The University Lecture Committee presents our 2024 - 2025 Distinguished Lecture Award:

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee

Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Hancher Auditorium
Tickets: Free and open to the public.

Support provided by the Cassandra S. Foens M.D., F.A.C.R. and F. Wendell Miller Funds

Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, D.Phil. is a physician, researcher, and author, who serves as Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and as an oncologist at the university’s medical center. Dr. Mukherjee trilogy of books has made a vast contribution to the public discourse on human health, medicine, and science. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer earned the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and The Gene: An Intimate History won international awards and was recognized by The Washington Post and The New York Times as one of the most influential books of 2016. Both books have been adapted into PBS documentaries by the renowned filmmaker Ken Burns. The Emperor of All Maladies was included among Time magazine’s 100 best nonfiction books of the past century. It has been named among the New York Times Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

This event is sponsored by the Holden Cancer Center, Graduate and Professional Student Government, and the Graduate College