Discovery Lecture Series

February 19, 2015

Discovery Lecture to explore acculturation’s impact on health

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., MPH, an expert on the effect of acculturation — adoption of the cultural traits of another group — on health outcomes, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 29, 2015

Photo: Delivering health

Vanderbilt’s Mark Frisse, M.D., M.S., MBA, Accenture Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, delivered last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture in Light Hall.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 15, 2015

Frisse set for next Discovery Lecture

Vanderbilt University’s Mark E. Frisse, M.D., M.S., MBA, a leader in the application of informatics to improve health care delivery, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 22.

By Bill Snyder
January 15, 2015

Discovery Lecturer outlines new genome editing technique

A mere 30 months since it was first described in the online edition of Science magazine, a new genome editing technique has, by many accounts, revolutionized the study of genes and disease.

By Bill Snyder
January 2, 2015

Genome-editing pioneer next up in Discovery Lecture series

Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., recipient of a 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Jan. 8.

By Leigh MacMillan
December 18, 2014

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At her recent Flexner Discovery Lecture, Suzanne Bakken, Ph.D., R.N., the Alumni Professor of Nursing and Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, shares a laugh with Vanderbilt’s William Stead, M.D., left, and Kevin Johnson, M.D., M.S.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 4, 2014

Columbia’s Bakken to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture

Suzanne Bakken, Ph.D., RN, the Alumni Professor of Nursing and professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Dec. 11.
By Leigh MacMillan
November 6, 2014

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Cellular engineering pioneer George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D., makes a point during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture at Vanderbilt. Daley directs the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 23, 2014

Cellular engineering expert Daley set for Discovery Lecture series

By Bill Snyder
October 23, 2014

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By Bill Snyder
October 9, 2014

Nobel laureate sheds light on immune response system

Peter Doherty, Ph.D., had some advice for young scientists at last week’s Flexner Discovery Lecture. The way to win a Nobel Prize, he said, “is to make a very big discovery first.”
By Leigh MacMillan
October 9, 2014

Longaker set for Discovery Lecture

Michael Longaker, M.D., well known for his contributions to tissue repair and engineering and stem cell biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 16.
By Bill Snyder
October 2, 2014

Photo: Ethics exploration

Bernard Lo, M.D., director emeritus of the Program in Medical Ethics at the University of California, San Francisco, spoke on issues surrounding end-of-life decisions at his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
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