The Power of Collaboration
Infusing Humanistic Approaches and Sensibilities into Economics
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
A Scientist and a Humanist Walk Into a Bar ….
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Speakers
Susan E. Phillips
- Alumnae of Northwestern Teaching Professor
- Associate Professor of English
Indira M. Raman, PhD
- Professor, Bill and Gayle Cook Chair in Biological Sciences, Neurobiology
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Suggested Readings
Synthetic Biology
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Speakers
Michael C. Jewett
- Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
- Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Co-director, Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University
Milan Mrksich, PhD
- NU Vice President for Research
- Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Professor of Chemistry
- Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Founding Director NU Center for Synthetic Biology
- Associate Director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center,
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Transforming Cardiology
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Speakers
Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD
- Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
- Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Robert Greg Webster, MD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Feinberg School of Medicine
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Evening Event at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Soft Electronics for the Human Body
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 5:00 pm 355 East Erie Street, complimentary valet parking for this event is available
Speakers
John Rogers
- Director at Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics at Northwestern University
- Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology)
Joanne C. Smith, MD
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
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How Integrating Patient Care and Research Transforms Both
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Speakers
Joanne C. Smith, MD
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
Richard L. Lieber
- Chief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President or Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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Two Heads Are Better Than One
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Speakers
Thomas P. Shanley, MD
- Chair, Department of Pediatrics
- Founders’ Board Centennial Professor
- Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
- Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
- Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
- Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)
- Eileen M. Foell Professor
- Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) and Medicine (Cardiology)
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Suggested Readings
Immunotherapy Approaches to Cancer Therapy
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Speakers
Chad Mirkin
- The Mirkin Research Group
- Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology
- George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry
- McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Andrew Lee
- Research Assistant Professor Chemical and Biological Engineering; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
