Previous Events
November 20, 2024 – Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Obesity: Causes and the New Treatments
27th Annual Lecture and Luncheon – Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
From the Clinic to the Bench and Back: Insights into the Genetics of Neurological Disorders
May 1, 2024 – Ali H. Brivanlou, Ph.D. and Janna Levin, Ph.D.
Genesis of Life and the Universe: Time Travel in Developmental Embryology and Cosmology
2024 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D.
Svetlana Mojsov, Ph.D.
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2024 Spring Morning Lecture – Elizabeth Comen, M.D.
Breast Cancer and Women’s Health: Past, Present, and Future
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2023 Fall Morning Lecture – Sofia Axelrod, Ph.D.
Sleep and Beyond: How Basic Research is Leading a Revolution in Circadian Medicine
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November 15, 2023 – A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathways to Regeneration: Uncovering New Possibilities in Medicine
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2023 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Lily Jan, Ph.D. and Eve Marder, Ph.D.
Lily Jan, Ph.D. and Eve Marder, Ph.D.
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26th Annual Lecture and Luncheon – Elaine V. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Skin Stem Cells: Coping with Stress, Inflammation, and Cancer
April 27, 2023 – Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D. and Constantina Theofanopoulou, Ph.D.
Hardwired for Song and Dance: The Neurobiology of Language and Movement
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2022 CELEBRATING SCIENCE Benefit – Sohail Tavazoie, M.D., Ph.D.
Taking Aim at Moving Targets: How Promising New Cancer Drugs Block Metastasis
Inaugural Symposium for The Price Family Center for the Social Brain – David Anderson, Ph.D. ’83
Understanding Our Social Brain: How Neurons Encode Innate Social Behaviors
2022 Fall Morning Lecture – Dana Orange, M.D., M.Sc.
New Insights into Rheumatoid Arthritis: How Self-Testing Could Revolutionize the Fight Against Autoimmune Diseases
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Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund Speaker Series – Shruti Naik, Ph.D. and Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Candid Conversations: Illuminating the Tenure-track Pathway
2022 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Katalin Karikó, Ph.D.
Katalin Karikó
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2022 25th Anniversary Lecture and Luncheon – Priya Rajasethupathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Unlocking the Science of Memory
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2022 Spring Webinar for Benefactors & Friends – Holly S. Andersen, M.D.
Heart Disease and Stroke in 2022: Research, Treatment, Prevention
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A Portrait of Discovery: Five Rockefeller Trailblazers Who Made Scientific History
An Unveiling Celebration
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Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund Speaker Series – Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D., Leigh Baxt, Ph.D., Jeanne Farrell, Ph.D., and Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. ’91
Pathways in Bioscience: Four Prespectives Beyond the Bench
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2021 Women & Science Fall Morning Webinar – Kate Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Why Are Diseases of Affluence and Age Rising?
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2021 CELEBRATING SCIENCE Virtual Benefit
Honoring Pfizer and Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO
Fall Webinar for Benefactors & Friends – Daniel Mucida, Ph.D.
The Inside Story: How the Microbiome Influences Communication Between Our Nervous and Immune Systems
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2021 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Pamela J. Björkman, Ph.D.
Pamela J. Björkman, Ph.D.
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24th Annual Women & Science Lecture – Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D., ’05
Nature vs. Nurture: Exploring the Building Blocks of Social Behavior
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Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund Speaker Series – Brandy Houser, Ph.D.
Demystifying the Therapeutic Development Ecosystem: A Roadmap of What You Need to Know
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Women & Science Spring Morning Webinar – Mandë Holford, Ph.D., ‘03
From Beach to Bench and Beyond: Venom’s Therapeutic Potential for Pain and Cancer
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Kellen Women’s Entrepreneurship Fund Speaker Series – Karen Akinsanya, Ph.D
Conversations with Women Leaders in Bioscience
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Women & Science Fall Morning Webinar – Natalie L. Rasgon, M.D., Ph.D.
The Brain on Stress: A Pandemic of Depression, Diabetes and Dementia
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2020 CELEBRATING SCIENCE Virtual Benefit
The Convergence of Science and Medicine
2020 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Joanne Chory, Ph.D.
Joanne Chory, Ph.D.
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2020 Fall Webinar – Paul Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Burning Question: Can Some Body Fat Keep You Thin?
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2020 COVID-19 Webinar for W&S – Marina Caskey, M.D.
Antibody Therapeutics and Pathways to Prevention
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2019 Fall Breakfast Program – Xioawei Zhuang, Ph.D.
Visualizing the Invisible: Bio-Imaging at the Nanoscale and Genomic Scale
2019 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.
Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.
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2019 Fall Evening Program – Sidney Strickland, Ph.D.
The Clot Thickens: New Concepts for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
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2019 CELEBRATING SCIENCE Benefit – Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Constant Change: The Ever-Developing Brain
2019 Lecture and Luncheon – Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Diet, Genes, and Disease
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2019 Spring Evening Program – Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D., Christina Pressl, M.D.
What Makes Us Human?
The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
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2019 Spring Breakfast Program – Alison North, Ph.D.
A Voyage Into an Invisible World
How Modern Microscopes are Transforming Science
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2018 CELEBRATING SCIENCE Benefit – Michael Young, Ph.D.
Sleep: A Necessary Luxury
2018 Fall Evening Program – Jue Chen, Ph.D., Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
Science Goes 3-D
Revealing the Atomic Secrets Inside Our Cells
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2018 Fall Breakfast Program – Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
The CRISPR Revolution
Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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2018 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
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2018 Lecture and Luncheon – Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
DNA Repair: The Power of Precision Medicine in Treating Cancer
2018 Spring Breakfast Program – Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., Yejing Ge, Ph.D., Samantha Larsen
Women, Science, and Mentoring: NextGen Leaders and Entrepreneurs
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2018 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Regina Cunningham, Ph.D., R.N., NEA-BC, FAAN
Nursing: A Catalyst to Drive Value in Health Care
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2017 Fall Breakfast Program – Paula A. Johnson, M.D.
Sex and Gender: Critical Components in the Quest for Precision Medicine
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2017 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – JoAnne Stubbe, Ph.D.
JoAnne Stubbe, Ph.D.
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2017 Fall Evening Program – Priya Rajasethupathy, M.D., Ph.D.
Memory: New Insights into the Dynamic Brain
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2017 Lecture and Luncheon – Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
Global Health is Local Health: Eradicating Threats From A to Zika
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2017 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Gwenyth R. Wallen, Ph.D., R.N.
Clinical Research Nursing and Nursing Science: A Perfect Partnership
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2017 Spring Breakfast Program – Nina V. Fedoroff, Ph.D.
GMOs, CRISPR, and Modern Agriculture
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Special Evening Program – Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., Laura Landro
A Conversation with Richard P. Lifton led by Laura Landro
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2016 Fall Breakfast Program – Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.
Tiny Conspiracies: Cell to Cell Communication in Bacteria
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2016 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.
Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.
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2016 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D.
How Long Could We Live? Harnessing Our Longevity Genes
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2016 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Advancing Science, Improving Lives
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2015 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
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2015 Fall Breakfast Program – Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
Genetic Disorders of Dietary Excess: Getting to the Heart of the Matte
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2015 Fall Evening Program – Michael W. Young, Ph.D., Ana C. Krieger, M.D., M.P.H.
SLEEP: Why Our Brains and Bodies Need It
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2015 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Laura Landro
Understanding Addictions: Genes, Molecular Neurobiology, Behavior, and New Treatment Insights
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2015 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Afaf I. Meleis, Dr. P.S. (hon), FAAN
NextGen Health Care: The Stars are Aligned
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2014 Fall Evening Program – Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
At the Frontier of Neuroscience: Launching the BRAIN Initiative
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2014 Fall Evening Program – Margaret McCarthy, Ph.D.
The Pink and Blue in Gray Matter: Hormones, Gender, and the Developing Mind
Photos
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2014 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D.
Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D.
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2014 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Stem Cells and the Promise of Regenerative Medicine
Photos
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2014 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Lily Thomas, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Implementation of Evidence-Based Nursing: Implications for Leadership, Education, and Practice
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2014 Winter Evening Program – Sohail Tavazoie, M.D., Ph.D., Jennifer Stein, M.D., Ph.D., Debra Black
Sun Exposure, Genetics and Melanoma: A Worldwide Health Challenge
Photos
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2013 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
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2013 Fall Breakfast Forum – Holly S. Andersen, M.D.
Affairs of the Heart: Gender Differences in Heart Disease and Stroke
Photos
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2013 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Ancient Molecules and the Modern Brain: Understanding Our Social Nature
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2013 Winter Evening Program – John Coates, Ph.D., Linda Wilbrecht, Ph.D.
The Biology of Risk-Taking: How Age, Gender and Experience Affect Decisions and Behavior
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2013 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Diana J. Mason, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Research and Innovations in Nursing and Health Care
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2012 Fall Evening Program – Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.
Illuminating Resilience: How Stress and Trauma Can Transform Us
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2012 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.
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2012 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Titia de Lange, Ph.D.
When Good Genes Go Bad: Deciphering the Cancer Genome
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2012 Beatrice Renfield Lecture
Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Research Nursing
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2012 Spring Breakfast Forum – Kimberly Mowry, Ph.D.
A Pattern for Life: How a Single Egg Cell Sets the Stage for Development
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2011 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Brenda Milner, Ph.D.
2011 Fall Breakfast Forum – Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Stem Cells: What These Lifelong Companions Can Teach Us About Cancer, Aging and Regenerative Medicine
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2011 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D., Frederic Malle
Scent & Behavior: An Evocative Relationship
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2011 Beatrice Renfield Lecture – Deborah A. Chyun, Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FAAN
Diabetes and Heart Disease: Mentoring the Next Generation of Nurse-Scientists
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2011 Spring Breakfast Forum – Agata Smogorzewska, M.D., Ph.D.
Regarding the Resilient Genome: How Cells Block Cancer and Age Gracefully
Photos
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2010 Fall Evening Program – Sarah F. Leibowitz, Ph.D., Evelyn Attia, M.D.
Body Image, Nutrition, and Eating Disorders: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychiatry
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2010 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. and Janet D. Rowley, M.D.
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2010 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Jan L. Breslow, M.D., Barry S. Coller, M.D.
The Latest Word on Heart Disease and Stroke: Research, Prevention, and Treatment
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2010 Spring Breakfast Forum – Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Darcy Kelley, Ph.D., Halla Tomasdottir
Hormones and Profits: Is Gender Balance Better for Business?
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2009 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Suzanne Cory, Ph.D., F.R.S.
2009 Fall Breakfast Forum – Sohail Tavazoie, M.D., Ph.D.
Stopping Cancer in its Tracks: New Approaches to Preventing Metastasis
2009 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Cori Bargmann, Ph.D., Eric Kandel, M.D., Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
The Brain Trust Speaks: Three Leading Investigators Consider the Future of Neuroscience
2009 Beatrice Renfield Lecture
Professional Nursing in the 21st Century Challenges & Opportunities
2008 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – Marilyn A. DeLuca, Ph.D., RN
Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Dr. Carol W. Greider, and Dr. Vicki Lundblad
2009 Spring Breakfast Forum – David G. Nathan, M.D.
The Cancer Treatment Revolution
2008 Fall Breakfast Forum – Mary Sano, Ph.D., Samuel Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., Paul Greengard, Ph.D.
Can Science Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease?
2008 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
Understanding Addiction: Genes, Behavior and New Treatment Insights
2007 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Dr. Gail Martin, Dr. Beatrice Mintz, and Dr. Elizabeth Robertson
2008 Spring Breakfast Forum – Sarah Schlesinger, M.D.
At Long Last a Cervical Cancer Vaccine is Here: Are Other Vaccines on the Way?
2008 Winter Evening Program – Joel Cohen, Ph.D., Dr. P.H., Deborah Balk, Ph.D., Ellen Brennan-Galvin, Ph.D., Darren Walker, Esq.
The Future of Cities: How Climate Change, Population Trends and Urbanization Will Transform Our World
2007 Fall Evening Program – Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D.
Aging and the Discovery of “Longevity Genes”
2007 Fall Breakfast Forum – Sidney Strickland, Ph.D.
When Good Nerves Go Bad: Stem Cell Treatment of Neurological Disease
2007 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Titia de Lange, Ph.D., Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
Women In Science: Pioneers, Progress and the Unfinished Agenda
2007 Spring Breakfast Forum – Sarah F. Leibowitz, Ph.D.
Fats, Sugar and Alcohol: A Delicate Balance in Body Weight Regulation
2007 Winter Evening Program – Barry S. Coller, M.D.
Translational Research—How the Drug Pipeline Works
2006 Fall Evening Program – Eric Kandel, M.D.
We Are What We Remember: Memory and the Biological Basis of Individuality
2006 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Dr. Mary Frances Lyon
2006 Fall Breakfast Forum – Darcy Kelley, Ph.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Margaret Polaneczky, M.D., Samuel E. Gandy, M.D., Ph.D.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Revisited: Four Years Later
2006 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Simple Creatures, Complex Lives: Understanding the Genetic Basis of Behavior
2006 Spring Breakfast Forum – Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.
Prions, Mad Cow Disease and Shape-shifters of Memory
2006 Winter Evening Program – Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Outwitting Cancer: The Promise of New Vaccine Therapies
2005 Fall Evening Program – Martha Farah, Ph.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.
In an Era of Prozac and Ritalin—Is Brain Enhancement Ethical? Is It Smart?
2005 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Dr. Philippa Marrack
2005 Fall Breakfast Forum – Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
Scents and Sensibility
2005 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Paul Nurse, Ph.D., Madhav Dhodapkar, M.D., Titia de Lange, Ph.D., Anne Moore, Ph.D.
Cancer Treatment and Prevention—Where Are We Headed?
2005 Spring Breakfast Forum – Eric Kandel, Ph.D.
We Are What We Remember: Memory and the Biological Basis of Individuality
2005 Winter Evening Program – Jan L. Breslow, M.D., Barry S. Coller, M.D.
Affairs of the Heart: Recent Insights into Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
2004 Inaugural Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Dr. Nicole Le Douarin
2004 Fall Breakfast Forum – Sarah J. Schlesinger, M.D.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Vaccines—and More
2004 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Mamphela Ramphele, Ph.D.
Women’s Health and Development: A Global Perspective
2004 Spring Breakfast Forum – Ali Brivanlou, Ph.D.
The Promise of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
2003 Fall Breakfast Forum – Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.
A Conversation about the Biology of Stress and Addiction
2003 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Is Beauty Skin Deep? The Fascinating Biology of the Skin
2003 Spring Breakfast Forum – Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Weight Loss, Weight Gain: Genetics and the Body-Brain Connection
2002 Fall Breakfast Forum – Darcy Kelley, Ph.D., C. Dominique Toran-Allerand, M.D., Samuel E. Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., Richard S. Bockman, M.D., Ph.D., Jan Breslow, M.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.
The Estrogen Question: Science Seeks an Answer
2002 Spring Lecture and Luncheon
How Children Learn: Language, Hearing & the Brain
2002 Spring Breakfast Forum – Lisa Drakeman, Ph.D., Teena Lerner, Ph.D.
All’s Well that Ends Well: What Chomosome Tips Can Tell Us about Cancer and Aging
2001 Fall Breakfast Forum – Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
New Vaccine Strategies: Priming the Immune System to Battle Cancer and Infection
2001 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Terry Gaasterland, Ph.D., Arnold Levine, Ph.D.
Biology Enters the Information Age: Combating Illness with Personalized Medicine
2001 Spring Breakfast Forum – Lisa Drakeman, Ph.D., Teena Lerner, Ph.D.
Biotechnology in the Post-genomic Era
2000 Fall Breakfast Forum – Richard Bockman, M.D., Ph.D., Jan Breslow, M.D., Howard Fillit, M.D., Barbara Levine, M.D.
The Estrogen Question: Aging, Alzheimer’s, Heart Disease, Menopause and Nutrition
2000 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Dynamic Architecture: Recent Thoughts on the Brain’s Growth and Repair
2000 Spring Breakfast Forum – Robert Lahita, M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D.
Vulnerabilities of the Female Immune System: Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other Autoimmune Disorders
1999 Fall Breakfast Forum – Arnold Levine, Ph.D.
Putting the Breaks on Cancer: The p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene
1999 Spring Lecture and Luncheon – Titia de Lange, Ph.D.
The Problem with Immortality: Chromosomes, Cancer & Aging
1999 Spring Breakfast Forum – Michael W. Young, Ph.D.
The Other Biological Clock: How the Body’s Daily Rhythms Affect Life and Death
1998 Fall Breakfast Forum – Jan Breslow, M.D.
Heart Disease: Women’s Leading Health Threat
1998 Spring – Darcy Kelley, Ph.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D.
Estrogen & the Brain: New Insights into Women’s Health
