Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series
The Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series features top-tier scientists and physicians performing high-impact research in a variety of areas.
Most Lectures, with few exceptions, will be held on the third Thursday of each month beginning in September. The seminars will be of broad interest and are open to all CCOM faculty, staff and students. Previous speaker schedules are located here.
2012-2013 Schedule
Title: "Specific Inhibition of Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Parkinson's Disease"
Gregory Petsko, DPhil
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medical College
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and the Carl S. Vestling Lecture
Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:00-5:00 pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Title: "Creating a sustainable health care system: Are you ready?"
James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
CEO & President, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health Care System
Lebanon Spine Center, Department of Orthopaedics
Professor of Orthopaedics
Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Peggy Y. Thomson Chair
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Thursday, October 18, 2012
4:00-5:00 pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Title: "Toward Decoding the Brain Serotonergic System: Intersectional Genetics and Functional Probing"
Susan Dymecki, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Neurology
Thursday, November 15, 2012
4:00-5:00pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Title: "Nature, Nurture and Fatty Liver Disease"
Helen H. Hobbs, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development
Co-Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program
Thursday, February 21, 2013
4:00-5:00 pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Title: TBA
Bruce Spiegelman, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Rescheduled to October 16, 2013 as part of the Distinguished Mentor Award Celebration
Title: "Neuromodulation and long-term behaviors"
Cori Bargmann, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Torsten N. Wiesel Professor
Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior
The Rockefeller University
Co-Sponsored by the Obesity Initiative
Thursday, April 18, 2013
4:00-5:00 pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Title: TBA
Stuart A. Lipton, MD, PhD
Professor and Scientific Director, Del E. Webb Center for Neuroscience, Aging, and Stem Cell Research
Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology
Thursday, May 16, 2013
4:00-5:00 pm
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)