Discovery Lecture Series Archive — Page 10 of 20

October 27, 2016

Vanderbilt’s Dugan, Patel, Wallace set for Discovery Lecture

Three Vanderbilt University neuroscientists on the forefront of research in autism, addiction and Alzheimer’s disease will discuss their cutting-edge investigations during the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Seven adults pose together in a lecture room; one wears a white medical coat, and another wears a bright green jacket. A chalkboard and tables are visible behind them.
October 27, 2016

Kappler’s Discovery Lecture

John Kappler, Ph.D., a pioneer in the study of autoimmune diseases at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado, visited with members of the family of the late Irwin Eskind, M.D., prior to delivering the Irwin Eskind Lecture in Biomedical Science at VUMC last week.

Portrait of Costantino Iadecola, M.D., wearing glasses, a collared shirt, and dark jacket.
October 27, 2016

Iadecola set for Oates Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology

Costantino Iadecola, M.D., an expert in the molecular pathology of ischemic brain injury and neurodegeneration at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, will present the 10th annual Meredith S. and John A. Oates Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacology on Nov. 3.

Three adults converse and smile in a tiered lecture hall, with green seats and a brick wall behind them. The woman in the center holds a phone and glasses.
October 13, 2016

Engle’s Discovery Lecture

Pediatric neurologist Elizabeth Engle, M.D., center, talks with Vanderbilt’s Christopher Williams, M.D., Ph.D., and Jennifer Pietenpol, Ph.D., after her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.

Black-and-white sketch portrait of a smiling woman wearing rectangular eyeglasses.
September 29, 2016

Engle set for next Discovery Lecture

Elizabeth Engle, M.D., a pediatric neurologist who discovered a group of genetic disorders affecting cranial nerves, will present the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 6.

A woman wearing glasses and a pink patterned jacket stands behind a wooden lectern, speaking into a microphone on a darkened stage.
September 29, 2016

Elder care planning

Geriatrician and health services researcher Joanne Lynn, M.D., spoke on building health systems for the elderly during her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture. Lynn is the director of the Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness at the nonprofit Altarum Institute.