​Birnberg Lecturers and Award Recipients

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
"Neurobiology of Drug Addiction"

Muredach Reilly, MBBCH, MSCE
"Interdisciplinary Models of Translational Research and Training"

Rita Charon, MD, PhD
"The Outcomes of Narrative Training for Health Care Professionals"

Anil K. Rustgi, MD
"Hereditary GI Cancer Syndromes"

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD
"Engineering Human Tissues for Medical Impact"

Jeannette M. Wing, MD, MS
"A Conversation About Computational Thinking"

George Hripcsak, MD, MS
"Reproducibility of Observational Research"

Rena D'Souza, DDS, MS, PhD
"Novel Treatment Strategies for Craniofacial Disorders"

Rena D'Souza, DDS, MS, PhDk, MD, MS
"Novel Treatment Strategies for Craniofacial Disorders."

Laurie McCauley, DDS, MS, PhD
“Macrophages: New Players in Bone Metabolism and Metastasis“

Henry Ginsberg, MD
"How the Irving Institute Supports Columbia Investigators Across the Full Range of Research"

Peter J. Polverini, DMD, DMSc
"Limiting Tumor Progression & Overcoming Drug Resistance by Targeting Angiogenesis"

R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD
"The Medical Treatment of Surgical Disease"

Michael Longaker, MD, MBA, FACS
"Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: A Surgeon's Perspective"

Sally Marshall, PhD
"Remineralization of Dentin"

Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc
"Global Oral Health: Implications of the HIV Pandemic"