47th Annual Reynolds-Finley Historical Lecture — part of the Reynolds-Finley Lecture Series, hosted by UAB Libraries Historical Collections

Eric Lander is founding director and a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. A geneticist, molecular biologist, and mathematician, he has played a pioneering role in all aspects of the reading, understanding, and biomedical application of the human genome. He was a principal leader of the international Human Genome Project. A widely recognized scientific visionary, Lander has developed methods for discovering the molecular basis of human diseases. Among them were the first methods for mapping the genes underlying diseases and traits in which dozens to hundreds of genes play a role — including heart disease, diabetes, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, and even “monogenic” diseases like sickle cell disease.