Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
2022 Harrington Lecture and 175th Anniversary Celebration
was held at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, M&T Lecture Hall on Floor 2 on June 4, 2022.
Collaboration Caught Fire
Decades of Research that Led to SARS-Cov-2 Vaccines
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Weissman invented and developed the modified mRNA technology used in the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in collaboration with Dr. Katalin Karikó, adjunct professor of neurosurgery at UPenn and a senior vice president at BioNTech.
He will speak about how the mRNA science he and Dr. Kariko developed over the last two decades helped to lay the scientific foundation for the largest global vaccination campaign in history.
Drs. Weissman and Karikó are the recipients of the 2021 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award that often precedes a Nobel Prize; and the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, the world’s largest science prize, among many other international awards.
Harrington Lecture and 175th Anniversary Celebration
This event was made possible by the D. W. Harrington Lecture Endowment, established in 1896.
Who Should Attend Spring Lecture?
Those who should attend include: UB alumni, physicians, scientists, residents, students, health care faculty, professionals and trainees, community health advocates, and those interested in our speaker’s topic. CME credits will be available.
Spring Clinical Day is made possible by funds from the DW Harrington Lectureship Endowment. The event is a collaboration between partners in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - the Medical Alumni Association, Office of Medical Advancement and the Office of Graduate Medical Education.