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Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G, was the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) founding scientific director, serving in this role for more than nine years. His leadership and vision were instrumental in establishing NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research as one of the premier research programs in the world devoted to genetics and genomics. In recognition of his significant contributions to the research environment at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI established the annual Jeffrey M. Trent Lecture in Cancer Research in 2003. This lecture is given by a prominent cancer researcher who brings the kind of energy, creativity and enthusiasm to cancer research that Dr. Trent has exemplified throughout his career.

Oct 4, 2024, 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM

Virtual

2023

November 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET

Todd Golub, M.D., director and a founding core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will present the lecture, Perspectives on Cancer Precision Medicine. Dr. Golub is a world leader in using genomics tools to understand the basis of cancer. He also pioneered the development of new cell-based approaches to drug discovery for cancer and other diseases.

Golub is also the Charles A. Dana Investigator in Human Cancer Genetics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Association for Cancer Research, the Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research, and the Daland Prize from the American Philosophical Society. In 2014 he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

2021

December 9, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D., professor at the Departments of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology, Molecular and Human Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine, delivered the lecture Evolution of Germline Cancer Genomics from Rare Disorders to Precision Oncology Trials.

2019

The National Human Genome Research Institute's Division of Intramural Research presented the 15th Jeffrey M. Trent Lecture in Cancer Research on June 14, 2019, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., at the Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10 (Clinical Center), on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda campus. Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington delivered the lecture New Frontiers in Genomics.

Last updated: September 30, 2024