John B. Hickam Endowed Lectureship Presenters
The John B. Hickam Endowed Lectureship was established in 1981 to honor John B. Hickam, President of CSCR (now CSCTR) in 1970. At the time of his death in 1970, Dr. Hickam was Chair of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Hickam was internationally recognized in medical research, particularly in the areas of lung, heart and circulatory system diseases.
Dr. Hickam was also responsible for the administration of research programs, which established the Indiana University School of Medicine as one of the nation’s primary centers for research in heart disease.
In 1981, several CSCR members contributed funds to the society in his name for a lectureship to be held each year at the annual meeting.
2000
Clement J. McDonald, MD
Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Indiana University
The Clinical Implications of the Human Genome Project
2001
William N. Kelley, MD, MACP
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Future of Biomedical Research: Trials and Tribulations
2002
Tadataka Yamada, MD
Chairman, U.S. Research & Development
GlaxoSmithKline
The Importance of Bench-to-bedside Medicine
2003
No fall meeting was held this year. The Annual Meeting moved to Spring.
2004
Richard P. Lifton, MD, PhD
Sterling Professor and Chair of Genetics
Yale University School of Medicine
Genes for the Heart, Kidney, and Bone Disease: New Insights from Human Genetic Studies
2005
John D. Gearhart, PhD
C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine
Institute for Cell Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
2006
Charles L. Sawyers, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Urology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Molecularly Based Targeting of the Cancer Genome
2007
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD
President, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care
2008
William Tierney, MD
Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
From the Forest Canopy to the Edge of the Water: What Can Medical Informatics Do for Clinical Medicine?
2009
Stanley Hazen, MD PhD
Section Head, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic
Myeloperoxidase, Dysfunctional HDl, and Atherogenesis
2010
C. Ronald Kahn, MD
Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Tissue Insulin Resistance and the Origins of the Metabolic Syndrome
2011
Joe G.N. Garcia, MD
Vice President for Health Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Research, Earl M. Bane, Professor of Medicine,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Personalized Medicine for Inner City Minorities: A Chicago Challenge
2012
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania
Academic Leadership: The Legacy of John B. Hickam
2013
Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH
University Distinguished Service Professor, Emerita
Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;
Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health;
Editor in Chief Emerita, JAMA
Patient Care and Professionalism
2014
Howard Jacob, PhD
Professor, Physiology and Human and Molecular Genetics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Leveraging Clinical Sequencing and Basic Science to Solve Clinical Cases
2015
Gregory M. Vercellotti, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Sickle Cell Disease: New Insights in the Pathophysiology of Vaso-Occlusion
2016
David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD
Fannie L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine, Economics and Public Policy
Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine
Director, Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS)
Director, Urban Health Lab
Redesign of Care for Patients at Increased Risk of Hospitalization: The Comprehensive Care Physician Model
2017
Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago Medicine
The Mechanistic Basis of Cancer Immunotherapies and the Application of Multidimensional Genomic and Bioinformatic Therapies
2018
Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Fitting Medicine into the Lives of People
2019
Ariel Feldstein, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of California, San Diego
Cell Death and Sterile Inflammation in Liver Injury and Fibrosis
2020
No Annual Meeting was held this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
2021
Scott E. Parazynski, MD
Physician and former NASA astronaut
Innovation in the Extreme
2022
Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
Strategic Advisor to the CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Initiatives and Former
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Vaccinating the world: How did we get here and where do we need to go?
2023
Russell Glasgow, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine University of Colorado/Director, ACCORDS
Dissemination and Implementation Science (D&I) Program
De-mystifying implementation science: A pragmatic guide
2024
Nadia N. Hansel, MD, MPH
Interim Director, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Environmental contributions to health disparities in obstructive airway disease
2025
Timothy Blackwell, MD
John G. Searle Professor
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan
Two Decades of Progress in Understanding Progressive Pulmonary