1986: Darell D. Bigner, M.D., Ph.D.
“What Does the Scientific Revolution in Molecular and Cellular Biology Mean to the Clinician Treating Patients with Brain Tumors”

1987: Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D.
“Oncogenes & Anti-Oncogenes”

1988: Bengt Westermark, Ph.D.
“Growth Factors and Oncogenes in Human Malignant Glioma”

1989: Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D.
“Recessive Oncogenes in Human Tumor Predis-position and Progression”

1990: J. Michael Bishop, M.D.
“Oncogenes: Bench to Bedside”

1991: Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
“Molecular Genetics of Neurofibromatosis”

1992: Kay E. Davies, MA, DPhil
"Molecular Analysis of the Fragile-X Syndrome”

1993: Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
“Genetic Basis of Human Cancer”

1994: R. Michael Blaese, M.D.
“Progress in Gene Therapy”

1995: James F. Gusella, Ph.D.
“The Power of Merlin”

1996: Yosef Shiloh, Ph.D.
“Molecular Genetics of Ataxia-Telangiectasia: Broader Implications for Cancer Research”

1997: Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
“The Rise of Repeats and the Fall of Neurons: Implications for Pathogenesis”

1998: Hugo W. Moser, M.D.
“Genetics, Pathogenesis and Therapy of Adrenoleuko-dystrophy and Other Perioxisomal Disorders”

1999: Judah Folkman, M.D.
“Angiogenic Research: Experimental & Clinical Studies”

2000: Christopher A. Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
“Scrambling, Doubling, and Disabling the Human Brain: Genes Required for Cerebral Cortical Development”

2001: Joseph J. Volpe, M.D.
“Brain Injury in the Premature Infant – From Pathogenesis to Prevention”

2002: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D.
“Telomerase, Cell Proliferation and Cell Death”

2003: Gideon Dreyfuss, Ph.D.
“The Survival of Motor Neurons Complex: An Assembly Machine for Ribonucleoprotein Particles”

2004: Scott L. Pomeroy, M.D., Ph.D
“Using Genomics to Identify Molecular Therapeutic Targets in Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors”

2005: Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D.
"Molecular Pathogenesis of Muscular Dystrophy with Brain Malformations"

2006: Tom Curran, Ph.D.
"Pediatric Brain Tumors: Promise & Problems Targeting the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway"

2007: Michael Greenberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology at Children's Hospital, Boston, MA will be giving the lecture on Tuesday, October 2, 2007.

2008: Robert B. Darnell, MD, PhD
"Brain Disease Aprés DNA: The Emerging Role of RNA"