November 20, 2009

Scripps CEO set for Discovery Lecture

Scripps CEO set for Discovery Lecture

Richard Lerner, M.D., president and chief executive officer of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., will deliver the next Discovery Lecture on Dec. 3.

Lerner's lecture, “The Chemistry of a Disease,” will be at 4 p.m. in 208 Light Hall.

Richard Lerner, M.D.

Richard Lerner, M.D.

A member of the National Academy of Science

Lerner's lecture, which is also the Ernest Goodpasture Lecture, is sponsored by the Department of Pathology and the Center for Matrix Biology.

For a complete schedule of the Discovery Lecture series and archived video of previous lectures, go to www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries.