The Power of Collaboration
Infusing Humanistic Approaches and Sensibilities into Economics
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Speakers
Gary Saul Morson
- Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities
- Professor, Russian Literature, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Suggested Readings
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
Resources
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,
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
Resources
Suggested Readings
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, PhD
- Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine and Simpson Querrey Institue resident
- And by courtesy Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry
Joanne C. Smith, MD
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
Resources
Suggested Readings
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, PhD
- Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
- Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
Resources
Suggested Readings
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)
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
