Commencement Speakers

Year	Name	Talk Title
2024	Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi	Synergies in the Vaccine Sciences to Amplify Global Health Equity
2023	Dr. Michelle C. Barton	Creating Serendipity
2022	Dr. Brené Brown	held @Minute Maid Park due to social-distancing requirements
2021	Mr. Justin James (JJ) Watt	held @Minute Maid Park due to social-distancing requirements
2020	--	canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Dr. Peter W.T. Pisters	Shaping the Future of Life Sciences in Texas
2018	Dr. Phillip Sharp	Encountering Unexpected Opportunities
2017	Dr. Randy Schekman	The Importance of Basic Science in Medical Research
2016	Dr. Margaret L. Kripke	The Most Important Thing
2015	Dr. Raymond S. Greenburg	A Future in Science
2014	Dr. George M. Stancel	50 Years of GSBS – Lessons Learned for Team Sports
2013	Dr. Ronald DePinho	The Age of Science
2012	Dr. Mary-Claire King	A View from the Far Side
2011	Dr. Neal Lane	The Unique Role of the Scientist in an Unsettled World
2010	Dr. Larry Kaiser	UTHealth President’s Address
2009	Dr. Michael Zigmond	Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams
2008	Dr. Gail Cassell	The Role of Scientists in the Flat World
2007	Dr. Robert Wells	The Scientist Citizen
2006	Dr. Kenneth I. Shine	When the Technology Fails
2005	Dr. Rita Colwell	Climate and Health:  A New Paradigm
2004	Dr. Theresa Sullivan	The Virtuous Professional
2003	Dr. William Brinkley	The Duty of Citizenship in the Profession of Science
2002	Dr. Kathleen S. Matthews	At the Dawn of a New Era
2001	Dr. James T. Willerson	Advice from an Academician
2000	Dr. Michael E. McClure	Research in a Brave New World
1999	Dr. John Mendelsohn	The Meaning of Life
1998	Dr. Hugo A. Barrera-Saldana	The Privilege of Building a Bridge
1997	Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti	The Rise of Human Genetics
1996	Dr. Lawrence H. Thompson	What is so Great about Biomedical Sciences?
1995	Dr. Anna Steinberger	Honesty in Science
1994	Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre	Bio-Medicine and Bio-Politic
1993	Dr. G. Alan Robison	Specialists and Generalists
1992	Dr. William Brinkley	The Bench Scientist and Biopolitics: Survival of an Endangered Species
1991	Dr. Thomas F. Burks	Scientists in the Spotlight
1990	Dr. M. David Low	Choice and the Gift of Wonder-If it Makes You Think, Go for it
1989	Dr. Ernst Knobil	The Scientific Virtue of Teaching
1988	Dr. Alfred G. Knudson	Predetermination and Self Determination
1987	Dr. Barnet M. Levy	Entitlement of Enlightenment in the Pursuit of Excellence: the future of biomedical science
1986	Dr. William J. Schull	Science and Humor
1985	Dr. James M. Bowen	Biomedical Science and the New Humanitarianism
1984	Dr. Roger J. Bulger	On the Little White Lie
1983	Dr. Jacques E. Dumont	Choices in Science
1982	Dr. Robert E. Marc	Retrospectroscopy and Public Responsibility

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