The Grant Taylor Lecture
The Grant Taylor Lectureship was established by Dr. Taylor's longtime friend and colleague, Dr. John P. McGovern. Dr. McGovern founded and directed the McGovern Allergy Clinic in Houston and held appointments at each of the institutions that sponsor this lectureship—The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Baylor College of Medicine, and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
As Dr. McGovern explained,
"The annual Grant Taylor Lectureship was created to honor a superlative physician-teacher, noble human being, warm and steadfast friend, who in his calm and unpretentious manner consistently—by precept and deed with his patients, students, and colleagues—has fostered the inspiring twin ideals that the best of the art and science of medicine be leavened always with a pervasive and unfettered humanism; and secondly, while doing so, to help nourish and perpetuate that sense of unity concord created through cooperative attitudes and mutual endeavors between disparate units of our Texas Medical Center and all our medical community."
H. Grant Taylor, M.D.
A native of Canada, Dr. Harvey Grant Taylor earned his A.B. in Education and Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. He earned his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine, where he eventually served as Associate Dean.
Later in his career, Dr. Taylor was Chief of Pediatrics at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute and Dean of the UT Postgraduate School of Medicine in Houston.
Dr. Taylor also served as Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Director Emeritus of Continuing Education at The UT Science Center at Houston. Dr. Taylor passed away in 1995.
2012 Grant Taylor Lecture
This year's Grant Taylor Lectureship will feature Dr. Jay Moskowitz. Dr. Moskowitz holds the James B. Duke SmartState Endowed Chair, is a Professor of Translational Clinical Research at the University of South Carolina, and President and CEO of Health Sciences South Carolina. Dr. Moskowitz has over 40 years of experience in the field of biomedical research and will speak on "Health Science South Carolina - The Nation's First Statewide Biomedical Research Collaborative".
The annual lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 12:00 pm in the Onstead Auditorium located at 6767 Bertner in the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Basic Sciences Research Building.
2012 Grant Taylor Announcement
Past Grant Taylor Lectures
- David Himmelstein, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard University — "Health Reform: A Medical Emergency"
- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Bioethics, The Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health — "Beyond Band-Aids: Curing the Sick American Health Care System"
- Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania — "Reducing the Impact of Obesity in Ethnic Minority Populations: Whose Responsibility?"