President's Lecture Series

Researchers have successfully steered stem cells in the lab to form many cell and tissue types, but generating whole organs has remained a challenge, partly due to a lack[...]

Eating healthy food is more than just a lifestyle choice. It’s a way to deliver the nutrients people need to reduce or prevent diseases and boost well-being. Culinary med[...]

Genetic medicines in which molecules of DNA or RNA are the therapeutic agents hold enormous promise for treating diseases ranging from genetic or inflammatory disorders t[...]

About half of the estimated 10,000 known bird species learn their vocalizations through imitation – a type of learning that shares many behavioral and genetic features wi[...]

More Dallas residents die from heart disease than from any other cause. To determine the factors contributing to the high rate of heart disease in our community, Helen H.[...]

Ted Mau, M.D., Ph.D., a nationally recognized expert on voice disorders, offered a behind-the-scenes tour of the apparatus responsible for verbal communication. Dr. Mau, [...]

When deadly diseases emerge around the world, questions quickly arise: Are we responding effectively to them? How do we avoid allowing them to reach epidemic proportions?[...]

Dr. Daniel Scott and Krystle Campbell share their experiences and perspectives on simulation training in health care, as well as offer an insider's look at UT Southwester[...]

From the first adult heart transplant performed in Dallas at Parkland Memorial Hospital in 1968 to the first infant heart transplant at Children's Medical Center in 1988 [...]

During this presentation, Jeffrey E. Janis, M.D., will focus on lessons learned -- about facial reconstruction, transplantation, and tenacity -- and provide a behind-the-[...]