The Bernard K. Rothenberg Lecture in Biology and Public Policy

The Bernard K. Rothenberg Fund was established by Miriam Korn Rothenberg '45 in memory of her husband in 1994. The Bernard Rothenberg lectureship brings distinguished individuals whose work has impacted the area of biology and public policy to the Bryn Mawr campus for a day.


2024 Bernard Rothenberg Lecture in Biology and Publicy Policy by Katrina Claw, Ph.D. Lecture title: Journey in Genomics: Navigating the Intersection of Pharmacogenomics, Ancient DNA, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Ethics. Monday, February 26, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in Park 180. Reception to follow in Harris Atrium from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

2024

"Journey in Genomics: Navigating the Intersection of Pharmacogenetics, Ancient DNA, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Ethics"

Katrina Claw

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Colorado University School of Medicine

 


 

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2020

"The Snow Leopard Startup: Adventures in War Zone Conservation"

Alex Dehgan
CEO of Conservation X Labs and Professor of Sustainability and the Global Futures, Arizona State University


 

Rothenberg-Kissling lecture

2018

"The Population Taboo"

Frances Kissling
Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Bioethics


 

2016 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

 2016

"Advancing Women's Health Research Through Science, Advocacy and Education"

Monica P. Mallampalli, Ph.D., M.S.
Vice President of Scientific Affairs, Society for Women's Health Research


 

2014 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

2014

"The Journalist's Dilemma: How to Boil the Global Food System Down to Spoon-Sized Servings without Leaching All its Complexity and Flavor"

Jonathan Miller
Homeland Productions


 

2012 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

 2012

"From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective Behavior"

Iain D. Couzin, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University


 

Mina Bissell Poster

 2011

"Why Don't We Have More Cancer"

Mina Bissell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Scientist, Life Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


 

2010 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

 2010

Lynn Pasquerella, Ph.D.
President-elect, Mount Holyoke College 


 

2009 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

 2009

"Communicating Science to the Public"

Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia


 

2008 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

2008

Taylor Ricketts, Ph.D.
Director of Conversation Science, World Wildlife Fund 


 

2007 Rothenberg Lecture Poster

 2007

"In the Public Eye: Communicating 'Controversial' Science"

Steven L. Snyder, Ph.D.
Vice President of Exhibit and Program Development at the Franklin Institute