2001 Bashour Lectureship Held

Dr. Harvey Lodish, a leader in the field of membrane biology, was the guest speaker at the 27th annual Fouad A. and Val Imm Bashour Distinguished Lectureship in Physiology. This lectureship, sponsored by the Department of Physiology, was held at UT Southwestern on October 22, 2001.

Over 150 people crowded the lecture hall to hear Lodish, a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and member of the National Academy of Sciences. His presentation was entitled “Signaling by the Erythropoietin Receptor.” Lodish has isolated and cloned numerous proteins that reside on the surface of cells. His results have important implications for the treatment of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

After the lecture and an animated discussion, a reception was held at the A.W. Harris Faculty Club in honor of Dr. Lodish and Dr. and Mrs. Bashour. Many people from the Dallas community attended the reception, as well as students, fellows, staff and faculty from UT Southwestern.

Dr. Fouad Bashour, a professor of physiology and internal medicine, joined the faculty of UT Southwestern in 1959. He became a professor in 1971. As a result of his dedication to scientific and medical education, Dr. Bashour was awarded the Ashbel Smith Professorship in 1999, an honor bestowed by the UT System. Dr. Bashour has conducted extensive research in cardiovascular diseases and is a noted cardiologist.

Bashour established The Fouad A. and Val Imm Bashour Fund for Distinguished Lecturers in Physiology in 1974 to bring prominent scientists to our campus each year to present research findings that are on the cutting edge of science.