Past Research Day Speakers

Biographical information on speakers

• 2024: Norman E. (Ned) Sharpless, MD | Professor of Cancer Policy and Innovation at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
• 2011: Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD | Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduates Studies, Duke University School of Medicine

• 2010: Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD | President/CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• 2009: Holden Thorp, PhD. | Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill

• 2008: Michael M.E. Johns, MD | Chancellor, Emory University. 1990-1996 Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

• 2007: William F. Crowley, MD | Director of Clinical Research – Massachusuetts General Hospital

• 2006: Barry R. Bloom, PhD | Dean of the Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health

• 2005: Michael E. Debakey, MD | Pioneer, innovator, miracle maker, Samaritani

• 2004: Julie L. Gerberding, MD MPH | Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• 2003: Nancy F. Olivieri MD | Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI)

• 2002: Emanuel Petricoin III, PhD | Director of the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine

• 2000: Hamilton O. Smith, MD | 1978 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

• 1999: James P. Kushner | Director of Huntsman General Clinical Research Center

• 1998: Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

• 1997: Julius Axelrod, MD | 1970 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

• 1996: James R. Gavin, MD PhD | President of Morehouse School of Medicine

• 1995: Joseph L. Goldstein, MD | 1985 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

• 1993: J. Michael Bishop, MD | 1989 Nobel Laureate in Medicine