Events
2026 Research Faculty Retreat - Friday, February 27, 2026
The School of Medicine is excited to announce the next SOM Faculty Research Retreat is scheduled for Friday, February 27, 2026 at Newcomb Hall Ballroom. Mark your calendars now and save the date for this engaging and informative event! Additional details of the event will follow.
In 2024, nearly 300 School of Medicine research faculty gathered for two days on February 2 and 3. They explored the topic “Emerging Approaches and Biotechnologies” in a variety of sessions.
2024 Faculty Research Retreat Program
Anderson Lecture 2026
March 2026 – More details to follow
Richard P. Lifton, MD, PhD
President
Carson Family Professor
Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics
The Rockefeller University
Title of Lecture: TBA
September 2026 – More details to follow
Eva Nogales, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular and Cell Biology Department, UC Berkeley
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Title of Lecture: TBA
About the Anderson Lecture and Symposia
The John F. Anderson Memorial Lectureship was established in 1955 by Dr. John F. Anderson, a graduate in 1895 of the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. Through his gift to the University, it has been possible to establish a lectureship in medical science and public health which will bring to this medical community the latest developments in these fields.
Dr. Anderson made many outstanding contributions to the science of medicine during his long career of service and leadership in public health, medical research, and medical production. Dr. Anderson was the third director of the Hygienic Laboratory (the predecessor of the National Institute of Health) and was among the early scientists who made the Laboratory well-known in scientific circles.
Anderson Symposium Form
For questions, please contact Joyce Fortune, JCF9U@uvahealth.org
| September 22, 2025 | Huda Yahya Zoghbi, MD, Baylor College of Medicine (Stephen Rich, Host) |
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| April 17, 2025 | Zhijian "James" Chen, PhD, UT Southwestern (David Rekosh, Host) |
| September 12, 2023 | Jennifer Doudna, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, and HHMI (Anja Bielinsky, Host) |
| October 24, 2022 | Taekjip Ha, PhD, Johns Hopkins University and HHMI (Lukas Tamm, Host) |
| April 18, 2022 | Aviv Regev, PhD, Genentech/Roche and the Broad Institute of MIT/Harvard (Mark Okusa, Host) (virtual) |
| October 27, 2021 | Phillip D Zamore, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School and HHMI (Jogender Tushir-Singh, Host) (virtual) |
| March 22, 2021 | Richard Henderson, PhD, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, UK) (Ed Egelman, Host) (virtual) |
| February 5, 2019 | Helen H Hobbs, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center and HHMI (Gary Owens, Host) |
| October 8, 2018 | Fred H (Rusty) Gage, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Mike McConnell, Host) |
| June 2016 | Craig C Mello, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School and HHMI (Todd Stukenberg, Host) |
| March 7, 2017 | Robert Langer, ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (George Christ, Host) |
| October 5, 2015 | Mary-Claire King, PhD, University of Washington (Stephen Rich, Host) |
| June 15, 2015 | Lew Catley, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College (Todd Stukenberg, Host) |
| March 24, 2015 | Eric Betzig, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, and HHMI (Janelia Farm Research Campus) (Jay Fox, Host) |
| September 25, 2013 | April Greenan, PhD, University of Mary Washington |
| November 17, 2010 | Catherine Belling, PhD, Northwestern University |
| November 10, 2010 | Abigail D Zuger, MD, St Luke’s-Roosevelt Medical Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and medical writer, The New York Times |
| October 20, 2010 | Jane Macnaughton, MD, PhD, Durham University (UK) |
There were numerous Anderson Memorial Lecture as co-presentations (and others as part of the Medical Center Hour) in the 2010-2015 period.
Dean's New Faculty Research Seminar Series Speaker Archive 2025
Each month, the School of Medicine hosted a seminar highlighting two recently hired assistant professors to present a 30-minute introduction to their research program. The goal was to introduce our talented new faculty to the broader research community within the UVA School of Medicine and to potentially seed new cross-school collaborations.
Dr. Brady Spencer from the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Dr. Jie Yang from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetic
Dr. Allison May from the Department of Urology
Dr. Ariel Williams from Public Health Sciences
Timothy Martin, PhD from Pharmacology
Christine Nelson, PhD from Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Kelsey Kubelick, PhD from Biomedical Engineering
Sameer Bajikar, PhD from Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Laura Newman PhD from Cell Biology
Uday Tak, PhD from Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Jarred M. Whitlock, PhD from Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Anisha R. Gerber, MD from Pediatrics
Stephanie Zuo, MD from Obstetrics and Gynecology
Tania Velez, PhD from Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Tyler M. Weaver, PhD from Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
John Platig, PhD from Genome Sciences
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Tianpeng Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
Title: Genome Integrity Maintenance within Repetitive Sequences
Heather N. Platter, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Title: The Role of Effective Communication in Promoting Informed Health Decisions
No registration required. Light refreshments will be served.