About the Joy Goodwin Lecture Series Nominate a Joy Goodwin Lecturer The Joy Goodwin Lecture Series was established in 1984 by donor Joy Goodwin, to bring in visiting scholars in support of the research and teaching interests of the faculty and students of the College of Veterinary Medicine.  To date, this endowed program has sponsored 71 seminars covering a wide-range of topics. The speakers are chosen because of their documented leadership in a particular discipline of interest to the college.   Joy Goodwin Distinguished Lecturers As a part of the Joy Goodwin Lecture Series, the college occasionally hosts guest speakers who serve as the Joy Goodwin Distinguished Lecturers. These speakers are chosen on the basis of their notoriety, scholarly accomplishments and board appeal to the academic community.  Previous Distinguished Lecturers include: B. MONTGOMERY PETTITT - Microarrays & Gigadollars GEORGE E. SEIDEL, JR - Mammalian Cloning and Sexing Mammalian Sperm LLOYD M. SMITH - Technologies for Biomolecular Analysis J. DAVID PUETT - Luteinizing Hormone Receptor DAVID L. SUAREZ - Pathogenic Avian Influenza TRENTON SCHOELS - Pathology of Laboratory Mice DONGSHENG DUAN - Medicated Gene Therapy STANLEY COHEN - Nerve Growth Factors ROSALYN YALOW - Radioimmunoassays of Peptide Hormones D. CARLETON GAJDUSEK - Origin and Mechanisms of Infectious Disease Dissemination SUZANNE OPARIL - Mechanisms of Hypertension GORDON SHEPHERD - Neural Basis of the Sense of Smell JOHN MEKALANOS - Pathogenesis of Cholera NEAL FIRST - Cloning, Fertilization Techniques and EmbryonicDevelopment M. DANIEL LANE - Adipocyte Differentiation Program JULIUS SCHACHTER - Chlamydia Trachomatis