The Duke University School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Research Series showcases groundbreaking research from the basic, clinical, and translational sciences. Formerly Research Week, the reimagined series will be held in-person and livestreamed. All faculty, staff, trainees, and students are welcome to attend.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Great Hall, Trent Semans Center for Health Education and livestreamed
"Telomeres and cancer: genome instability and tumor suppression"
Titia de Lange, PhD
Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics
Director, Anderson Center for Cancer Research
Rockefeller University
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Faculty Lectures
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Trent Semans Center for Health Education and livestreamed
Debra Silver, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Cell Biology, and Neurobiology
Craig Lowe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Trainee Poster Session
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Faculty Lectures
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trent Semans Center for Health Education and livestreamed
Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH
Director, Duke Global Health Institute
Professor of Medicine
Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Associate Director of Research, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity
Co-Director, Special Populations & Equity in Research Cores, Clinical and Translational Science Award, CTSI
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Faculty Lectures
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Trent Semans Center for Health Education and livestreamed
Cagla Eroglu, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology
HHMI Investigator
"Genetic risks and new toxin challenges in understanding and treating Parkinson’s disease"
Andrew West, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Director, Duke Center for Neurodegeneration and Neurotherapeutics
Trainee Poster Session
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Faculty Lectures
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trent Semans Center for Health Education and livestreamed
Kimberly Johnson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Lisa McElroy, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Population Health Sciences
Inaugural Onyekwere E. Akwari Endowed Professor in Surgery