The Dr. Thomas L. Skinner Lecture was created in memory of a graduate student who persevered through severe illness to receive his PhD in the department of physiology. 

 

This lecture series showcases distinguished alumni of the UK College of Medicine Department of Physiology who return to campus to share their scientific expertise and career journeys. 

 

Former Presentations
Date Name Affliation Title
10/26/2016 Gregory Graf, PhD University of Kentucky "Reverse Cholesterol Transport: Routes and Regulation"
02/21/2018 Greg Corder, PhD Stanford University "Dynamic Neural Mechanisms of Pain Perception, and Molecular Remodeling by Opioids"
01/30/2019 Fuqiang Xu, PhD Chinese Academy of Sciences "Tools Based on Neurotropic Viruses for Structural and Functional Studies"
03/03/2026 Dena Dubal, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco "Longevity and the Aging Brain"