Each spring, this symposium highlights new scientific initiatives at HMS.

In addition, the Hollis L. Albright, MD’31 Award is presented at the annual symposium to an outstanding medical or surgical student at HMS.

The 2025 symposium was held on March 4. Stay tuned for details about the 2026 event.

For more information, please email albright@hms.harvard.edu 

About Hollis L. Albright, MD ’31

A Portrait of Albright with a white trim on a gold tripod stand.

For more than 60 years, Hollis L. Albright, MD ’31, dedicated his life to surgery, patient care, and the students he mentored.

In recognition of his lifelong achievements and to foster the values he cherished most, his children—Tenley E. Albright, MD ’61, and Nile L. Albright, AB ’61, MD—have established an endowed symposium, highlighting new scientific initiatives at Harvard Medical School.

Past keynote speakers

2025: George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD, and Bernard S. Chang, AB ’93, MD, MMSc ’05
2024: Adeline Boatin, AB ’04, MPH ’09, MD, and Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, SM ’05, PhD ’08
2023: Vikram Patel, MBBS, MSc, PhD
2022: Robert Gentleman, PhD, and Mark Namchuk, PhD
2021: Shelly F. Greenfield, MD ’86, MPH
2020: Postponed
2019: Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, and Bruce A. Yankner, MD, PhD
2018: Arlene H. Sharpe, AB ’75, AM ’76, PhD ’81, MD ’82, and Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD ’69
2017: David M. Altshuler, MD ’90, PhD ’90, and Laurie H. Glimcher, AB ’72, MD ’76
2016: Dennis A. Ausiello, AM ’67, MD, and Nancy E. Oriol, MD ’79
2015: Edward M. Hundert, MD ’84, and George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD
2013: Lewis C. Cantley, PhD and Peter K. Sorger, AB ’83, PhD
2012: Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, and John A. Parrish, MD
2011: Eric S. Lander, PhD, and Vamsi K. Mootha, MD ’98
2010: Robert S. Langer Jr., PhD, ScD, and David T. Scadden, MD
2009: Edward J. Benz Jr., MD ’72, and Robert A. Weinberg, PhD
2008: Atul A. Gawande, MD ’94, MPH ’99, Tom J. Brady, MD, and John E. Abele
2007: Peter Libby, MD, and Michael B. Brenner, MD
2006: Judah M. Folkman, MD ’57, and Robert S. Langer Jr., PhD, ScD
2005: Edward M. Scolnick, MD ’65, and Todd R. Golub, MD
2004: George Q. Daley, AB ’82, MD ’91, PhD, David T. Scadden, MD, and Rudolf Jaenisch, MD
2003: Gary J. Nabel, MD ’79, PhD ’82
2002: Steven E. Hyman, MD ’80, and Carla J. Shatz, PhD ’76, MPhil
2001: Eric S. Lander, PhD, and Raju Kucherlapati, MD, PhD

Past scholar recipients

2025: Marta Williams, MD ’25
2024: Tarika Srinivasan, MD ’25
2023: Colby Hyland, MD ’23, and Akash Premkumar, MD ’23
2022: Moustafa Abdalla, MD ’22
2021: Troy Amen, MD ’21, MBA ’21
2020: Selena Shi-Yao Li, AB ’15, MD ’20
2019: Samantha M. Landino , MD ’19
2018: Jennifer Bido, MPH ’17, MD ’18
2017: Irene Y. Zhang, MD ’17
2016: Derek S. Stenquist, MD ’16
2015: Shakina Elmore, MD ’14
2013: Sophia K. McKinley, AB ’06, EdM ’13, MD ’13
2012: Benedict U. Nwachukwu, MBA ’13, MD ’13
2011: Dayron Rodriguez, MD ’12, MPH ’12
2010: Regan Bergmark, MD ’11
2009: Carolyn Schook, MD ’11
2008: Theodore Nyame, MD ’09
2007: Eric Feins, MD ’08
2006: Sarah Psutka, AB ’03, MD ’07
2005: Dzifa Kpodzo, MD ’05, MPH ’06
2004: Elisabeth Tomlinson Tracy, AB ’99, MD ’05
2003: Coleen Sabatini, MD ’03, MPH ’04
2002: Jeffrey Edwards, MD ’03
2001: Melody Hou, MD ’03, MPH ’08