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Past Visiting Professorships 

2022-2023

For the 2022–2023 academic year, the Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science and Medicine featured Michelle Monje, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford University. She gave a lecture on April 5, 2023 from 4-5p in the D1.600 Lecture Hall, South Campus. The title of her talk was Neuron-glial Interactions in Health and Disease: from Cognition to Cancer.

2021-2022

For the 2021–2022 academic year, the Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Honoring Women in Science and Medicine featured Jo Handelsman, Ph.D., Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She gave a lecture on April 20, 2022, the title of her talk was A World Without Soil. 

2020-2021

Despite COVID-19, we were still able to hold our Ida M. Green Visiting Professorship lecture with a special guest: Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the viral immunologist who was at the forefront of developing the Moderna vaccine to combat COVID-19. Click Here to see her lecture

2019-2020

Dr. Joan A. Steitz
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University School of Medicine

2018-2019

Dr. Susan J. Fisher
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Translational Research in Perinatal Biology and Medicine
University of California San Francisco

 WISMAC members are pictured with Susan J. Fisher, Ph.D., (front row, third from left) who was the 2018–2019 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.
WISMAC members are pictured with Susan J. Fisher, Ph.D., (front row, third from left) who was the 2018–2019 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2017-2018

Dr. Olivera J. Finn
Distinguished Professor, Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

WISMAC
WISMAC members are pictured with Olivera J. Finn, Ph.D., (sitting, fourth from left) who was the 2017–2018 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2016-2017

Dr. Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Director, Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine

WISMAC members are pictured with Elizabeth M. McNally, M.D., Ph.D., (sitting, fourth from left) who was the 2016–2017 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2015-2016

Dr. Mary Relling
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee and Chair of the Pharmaceutical Department
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Chair, NIH PGRN Pharmacogenomics Research Network
Chair, NIH PGRN Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium

Group photo 2016
WISMAC members are pictured with Mary V. Relling Pharm.D. (standing, third from left) who was the 2015–2016 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2014–2015

Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D
Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director, Jan & Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital

WISMAC members
WISMAC members are pictured with Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D. (standing, second from left) who was the 2014-2015 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine

2013–2014

Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.  
President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director of the Division of Medical Genetics
Vice Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical School at Houston

WISMAC members
WISMAC members are pictured with Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D. (left of center) who was the 2013-2014 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2012–2013

Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, Duke University School of Medicine

WISMAC members pictured with Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.
WISMAC members are pictured with Nancy C. Andrews, M.D., Ph.D. (center), who was the 2012–2013 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2011–2012

Judith Kimble, Ph.D.
Henry Vilas Professor, Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute  
University Lecture: "Stem Cells and RNA Regulation: Networks and Mechanism"  

2010–2011

Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Dean, Duke University School of Medicine
(Cancelled because of weather)

2009–2010

Joan S. Brugge, Ph.D. 
Chair of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
University Lecture: "Extracellular Matrix Regulation of Cell Survival and Metabolism"

2008–2009

Carol Greider, Ph.D. 
Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
University Lecture: "Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction"

WISMAC members with Carol Greider, Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate Carol Greider, Ph.D., was the 2008-2009 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation's Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine. She is pictured (red jacket, back row) together with WISMAC members.

2007–2008

Christine E. Seidman, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
University Lecture: "Human Cardiomyopathies: From Genes to Mechanisms"

WISMAC members with Christine Seidman, M.D.
WISMAC members are pictured with Christine Seidman, MD (center), who was the 2007-2008 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2006–2007

Linda Buck, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center alumna
Associate Director and Member of the Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
University Lecture: "Unraveling Smell"

WISMAC members with Linda Buck, Ph.D.
Nobel Laureate and UT Southwestern alumna, Linda Buck, Ph.D. (right of center), was the 2006–2007 honoree of the Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine. Dr. Buck is pictured with her Ph.D. mentor, Ellen Vitetta, Ph.D. (left of center), and members of WISMAC.

2005–2006

Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School 
University Lecture: "Dynamic Interplay between Nature and Nurture in Brain Wiring during Development"

WISMAC members with Carla Shatz, Ph.D.
WISMAC members are pictured with Carla Schatz, Ph.D., (center) who was the 2005–2006 honoree of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2004–2005

Beatrice Hahn, M.D. 
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
University Lecture: "Tracing the Origin of the AIDS Pandemic"

WISMAC members with Beatrice Hahn, M.D.
WISMAC members are pictured with Beatrice Hahn, M.D., the 2004–2005 honoree of the Ida M. Green Distinguished Visiting Professorship Honoring Women in Science and Medicine.

2003–2004

Pamela Bjorkman, Ph.D.
Executive Officer and Professor of Biology, HHMI, California Institute of Technology
University Lecture: "Immunoglobulin Receptor Structure and Function From Molecules to Cells"

2002–2003

Anna Lok, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of Clinical Hepatology, University of Michigan Medical Center 
University Lecture: "Unraveling the many faces of Hepatitis B"

2000–2001

Mina Bissell, Ph.D.
Director, Life Science Division, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
University Lecture: "The Structural Basis of Tissue Specificity: The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Normal and Malignant Breast Tissue"

1999–2000

Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
Professor of Basic Sciences, HHMI, University of Chicago
University Lecture:  "Beauty is Skin Deep: Mechanisms of Growth & Differentiation in the Skin"

1998–1999

Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California at San Francisco 
University Lecture: "Cross-talk Between the Telomere and Telomerase: Implication for Cancer and Aging"

1995–1996

Flossie Wong-Staal, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Biology, University of California at San Diego 
University Lecture: "HIV & AIDS: Towards a Cure"

1994–1995

Helen M. Blau, Ph.D.
Director of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine 
University Lecture: "Differentiation and Growth Control in Myoblast: Application in Gene Therapy"