2026 Horenstein Lecture
"Advancing Genomic and Precision Medicine for Cardiometabolic Disease"
Dr. Daniel J. Rader, MD
Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine
Chair, Department of Genetics
Chief, Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics
Director, Penn Medicine Biobank
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2024 Horenstein Lecture
"Deconstructing a Syndrome: Genomic Insights into PCOS Causal Mechanisms and Classification”
Dr. Andrea Dunaif, MD
Lillian and HenryM. Stratton Professor of Molecular Medicine
System Chief, Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Health System
2023 Horenstein Lecture
“The importance of making a diagnosis: Precision Medicine and Monogenic Diabetes”
Dr. Louis Philipson, MD, PhD
James C. Tyree Professor of Diabetes Research and Care of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Kovler Diabetes Center, University of Chicago
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
2022 Horenstein Lecture
"Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine"
Dr. Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD
Professor of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiation
Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Biological
Chemistry, Medicine, and Oncology
C. Michael Armstrong Professor
Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2019 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
2021 Horenstein Lecture
"Historical Contributors to Disparities in Diabetes Care and Outcomes - Biology, Race, or Racism?"
Dr. Sherita Golden, MD, MHS
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Hospital Inpatient Glucose Management Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2020 Horenstein Lecture
"The Multitasking Adipocyte - Coping with Overnutrition to Maintain Metabolic Health"
Dr. Susan K. Fried, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Translational Adipose Biology
and Obesity Research
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
2019 Horenstein Lecture
"Integrating Diverse Data Sources to Understand Drug Response"
Dr. Russ Altman, MD, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical
Data Science and Computer Science
Director of Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University
2018 Horenstein Lecture
"Molecular Physiology of the Control of Body Weight: Experimental Strategies for Understanding Human Obesity"
Dr. Rudolph L. Leibel, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University
Director, Division of Molecular Genetics and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center