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 University of Iowa faculty, staff, students and the public. A list of previous speakers is located here. Some seminars are recorded and can be viewed by University of Iowa faculty, staff and students online.

UI Carver College of Medicine departments, institutes, centers, and programs may nominate speakers at https://uiowa.infoready4.com/#competitionDetail/1756810 under CCOM Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture Nominations. Questions should be directed to Sonya Housholder.

Due to the pandemic, this lecture series will be held virtually or speakers will be rescheduled to later dates.

2020-2021 Schedule

	Rescheduling to 2021-2022 Sekar Kathiresan, MD Director, Center for Genomic Medicine Ofer and Shelley Nemirovsky MGH Research Scholar Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, Cardiovascular Disease Initiative Broad Institute Co-Sponsored by the Iowa Institute for Human Genetics Thursday, September 17, 2020
	Hypoxia as a Therapy for Mitchondrial Disease Vamsi Mootha, MD Professor, Systems Biology Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Co-Sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology Michael J. Brody Memorial Lecture Tuesday, October 15, 2020 4:00-5:00 pm Request the Zoom link
	One Brain, Many Genomes: Somatic Mutation and Genomic Diversity in the Human Brain from Development to Degeneration Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD Bullard Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital Boston Co-Sponsored by the Medical Scientist Training Program Thursday, March 18, 2021 4:00-5:00 pm Request the Zoom link
	TBA Pascale Cossart, PhD Secrétaire Perpétuel de l’Académie des Sciences Emeritus Professor at the Pasteur Institute Co-Sponsored by the Department of Microbiology and Immunology Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:00-5:00pm Location TBD