations in transporters affect clinical drug response.
Giacomini's lecture is the Grant R. Wilkinson Distinguished Lectureship, sponsored by the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the Department of Pharmacology.
For a complete schedule of the Discovery Lecture series and archived video of previous lectures, go to www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries.