THE PHILIP S. CHEN JR., PH.D., DISTINGUISHED LECTURE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

 

The Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer was established in 2006 by the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research and the NIH Office of Technology Transfer on the occasion of Dr. Chen’s retirement after over 41 years of service to the NIH. The lectureship honors Dr. Chen’s remarkable, diverse, and creative contributions to the NIH, especially to its Intramural Research Program and to the field of technology transfer.
 
About Philip S. Chen, Jr.
Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D.
After receiving his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Rochester, Dr. Chen had a distinguished research career, including primary authorship in one of the most cited publications of all time, describing an analytical technique for determination of inorganic phosphorus. Dr. Chen served under eight NIH Directors from 1956 to 1959 and from 1967 to 2005. He held positions in the National Heart Institute, the Division of Research Grants, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, and the Office of the Director, NIH, that ranged from that of research investigator to Associate Director for Intramural Affairs; he also served as Acting Deputy Directory for Science from 1982-1983. As a science administrator he championed novel pay and personnel systems for scientific researchers, programs for the training of foreign scientists at NIH, novel endeavors such as artic research, and many other areas.
 
 
In 1986 Dr. Chen established the NIH Office of Technology Transfer to implement the provisions of the Federal Technology Transfer Act. He formulated the guiding principles upon which technology transfer functions today, including the creation of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, known as the CRADA. Above all, Dr. Chen offered NIHers wise, trusted, and compassionate counsel in diverse areas; this earned him the respect, admiration, and gratitude of the scientific and administrative communities at the NIH.
 
Past Lectures
 
17th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation
and Technology Transfer
September 25, 2024 at 10am in Masur Auditorium 
  

The NIH Dengue Vaccine: A Long Journey from Bench to Bedside

Dr. Stephen S. Whitehead
Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54832 

  
16th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation
and Technology Transfer
September 22, 2023 at 10am in Lipsett Auditorium 
 

Developing Novel Medications for Treatment-Resistant Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Dr. Carlos Zarate
Distinguished Investigator
Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experiment Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch 
National Institute of Mental health

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49943 

 
15th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation
and Technology Transfer
April 26, 2022
 
Image of Peter Basser

Using Water Migration to Probe Brain Structure and Architecture 

Dr. Peter Basser
Senior Investigator
Section on Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Science
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44974 

 
14th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation
and Technology Transfer
November 8, 2019
  
Dr. John Tisdale

Lightning Chess: The Long and Winding Road Toward Molecular Cures of the First Molecular Disease

Dr. John Tisdale
Senior Investigator
Chief, Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

https://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?28840

 
13th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 2, 2018
 
Nancy Sullivan, PhD

Lightning Chess: How Host Immunity
Gains a Winning Position Against

Ebolavirus InfectionNancy Sullivan, PhD
Senior Investigator
Chief, Biodefense Research Section
Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

https://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?26164

 
 
12th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 17, 2017
Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

CELLS AS ANTI-CANCER DRUGS: ENTERING MAINSTREAM ONCOLOGY

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Surgery Branch and Senior Investigator
National Cancer Institute

https://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?23596

  
  
11th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
October 14, 2016
John J. O'Shea, M.D.
CYTOKINE SIGNALING: GENES, GENOMES AND DRUGS
 
John J. O'Shea, M.D. 
Scientific Director and Senior Investigator 
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
 
  
  
10th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
October 23, 2015
Robert M. Kotin, Ph.D.
UNEXPECTED RESULTS FROM UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS RESEARCH
 
Robert M. Kotin, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator (1999–2014) at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; 
Vice President of Voyager Therapeutics (2014-2016); 
Scientific Founder and Head of Discovery at Generation Bio, and Adjunct Professor at the Gene Therapy Center of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester
 
  
  
9th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
October 3, 2014
Kenneth A. Jacobson, Ph.D.
PURINE RECEPTOR DRUGS: FUTURE TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC DISEASES?
 
Kenneth A. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry & Molecular Recognition Section
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
 
  
  
8th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 22, 2013
Clifton E. Barry III, Ph.D.Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D.
TB: IT TAKES MORE THAN A VILLAGE TO RAISE A REMEDY  
 
Clifton E. Barry III, Ph.D.
Chief, Tuberculosis Research Section
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
 
Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and CEO
Sequella, Inc.
 
  
7th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 15, 2012
Hynda K. Kleinman, Ph.D.
A MULTIFUNCTIONAL BASEMENT MATRIX FOR NORMAL, CANCER, AND STEM CELLS: THE BME/MATRIGEL STORY 
 
Hynda K. Kleinman, Ph.D.
former Senior Investigator
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
 
  
  
6th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
December 9, 2011
Ira Pastan, M.D.
TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH RECOMBINANT IMMUNOTOXINS: FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO THE PATIENT
 
Ira Pastan, M.D.
Co-Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Head, Molecular Biology Section
National Cancer Institute
 
  
  
5th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 5, 2010
Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
HUMAN RETROVIRUSES: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PAST, PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
 
Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
The Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine, and 
Director, Institute of Human Virology 
at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
 
  
  
4th Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
November 13, 2009
Harvey J. Alter, M.D.Robert H. Purcell, M.D.
VIRAL HEPATITIS AND THE NIH: A JAUNDICED VIEW OF HISTORY
 
Harvey J. Alter, M.D.
Chief, Infectious Disease
Department of Transfusion Medicine
NIH Clinical Center
 
Robert H. Purcell, M.D.
Co-Chief, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
 
  
  
3rd Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
September 18, 2008
Robert S. Balaban, Ph.D.
INNOVATION IN THE IMAGING SCIENCES AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
 
Robert S. Balaban, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Intramural Research
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
 
  
  
2nd Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
January 26, 2007
Douglas R. Lowy, M.D.
THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND PROMISE OF PREVENTIVE HPV VACCINES 
 
Douglas R. Lowy, M.D.
Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Research
Chief, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology
National Cancer Institute
 
  
  
First Annual Philip S. Chen Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer
January 20, 2006
Maria Freire, Ph.D.
INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION: REVOLUTIONIZING TB THERAPY
 
Maria Freire, Ph.D.
CEO & President 
Global Alliance for TB Drug Development