Dean's Distinguished Research Lectureship

Each year we celebrate the outstanding research achievements of our faculty at the Dean’s Distinguished Research Lectureship (DDRL). Our Medical School Department Heads nominate two faculty members, one from their department and one from elsewhere in the Medical School. The nominees that represent the best research faculty in the basic and clinical sciences are selected to receive the Distinguished Lectureship Award. Awardees deliver a presentation at the event detailing the story of their research.
In addition to honoring the Distinguished Lectureship Awardees, we also recognize faculty members whose names will be added to the Medical School Wall of Scholarship. Faculty listed on the Wall of Scholarship must have a primary appointment in our Medical School and be current faculty members. For work to be featured, the faculty member must have first or last author credits on a publication that has been cited at least 1,000 times as indicated by two of three major citation indices (Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science).
2024 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Dongming Cai, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Alik Widge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Bruce Blazar, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Kendrick Kay, PhD
Department of Radiology
Do-Hyung Kim, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Kamil Ugurbil, PhD
Department of Radiology
Gregory Vercellotti, MD, FACP
Department of Medicine
Essa Yacoub, PhD
Department of Radiology
2023 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
David Bernlohr, PhD
Professor and Head
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (BMBB)
Ashley Haase, MD
Professor and Head
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
David Boulware, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
Damien Fair, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Martin Freeman, MD
Department of Medicine
Steen Moeller, PhD
Department of Radiology
Radha Rajasingham, MD
Department of Medicine
Kamil Ugurbil, PhD
Department of Radiology
2022 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Damien Fair, PhD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Kamil Ugurbil, PhD
Professor
Department of Radiology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD
Department of Medicine
Damien Fair, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Carol Lange, PhD
Department of Medicine
Paula Ludewig, PhD
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Arthur Matas, MD
Department of Surgery
2021 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Anna Selmecki, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Nichole Klatt, PhD
Professor
Department of Surgery
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
José Pardo, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
2020 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Laura Niedernhofer, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics
Director, Medical Discovery Team on Aging
Mark Thomas, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Director, Medical Discovery Team on Addiction
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Department of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience
2019 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Melissa Geller, MD, MS
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
David Masopust, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Robert Foley, MD
Department of Medicine
Do-Hyung Kim, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Kelvin Lim, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Charles Ryan, MD
Department of Medicine
2018 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Sophia Vinogradov, MD
Department of Psychiatry
David Redish, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Sue Duval, PhD
Department of Medicine
James M. Ervasti, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
John D. Lipscomb, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Daniel F. Voytas, PhD
McKnight Presidental Endowed Professor
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Timothy J Wilt, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
2017 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Stephen Hecht, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Karen H Ashe, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
James M Ervasti, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Daniel J Garry, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Dorothy K Hatsukami, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Michael Mauer, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Timothy J Wilt, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
2016 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Bruce Blazar, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Alfonso Araque, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Karen H. Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Daniel R. Bond, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Henry Buchwald, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Surgery
James P. Cleary, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Michael K. Georgieff, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics
2015 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Marc Jenkins, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Demetri Yannopoulos, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Hanna E. Bloomfield, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Jay N. Cohn, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Robert N. Foley, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Gary S. Francis, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Thomas S. Griffith, Ph.D.
Department of Urology
Robert P. Hebbel, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Stephen S. Hecht, Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Alan T. Hirsch, M.D.
Department of Medicine
Jan M. Norrander, Ph.D.
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Jose V. Pardo, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Peter Southern, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Kamil Ugurbil, Ph.D.
Department of Radiology
2014 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Jeffrey Miller, MD
Department of Medicine
Harry Orr, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Wall of Scholarship Honorees
Karen H. Ashe, MD, PhD
Department of Neurology
Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Jay N Cohn, MD
Department of Medicine
Sean D. Conner, PhD
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Sue Duval, PhD
Department of Medicine
Kristine E. Ensrud, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
Michael A. Farrar, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Martin L. Freeman, MD
Department of Medicine
Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Ashley T. Haase, MD
Department of Microbiology
Alan T. Hirsch, MD
Department of Medicine
Kristin A. Hogquist, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Do-Hyung Kim, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
J. Brooks Jackson, MD, MBA
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Marc K. Jenkins, PhD
Department of Microbiology
Do-Hyung Kim, PhD
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
David Masopust, PhD
Department of Microbiology
Daniel L. Mueller, MD
Department of Medicine
Harry T. Orr, PhD
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Nikunj V. Somia, PhD
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
Michael D. Resnick, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Kamil Ugurbil, PhD
Department of Radiology
George L. Wilcox, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
2013 Honorees
DDRL Honorees
Ashley Haase, MD
Department of Microbiology
John Wagner, MD
Department of Pediatrics
2024 Honorees
- Dongming Cai, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology - Alik Widge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences