The Graduate School has a long and proud tradition of inviting a distinguished special
guest speaker as a highlight of each Graduate Research Day celebration. We have enjoyed
and learned from each honored guest over the years. Here are a few from previous events:
Annie and Willie Nelson Professor of Stem Cell Research|Pogue Distinguished Chair in Research on Cardiac Birth Defects |Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Science at Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Keynote Address:
"CRISPR Correction of Muscle and Heart Disease"
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar|Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine |
Winner of the 2019 Lasker Award
Keynote Address:
Regental Professor|Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense |Raymond & Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Keynote Address:
“Creating New Diseases and Suppressing Old Ones with Random Germline Mutagenesis"
Distinguished Professor Department of Entomology & UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center |Director, NIEHS-UCD Superfund Research Program, University of California – Davis
Keynote Address:
“Development of a Non Addictive Analgesic: The Painful Path from Basic Science to Treating Diabetic Pain”
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Integrative and Molecular Physiology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Member: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
Keynote Address:
“ Helicobacter, Hedgehog and Gastric Cancer”
Professor & Chair of Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine
Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences
Keynote Address:
“Merging of Our Senses: A Brain Challenge for Perceptual Reality”
President, The Institute of Systems and Biology
Keynote Address:
“System Medicine and Proactive P4 Medicine: Catalyzing a Revolution in Healthcare”
Professor of Bioengineering & Medicine |Director of Institute of Engineering in Medicine Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Keynote Address:
“Career Development: A Case History and General Thoughts”
Senior Fellow, HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus |NIH Distinguished Investigator, Emeritus, Laboratory of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute
Keynote Address:
“Chromatin Remodeling and the Regulation of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes”
