Lecture Series

Wissler-Kumar Lectureship in Pathology

The Wissler-Kumar lectureship has been endowed by Dr. Donald King, an eminent pathologist and former Dean of the Biological Sciences Division, in honor of two past chairmen of the pathology department at University of Chicago: Dr. Robert Wissler (Chairman Emeritus, 1957-1972) and Dr. Vinay Kumar (Chairman Emeritus, 2000-2016).

Each of them is a pioneering physician scientist. Dr. Wissler was among the very first to demonstrate the role of diet and in particular cholesterol in atherogenesis, both in animal models and humans. Dr. Kumar’s early studies in the genetic regulation of retroviral leukemias led to the discovery of natural killer cells by his lab.

Dr. Kumar still serves the department as the Alice Hogge and Arthur Baer Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology.

For questions, please contact Christine Roman.

"Unraveling Gene Fusions in Solid Tumors: Pathways to Precision Oncology"  

Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D. 

Director, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology

S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

American Cancer Society Research Professor 

Friday, May 9, 2025

12pm KCBD Auditorium 1103

900 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

“Notch Signaling in Health and Disease"

Jon C. Aster, Ph.D.

Professor of Pathology

Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School 

Thursday, May 23, 2024

12:00 p.m., Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

“My Journey with CRISPR: The Science and Applications of Genome Editing”

Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.

2020 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

University of California, Berkeley

Thursday, June 8, 2023

12:00 p.m., INH Max Palevsky Cinema

1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

"Human Cancer Viruses: Nature and Discovery"

Yuan Chang, MD 

American Cancer Society Research Professor

Distinguished Professor of Pathology

Chair of Cancer Virology

University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, May 26, 2022

12:00 PM, Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC)

BSLC Auditorium 115 | 924 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

"Analyzing immunity through random germline mutagenesis with automated meiotic mapping”

BRUCE BEUTLER, MD

Regental Professor and Director of the Center for Genetics of Host Defense at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research in honor of Laverne and Raymond Willie, Sr.

Recipient of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2011

Thursday, June 3, 2021

12:00pm

Zoom Conference

"Clonal Hematopoiesis - The Connection Between Myeloid Neoplasia and Atherosclerosis"

Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD

George P. Canellos, MD and Jean Y. Canellos Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Chair of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

12:00 PM, Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC)

BSLC Auditorium 115 | 924 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

"The Cross Roads of Immunology and Atherosclerosis"

Göran K Hansson, MD, PhD

Professor of Cardiovascular Research

Department of Medicine at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

12:00 PM, Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC)

BSLC Auditorium 109 | 924 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637