Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series
Intro
The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series was launched in the fall of 2022 in order to highlight research topics that integrate efforts by multidisciplinary teams. Biomedical science research has become a “team sport” and requires a variety of subject matter and technical expertise including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology, Immunology, MultiOmics, high-end Imaging Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, as well as clinical specialty expertise. Given this reality, it is essential to engage our junior faculty, fellows, residents, and students to lectures and seminars on multidisciplinary research topics in which teams are working together to solve major scientific problems.
The purpose of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series is to expose all members of the UI COM research community to leading-edge science that involves both the depth and the breadth of scientific knowledge and technical expertise. This series will host scientists who are leaders in important areas of contemporary scientific endeavors and who have made seminal contributions.
Upcoming Lectures
Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Roeland Nusse, PhD
Past Dean’s Lectures
Past Dean’s Lectures
2025
- Any Target Every Time: How Multispecific Medicines are Transforming Pharmacotherapy
Raymond Deshaies, PhD
November 18, 2025 - Regulation of DNA and Histone Methylation, Clonal Hematopoiesis, and Cancer
Anjana Rao, PhD
September 30, 2025
- Gene-Agnostic Gene Therapy to Prolong Vision.
Constance Cepko, PhD
April 8, 2025 - The Origin of Life: How did Chemistry give rise to Biology?
Jack Szostak, PhD
January 27, 2025
2024
- 20 Years as a Health Equity Researcher: My View from Research, Government, and Non-profits.
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
November 19, 2024
- How do we know what we know? Integrating evidence for action.
Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS
September 17, 2024
- A Cure for Hepatitis C, Now What?
Charles M. Rice, PhD
April 29, 2024
- A New Class of Lipids with Beneficial Effects for Diabetes and Immune-Mediated Diseases
Barbara Kahn, MD
January 30, 2024
2023-2022
- Aquaporin Water Channels – From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine
Peter Agre, MD
September 19, 2023 - Why Do We Vaccinate Against Influenza – Again and Again?
Peter Palese, MD, PhD
April 18, 2023 - Innovation in Medicine and Health Care Delivery – A Perspective
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB
January 19, 2023 - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Lessons from Ophthalmology About Where We’re Heading
Michael F. Chiang, Director of the National Eye Institute
October 4, 2022