Huffington Distinguished Lecture Series

The Roy M. Huffington Distinguished Lecture series was made possible through the many friends and colleagues who graciously made donations in memory of Mr. Huffington and his vision to foster the highest quality aging research and, ultimately, a higher standard of living for our aging population. The distinguished lecturer is selected for ingenious and unparalleled contributions to the field of aging and age-related diseases and is invited to share his/her latest discoveries with Baylor College of Medicine faculty and trainees.

Cell and Molecular Events Leading to Age-related Neurodegenerative Disease

Presenter: Fred "Rusty" Gage, Ph.D.
Position: Professor, Laboratory of Genetics. Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease.
Institution: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Date: Oct. 18, 2023

mTOR and Lysosome Signaling in Metabolism and Health

Presenter: David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Position: ACS Research Professor Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Professor of Biology
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Jan. 22, 2020

Epigenetic Pathways as Targets in Aging-Associated Disease

Presenter: Shelley L. Berger, Ph.D.
Position: Daniel S. Och University Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology; Biology; Genetics
Institution: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Date: Oct. 17, 2018

Genomic Analysis of Neurodegeneration

Presenter: John Hardy, Ph.D., FMedSci, FRS
Position: Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Institution: Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Institute of Neurology
Date: April 26, 2017

Transmission of Misfolded Proteins in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Common Mechanism of Disease Progression

Presenter: Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Position: Professor in Alzheimer's Research
Institution: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Date: March 4, 2015

Roles of Telomeres and Telomerase in Disease and Health

Presenter: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D.
Position: Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology
Institution: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
Date: Jan. 16, 2013

Regulation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal

Presenter: Sean Morrison, Ph.D.
Position: Professor and Director
Institution: Children’s Research Institute, UT Southwestern
Date: April 11, 2012

Telomeres in Cancer and Aging

Presenter: Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Date: May 4, 2011