Meet the Investigators 2008 Discussion Series

The first year MD-PhD students have organized the ‘Meet the Investigator’ seminar series for the spring term to engage in candid conversations with medical scientists about the broad range of joys and challenges in their careers.

The lunchtime seminars are open to MD-PhD students only. Sign up is on eCommons.

Wayne Lencer, MDWayne Lencer, MD
28 February 2008
Dr. Lencer is Chief of Gastroenterology and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston. The Lencer laboratory studies the cell and molecular biology of vesicular transport in polarized epithelial cells and regulation of ion transport in the intestine.

Len Zon, MDLen Zon, MD
13 March 2008
Dr. Zon is the Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston as well as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. His laboratory focuses on the developmental biology of hematopoiesis and cancer, and has spearheaded the use of zebrafish as a model organism.

Sarah Fortune, MDSarah Fortune, MD
27 March 2008
Dr. Fortune is Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Disease at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of mycobacterium tuberculosis. She recently received the NIH New Innovator Award.

Bob Brown, MD, DPhilBob Brown, MD, DPhil
10 April 2008
Dr. Brown is Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Day Neuromuscular Laboratory and Muscular Dystrophy Association clinic at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His research focus is on neuromuscular diseases such as ALS.

Anthony D’Amico, MD, PhDAnthony D’Amico, MD, PhD
15 May 2008
Dr. D’Amico is Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Chair of the Division of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. His research focus is in prostate cancer. He also serves as the Master of Holmes Society at HMS.

Judy Lieberman, MD, PhDJudy Lieberman, MD, PhD
22 May 2008
Dr. Lieberman is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of AIDS at Harvard Medical School. Her laboratory is interested in Cytotoxic T Cell immunology and RNA interference.

Updated: March 11, 2008