Upcoming Speaker Series Events
Register now and tune in for these seminars
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the B.K. Rachford Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, we are hosting a virtual speaker series entitled Envisioning Our Future For Children, which features presentations by outstanding global thought-leaders, clinicians, and researchers.
We welcome all members of the broader community to join us for these open seminars.
Register to attend an upcoming virtual seminar or view recordings of our past events.
Jennifer Doudna, PhD
2020 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, Biochemist at UC Berkeley, Founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and Co-Inventor of CRISPR Technology
Professor
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
UC Berkeley
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Velma McBride Murry, PhD
Prolific researcher known for her pathbreaking intervention work for African-American families and youth
Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair
Co-Director, Program for Health Equity Research
University Distinguished Professor
Departments of Health Policy (Vanderbilt School of Medicine) & Human & Organizational Development (Peabody College)
Vanderbilt University
Tune in on Oct. 8
Past Speaker Series Events
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children’s
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Second Annual Cincinnati Children’s Research Symposium Keynote Presentation
Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD
Zanvyl Krieger Professor in Children’s Health
Director, Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
This presentation was part of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.
Mark Wietecha
Chief Executive Officer
Children’s Hospital Association
This presentation was part of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.
Watch the recording on YouTube
Robert Langer, ScD
MIT Institute Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Watch the recording on YouTube
Diana Bianchi, MD
Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Head, Prenatal Genomics and Therapy Section for the Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute
Watch the recording on YouTube
Thomas Insel, MD
Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Author, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
Watch the recording on YouTube
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Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FAMIA, FACMI
David L. Cohen University Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, and Science Communication
University of Pennsylvania
Watch the recording on YouTube
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Victor J. Dzau, MD
President, National Academy of Medicine
Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Duke University
Watch the recording on YouTube
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Aviv Regev, PhD
Executive Vice President
Genentech Research and Early Development
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Founding CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Watch the recording on YouTube
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David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President
Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Watch the recording on YouTube
Read Dr. Altshuler’s perspective on the future of human health
Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD
Co-Founder, Partners in Health
Past President, World Bank
Past President, Dartmouth College
Watch the recording on YouTube
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“We have had many firsts over the years that reflect how our long commitment to research and discovery has improved outcomes for children. Now as we celebrate a 100-year milestone, we want to look ahead. We share a mission to help bring about a new era of improvements in child health.”
Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation