January 20, 2020

Two Distinguished University Professors from Medical School to present lectures Jan. 28

John M. Carethers, M.D., will discuss “Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair” and Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., will present “Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses”

Medical School Distinguished University Professors

Two Medical School faculty members who have received one of the University of Michigan’s highest honors are among three campus-wide who will discuss their work and answer audience questions during the upcoming Distinguished University Professorship (DUP) Event.

In a new format this year, the DUP lectures will be presented during a single event that starts at 4 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Robertson Auditorium of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. A reception will follow at 5:45 p.m. 

John M. Carethers, M.D. (above), the C. Richard Boland Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, will discuss “Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair.”

Carethers also is the John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine, chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and professor of internal medicine and of human genetics.

Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D. (below), the Dame Sheila Sherlock Distinguished University Professor of Hepatology and Internal Medicine will present “Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses.”

Lok also is the Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology, assistant dean for clinical research and professor of internal medicine in the Medical School.