The Dean's Lecture Series 2003-2004

Dean's Distinguished Lecture in the Clinical Sciences

The Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series was founded at the College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1981 to provide a forum and formal vehicle for interdisciplinary academic exchange in the basic sciences, clinical sciences, and humanities. The lectures are designed to emphasize the cross-collaborative nature of scientific inquiry and to enrich the traditional scholarly exchange between the health sciences faculties, the other branches of Columbia University, and the metropolitan New York medical community—all while honoring the school's fundamental responsibility to maintain the highest standards of humanistic education.

Over the past twenty years, we have been fortunate to have as speakers some of the world's leading basic scientists, clinicians, and humanistic scholars, all of whom have made significant and outstanding contributions to their respective fields. Yet, as expert as all of these speakers are in their areas of specialization, they have been able to bring their thoughts and experiences to life for those outside their traditional academic disciplines—some of whom ultimately have found new ways to advance this knowledge at the intersection of the arts and sciences.

Through the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series, we look forward to continuing our tradition of bringing together students, professors, researchers and clinicians in the spirit of true intellectual curiosity and academic cooperation—sowing the seeds, perhaps, for the next great breakthrough discovery or cure in the process.

PAST DEAN'S DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS IN THE BASIC SCIENCES

1981-82 - Robert Mellins
1982-83 - Keith Reemtsma
1983-84 - Arthur Bank
1983-84 - Salvatore Di Mauro
1985-86 - DeWitt Goodman
1986-87 - L. Stanley James
1987-88 - Lewis P. Rowland
1988-89 - Qais Al-Awqati
1989-90 - I. Bernard Weinstein
1990-91 - Robert Canfield
1991-92 - J. Thomas Bigger
1992-93 - Nancy S. Wexler
1993-94 - Harold C. Neu
1994-95 - Eric A. Rose
1995-96 - Leonard Chess
1996-97 - Herbert D. Kleber
1997-98 - Richard Mayeux
1998-99 - Donald Klein
1999-00 - Alan R. Tall
2000-01 - Myron L. Weisfeldt
2001-02 - Anne Gershon
2002-03 - Barbara Barlow