Translational Lectures in Reproductive Science
The CRS sponsors the Translational Lectures in Reproductive Science (LRS) seminar series. This seminar series takes place seasonally and includes lectures by luminaries in the field of reproductive science and medicine. These seminars are open to the broader Northwestern community and interested members of the public.
Our named lectures include:
- Erwin Goldberg Lecture in Male Reproduction
- Neena B. Schwartz Memorial Lectureship in Reproductive Science*
- Danielle Maatouk Memorial Lectureship
View the upcoming schedule on Planit Purple.
To participate in the program or to suggest a speaker, please contact the CRS Co-Directors.
A list of previous speakers in the Lectures in Reproductive Science seminar series include:
| Name | Affiliation | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Robaire, PhD | McGill University | February 2023 |
| Diana Monsivais, PhD | Baylor University | January 2023 |
| Patricia Hunt, PhD | Washington State University | October 2022 |
| Tony De Falco, PhD | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | April 2022 |
| Erika L. Matunis, PhD | Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine | February 2022 |
| Debabrata Chakravarti, PhD | Northwestern Universtity | January 2022 |
| T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD | University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus | October 2021 |
| Pierre Comizzoli, PhD, DVM | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park | August 2021 |
| Joan Jorgensen, PhD, DVM | University of Wisconsin-Madison | April 2021 |
| Thomas O'Halloran, PhD | Michigan State University | February 2021 |
| Tom Thompson, PhD | University of Cincinatti College of Medicine | October 2020 |
| Saher (Sue) Hammoud, PhD | University of Michigan | February 2020 |
| Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | December 2019 |
| Daniel J. Bernard, PhD | McGill University, Toronto, Canada | October 2019 |
| Peter Koopman, PhD | University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | April 2019 |
| Barry Zirkin, PhD | Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health | January 2019 |
| Sadie Wignall, PhD | Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | December 2018 |
| Catherine S. Woolley, PhD | Northwestern University, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | October 2018 |
| Joanne M. McAndrews, PhD | Self-employed, American Medical Writers Association | October 2018 |
| Serdar Bulun, MD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | May 2018 |
| Robin Lovell-Badge, PhD | The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK | April 2018 |
| Mariana Wolfner, PhD | Cornell University | March 2018 |
| Thomas Hope, PhD | Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Feinberg School of Medicine | February 2018 |
| Janice Evans, PhD* | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | January 2018 |
| Jennifer Gerton, PhD | Stowers Institute for Medical Research, and The University of Kansas School of Medicine | January 2018 |
| William A. Grobman, MD, MBA | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | November 2017 |
| Kelly E. Mayo, PhD | Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences | October 2017 |
| Gail S. Prins, PhD | University of Illinois at Chicago | May 2017 |
| Susan Klock, PhD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | April 2017 |
| Milan Bagchi, PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign | March 2017 |
| Daniela Matei, MD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | February 2017 |
| Jon Levine, PhD* | University of Wisconsin-Madison | December 2016 |
| Shannon L. Kelleher, PhD | Penn State Hershey College of Medicine | February 2015 |
| David I. Soybel, MD | Penn State Hershey College of Medicine | February 2015 |
| Richard L. Stouffer, PhD* | Oregon Health & Science University | January 2015 |
| William A. Grobman, MD, MBA | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | December 2014 |
| Joan S. Jorgensen, PhS | University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine | November 2014 |
| Steve Hammes, MD, PhD | University of Rochester | May 2014 |
| Allan Spradling, PhD* | Carnegie Institution of Washington | April 2014 |
| Tracy Bale, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | March 2014 |
| Jose Teixeira, PhD | Michigan State University | February 2014 |
| Joao Ramalho-Santos, PhD | University of Coimbra, Portugal | January 2014 |
| George Saade, MD | University of Texas Medical Branch | January 2014 |
| Julie Kim, PhD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | December 2013 |
| Abby Dernburg, PhD | University of California – Berkley | November 2013 |
| Max Costa, PhD | New York University | October 2013 |
| Nao Suzuki, PhD | St. Marianna University | September 2013 |
| Mario Ascoli, PhD | University of Iowa | April 2013 |
| Gerald R. Cunha, PhD | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine | March 2013 |
| Mary Hunzicker-Dunn, PhD | Washington State University | February 2013 |
| Jock Findlay, AO, PhD, DS | Prince Henry Institute, Clayton VIC, Australia | February 2013 |
| Aleksander Rajkovic, MD, PhD | University of Pittsburgh | January 2013 |
| Takeshi Kurita, PhD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | December 2012 |
| John A. McLachlan, PhD | Tulane University | November 2012 |
| Kenneth S. Korach, PhD* | Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS/NIH | October 2012 |
| Hamish Wallace, MD | Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh | September 2012 |
| Hugh Taylor, MD | Yale University School of Medicine | May 2012 |
| Susan Fisher, PhD* | University of California, Los Angeles | April 2012 |
| John Katzenellenbogen, PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign | February 2012 |
| Benita Katzenellenbogen, PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign | February 2012 |
| Chris Kuzawa, PhD | Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Science | January 2012 |
| Robert Brannigan, MD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | December 2011 |
| Dolores Lamb, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX | November 2011 |
| Marty Matzuk, MD, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX | October 2011 |
| Amander Clark, PhD | University of California, Los Angeles | September 2011 |
| Francesco J. DeMayo, PhD* | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | 2011 |
| Susan Fisher, PhD | University of California, San Francisco | May 2010 |
| Seyon Choe, PhD | Salk Institute | April 2010 |
| Patricia Hunt, PhD | Washington State University | March 2010 |
| Nick Webster, PhD | University of California, San Diego | March 2010 |
| Shahin Rafi, MD | Cornell University | February 2010 |
| Diego Castrillon, MD, PhD | U.T. Southwestern Med. Center | December 2009 |
| S.K. Dey, MD | Vanderbilt University | November 2009 |
| Allan Herbison, PhD | University of Otago-New Zealand | October 2009 |
|
Linda Giudice, MD, PhD* |
University of California, San Francisco | October 2009 |
| Andrea Gore, PhD | University of Texas – Austin | May 2008 |
| Pam Mellon, PhD | University of California, San Diego | March 2008 |
| Milan Bagchi, PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign | February 2008 |
| Peter Koopman, PhD* | The University of Queensland, Australia | 2008 |
| Jeff Weiss, PhD | Northwestern University | December 2007 |
| Holly Ingraham, PhD | University of California, San Francisco | November 2007 |
| Blanche Capel, PhD* | Duke University | October 2007 |
| Jeff Chang, PhD | University of California, San Diego | September 2007 |
| Joanne S. Richards, PhD* | Baylor College of Medicine | 2006 |
| J. David Puett, PhD* | The University of Georgia and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine | 2005 |
| William F. Crowley Jr., MD* | Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital | 2004 |