The Graduate School is proud to continue our tradition of inviting a distinguished speaker each year to deliver the keynote speech. Honored guests have included Nobel Laureates and other highly esteemed researchers whose contributions have revolutionized science and medicine. Attendees are afforded the opportunity to learn from pioneers in their field as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of health and disease.
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar|Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
at Emory University School of Medicine|Winner of the 2019 Lasker Award
Keynote Address: "Evolution of our Immune System"
Regental Professor|Director, Center for the Genetics of Host Defense |Raymond & Ellen
Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Keynote Address: “Creating New Diseases and Suppressing Old Ones with Random Germline Mutagenesis"
