Benjamin Highman Symposium
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
2023 Benjamin Highman Lecture
5 - 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Medical Education Building, #2222
Reception to follow in Breezeway Lobby, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Rong Fan, Ph.D.Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Pathology "Spatial Multi-Omics Driving the Next Wave of Biomedical Research Revolution."Dr. Fan’s contributions to science include the development of microfabricated devices for single-cell and spatial omics and the application to human cancer research, immunology, and immune oncology. |
The Highman Symposium is an annual lectureship in honor of Benjamin Highman, M.D. Dr. Highman spent almost forty years in the US Public Health service serving as Medical Director and as Chief of Pathologic Anatomy at the National Institutes of Health. He was awarded the Willey Medallion and a special citation by the FDA. In 1985 Dr. Highman retired and joined the volunteer faculty at the UC Davis School of Medicine. He is fondly remembered for his enthusiastic participation in medical student and resident teaching.
2022 | Dr. Roger A. Mitchell |
2021 | Postponed due to COVID-19 |
2020 | Dr. Deborah Powell |
2019 | Dr. Wilson To |
2018 | Dr. Eric Glassy |
2017 | Dr. Michael Laposata |
2016 | Dr. Michael J. Becich |
2015 | Dr. Debra G.B. Leonard |
2014 | Dr. Paul J. Chang |
2013 | Dr. Richard M. Satava |
2012 | Dr. Jeffrey E. Saffitz |
2011 | Dr. David L. Rimm |
2010 | Dr. Stanley Cohen |
2009 | Dr. Lee H. Hilborne |
2008 | Dr. Robert L. Reddick |
2006 | Dr. Mary Lipscomb |
2005 | Dr. Godfrey Getz |
2004 | Dr. Evan Y. Snyder |
2003 | Dr. Clive R. Taylor |
2002 | Dr. Daniel D. Sedmak |
2001 | Dr. Paul Holloway |
2000 | Dr. Mark E. Sobel |
1999 | Dr. Victor A. McKusick |
1998 | Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz |
1997 | Dr. Ernest Beutler |
1996 | Dr. Donald A. Lindberg |
1995 | Dr. George D. Lundberg |
1994 | Dr. Mary-Claire King |
1993 | Dr. Robert E. Scully |
1992 | Dr. Ramzi Cotran |